St. Paul News

Doug Horner’s campaign for the premiership of Alberta picked up steam last week after the first ballot placed him in the top three and eliminated Rick Orman, Ted Morton and Doug Griffiths from the contest.

St. Paul RCMP assisted a man lying on the side of Highway 29 across from West End Bingo on Sept. 16.

The federal government went back to work this week with debate on an omnibus crime bill. The Safe Streets and Communities Act reintroduces nine bills previously debated in Parliament but were never passed under the minority government.

Jim and Marge Lakusta, owners of Excel Signs, told Town council enforcing existing sign bylaws would result in “undue grief” for the locally owned company and its customers at its meeting Sept. 12.

The Progressive Conservative (PC) party is 10 days away from choosing the next premier of Alberta after the first ballot failed to deliver a majority to any one of the six candidates vying for the province's top job on Saturday.

It was a day of celebration in Saddle Lake on Wednesday as community members, dignitaries, elders and a number of other individuals gathered at the water treatment facility to officially open the new, high-tech plant.

The residents of Frog Lake First Nation celebrated the grand opening of their new multi-purpose hockey arena and administration building on Friday.

With the release of another draft for the Lower Athabasca Regional Plan (LARP) from the provincial government recently, so too has another volley of criticism been released from opponents.

STARS air ambulance visited St. Therese Healthcare Centre three times last week in unrelated incidences. STARS responded after a truck struck a 21-year-old female pedestrian at 44 Street and 50 Avenue on Friday afternoon.

“This meeting could be the most important meeting that’s happened in St. Paul for a very long time,” said MLA Ray Danyluk at the start of a meeting held in his office on Sept. 1. Around 20 stakeholders met with Danyluk, Dr.