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The St. Paul RCMP carried out its first visible foot patrol in the downtown core on Sept. 24. 

Thousands of kilometres of rural roads and highways in Alberta are nearing the end of their useful lives

After receiving their most recent water and sewer bills from the Town of St. Paul, several residents have expressed concerns regarding an increase in fees – and administration is encouraging residents to reach out to the municipality to discuss the changes. 

Alberta’s municipal leaders want the province to overturn its ban on vote counting machines, but the premier says the province isn’t changing course.

The Alberta Institute for Wildlife Conservation in Central Alberta says 29 immature migratory hawks have been taken in throughout the province since the beginning of July.

FRANCHERE - The Franchere Social Community Centre’s Fall Fair was another huge annual success.

The ongoing search for unmarked graves at the former Blue Quills Indian Residential School site near St. Paul, which University nuxełhot’į thaa?ehots’į nistameyimâkanak Blue Quills (UnBQ) currently occupies, entered its second phase in August. 

Both the Northern Lights Public Schools (NLPS) and the Lakeland Catholic School Division (LCSD) will take steps to honour National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.