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Alberta's finances took a dramatic turn for the worse in the second quarter of the fiscal year, as lower oil prices, higher expenses and tanking investments combined to increase the projected year-end deficit by $1.7 billion.

After pulling the new education act from the brief fall sitting of the legislature several weeks ago, saying he wanted more public input, Education Minister Thomas Lukaszuk revealed on last week how he intends to get that input.

Drivers caught with a blood alcohol level over and just under the legal limit will face tough new sanctions under proposed legislation introduced Monday.

Alberta's health quality council will have the power to run public inquiries and will report directly to the legislature under new proposed legislation.

A Morinville man was sentenced to three years in jail for his role in a crash that took the life of a young woman. After pleading guilty Monday in St.

Property owners will have much clearer rights to sell their property to the government or to force an expropriation hearing under a new bill introduced on Monday.

Housing starts in St. Albert were up 60 per cent over last year and reflect the turnaround seen in the overall metropolitan Edmonton region throughout the month of October.

The NDP candidates for Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater and Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock are ready to switch from competing against each other to competing for the party in the next provincial election.

Welcome to Our People, a new addition to the Gazette. St. Albert and area is full of individuals with interesting lives and stories to tell, or who have become successful in their careers, often quietly, behind the scenes.

Former Morinville resident Donna Hunter, who spearheaded a push for secular schooling in that town, has been selected along with a group of mothers for an award by the Alberta Civil Liberties Association. The award will be presented Nov.