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Like many movie buffs, Peter Bailey is frustrated by the closing of video rental stores in St. Albert. Fortunately, Bailey is in a position to do something about it. And he has, just in time for Christmas. The St.

County councillors squared off against each other last week when they came to sharp disagreements over the budget and their new CAO.

This is a picture of me settling down underneath the table. having just come back from my daily walk. I have learned to walk quite well on the leash and after one or two corrections at the start of the walk I do very well.

Three parents have asked Principal Garnet Goertzen of Sturgeon Heights School to reinstate the recitation of the Lord’s Prayer as part of the daily morning exercises.

The city has created a new planning initiative that will lend more planning and engineering resources to development in its latest shuffle of departments.

A proposal to turn the old RCMP station into an artists’ incubator is stoking the hopes of local artists and getting rave reviews from councillors.

The only named suspect in the disappearance of St. Albert couple Lyle and Marie McCann abandoned a legal challenge on unrelated charges Tuesday, but still hopes to see a reduction in his sentence.

The city could be getting six new firefighters and some extra revenue if it’s able to negotiate a fire services contract with an unnamed business outside of town, much to one councillor’s chagrin.

Council has put its final stamp of approval on the 2012 budget, which will see property taxes increase 2.8 per cent and a 9.5 per cent hike in utilities.

An Edmonton man is facing eight charges of breaking and entering after police arrested him and found the address of several homes in a notebook he was carrying.