St. Paul News

A 23-year veteran of the St. Paul Fire Department, Henry Thomson is ready for a new challenge as the department's first full-time Deputy Fire Chief. "I'm pretty excited about it.

St. Paul Education Regional Division is projecting a $1 million deficit in its 2018-19 budget, along with doing $1 million in expense reductions. The 2018-19 budget was approved a month ago at a May 30 meeting.

A permit to erect a meteorological tower on land in the St. Lina area has since been cancelled, with no word if the company behind the permit is still considering the area as a potential site of a wind energy project.

Alberta Health Services has released two blue-green algae advisories this week, one for Vincent Lake, located north of St. Paul, and the other for Stoney Lake, located south of St. Paul.

The County of St. Paul has approved a permit to erect a meteorological tower on private land in the St. Lina area, one of the first steps in determining if a wind energy project is viable.

The Centerfield Music Festival was another outstanding weekend filled country music and plenty of fun.

While the temperatures were above average, a group of people travelled over 50 kilometres on horseback from Kehewin Cree Nation to Blue Quills University, as part of a healing ride held on June 20. Starting at 9 a.m.

Submitted by Penny Fox, Champions for Change St. Paul Champions for Change is pleased to announce the Incredible Edible barrels were delivered by the Town of St. Paul Recreation Department to the sponsoring businesses around St. Paul on last week.

Town of St. Paul council was informed in early April of an overall nine per cent increase in non-residential property assessment in the St. Paul, and a one per cent decrease in residential assessments.

While most of the day on Saturday offered bright, sunny skies throughout most of the Lakeland, by late afternoon it appeared that was changing, and a large storm was moving through the area. Shortly after 3:30 p.m.