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Morinville residents will have to give up their armadillos and elephants under a new pet law currently before town council. Council tabled a draft of its new Responsible Pet Ownership bylaw at its Dec. 21 meeting.

Syphilis infections in Alberta are continuing to increase despite a two-year effort by the province to halt the outbreak. The province had 267 cases of new infection in 2009 for a rate of 7.4 per 100,000 residents.

As a freeze on funding for severely disabled students enters its fourth year, school boards across the province, including St. Albert, are finding creative ways to stretch their resources to provide for students. Both the St.

Albertans should not be surprised if the province doesn't present a balanced budget by 2012-2013, a goal stated repeatedly by members of the Conservative party in 2010.

Morinville now tosses almost a third less trash than it did two years ago, according to a recent report, despite the town’s growing population.

A Morinville flower shop has been named a finalist in the 2011 Alberta Business Awards of Distinction in the Small Business category. The Flower Shop is one of 38 businesses across the province nominated for the provincial awards.

Sturgeon County’s new proposal to charge residents for driveway clearing is leaving at least one resident feeling left in the cold.

After an unsuccessful release marked by lies and drug abuse, Lisa McKay had her parole revoked earlier this month and was returned to prison.

Provincial finance ministers last week reached an agreement on a framework for the Pooled Registered Pension Plan (PRPP), a new private-sector retirement plan that aims to benefit small and medium businesses and the self-employed.

A so-called leapfrog development proposed for St. Albert’s northern edge got an endorsement from city council Monday.