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City weighing appeal of bong shop ruling

City weighing appeal of bong shop ruling

One St. Albert councillor believes St. Albert’s changes to the business bylaw targeting head shops were doomed to fail because they were too restrictive, and she doesn’t believe the city should appeal the court decision overturning them.
Meet the founders

Meet the founders

There they were, Father Albert Lacombe and Bishop Alexandre-Antonin Taché, standing on a hill overlooking a lustrous, snow-covered river valley in the middle of winter. It was Jan. 14, 1861.
Special honour

Special honour

Len Bracko Bracko is in his fifth term as councillor for the City of St. Albert. He was an MLA from 1993 to 1997. He has served on a numerous municipal, provincial and national boards and committees, and volunteered at a number of St.
Influenza stretching hospitals to capacity

Influenza stretching hospitals to capacity

Emergency departments across the region are filled with coughs, sneezes and fever. Flu season has arrived and, for lack of taking precautions, flu patients are filling up hospital beds once again.
Finding the moisture comfort zone

Finding the moisture comfort zone

You know it’s too dry in the house when the cat’s fur crackles, your hardwood flooring cracks and your own parched skin is more wrinkled than that of a desert nomad in a National Geographic photo.
Head shop bylaws struck down

Head shop bylaws struck down

St. Albert's mayor says parts of legislation restricting how head shops can operate are significant, even if many of the amendments were struck down by a federal court judge. A Court of Queen's Bench decision, released in late December by Justice T.
Sturgeon River hockey rink taken down on city orders

Sturgeon River hockey rink taken down on city orders

Teaching foreigners the Canadian way of life can be a tough row to hoe. Especially when bending the rules. That’s what Tom Hughes recently learnt when he was ordered to take down a self-made hockey rink on the Sturgeon River.
Affordable housing policy in the works

Affordable housing policy in the works

The city’s role in ensuring the growth of affordable housing in St. Albert will be set in policy later this year.
Court Briefs

Court Briefs

A St. Albert man was handed a $2,000 fine in place of jail time for assaulting his girlfriend. Raymond R. Harris, 35, pleaded guilty in St. Albert Provincial Court Monday to assaulting his then-girlfriend at the end of October.
Métis are "Indians" under law, judge rules

Métis are "Indians" under law, judge rules

Sharon Morin was one of thousands of Canadians who woke up Tuesday morning to learn that the Federal Court had ruled her to be an “Indian” under the Constitution Act. It’s a ruling she rejects on principle.
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