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This is the season for looking forward to the year ahead, but also for reflecting on the 12 months that have just passed. This holiday season, Gazette staff writers will share their memories from the past year.

Drunk drivers should stay off the roads this weekend unless they want to spend New Year's with the police. Police will be out in force this weekend in search of drunk drivers, says Cst. Kevin Nicholls, a five-year veteran of the St.

There was a time when the Royal Canadian Legion hall was the social centrepiece of many smaller cities and communities across Canada, including St. Albert.

The year I turned four, my parents and our neighbours the Kerrs joined together with other relatives and friends for a huge New Year's Eve party. Neither family had much money but my mother and Mrs.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday in St. Albert for former Volunteeer Citizen of the Year and well-known businessman Harry Hutchings, who died Wednesday from Alzheimer’s. He was 85.

Love thy neighbour is a basic tenet of the Christian faith. Judging from the last year’s activities of the clergy and members of the city’s 28 churches, this tenet is adhered to with dedication.

Town hall meetings and a report on the potential for the resurrection of a municipal planning commission-type committee of council are next on the agenda for the city when it comes to further communicating with and engaging the public. St.

Have you made your New Year’s resolution for 2012? Consider making this the year that you give back to our great community and volunteer. The St.

The year 2011 was a memorable one in so many ways for St. Albert and as we head into the new year, we would be remiss if we didn’t take one final, cheerful look back at the city’s year-long 150th birthday celebration.

Alberta’s review of diagnostic imaging and pathology testing will focus on how the services are provided as a whole instead of examining individual locations or individuals for competency, the health minister said Thursday.