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For the first time in several years the St. Albert RCMP detachment is fully staffed. While that’s good news in terms of reducing crime, city officials hope the increase won’t wreak havoc on the public purse.

St. Albert could become home to a massive $1.6-billion mixed-use community west of North Ridge.

The province is hoping a revamped website will help track down deadbeat parents who fall behind on their child support, including one parent who owes $1.2 million in back payments. The province unveiled the site this week.

Earthmoving equipment and bridge pilings will continue to be a fixture on St. Albert's southern boundary as construction moves ahead on Anthony Henday Drive.

The Protestant school board is projecting a $1.78 million deficit in its 2009/10 budget. The deficit will be offset by reserves. The board passed the budget at its public meeting Wednesday evening.

The underlying principle of the PARTY program is to help teenagers guard themselves from unnecessary injury. That’s right in the name: Prevent Alcohol and Risk-related Trauma in Youth.

Some people say the days of smart action movies about robots are so 1984. Those people are mostly right. The last one that even tried was I, Robot and that movie stunk like a mouldy CPU.

St. Albert’s GM dealership isn’t going anywhere, except to a new location … some day. GM Canada informed dealers last week whether or not their franchise agreements would be renewed.

A new development in the annexed lands called Erin Ridge North may be one step closer to happening, but the city still has some lingering reservations.

To the outsider, it might be just another elementary school, just an acre or two of land in the Sturgeon neighbourhood of St. Albert's Public School system.