St. Paul News

About 525 people took part in this year’s edition of the Ashmont quad rally on Saturday, and despite the cool weather and an abundance of snow still on the ground, participants had “a ton of fun,” according to one of the event organizers.

Deputy Premier Thomas Lukaszuk joined the Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills Progressive Conservative Constituency Association at the St.

The County of St. Paul passed its 2013 budget at last week’s regular council meeting, and despite decreasing its residential mill rate, many county ratepayers will still see a 3.

On Tuesday night, the community of Two Hills was dealt a serious blow when the local curling rink caught fire and burned to the ground, on account of a somewhat freak accident. Authorities were alerted and called to the scene at about 7:30 p.m.

Author Shannon Raelynn, a member of the Bonnyville Writer’s Group and St. Lina resident, has recently self-published a book entitled Seascape, and is picking up momentum as an independent author.

Portage College has been forced to cut more than $4 million from its 2013-14 budget, following the release of the provincial and federal budgets.

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The County of St. Paul will be welcoming hundreds of new workers this summer to work on a pipeline just east of town, which will run from the La Corey area to Hardisty. Many of the workers are expected to be staying at a work camp northeast of St.

Pharmacists across Alberta are voicing concern over an announcement in the provincial budget for the government to reduce generic drug prices from 35 per cent to 18 per cent.

The Government of Canada announced the 2013 budget last week, and Westlock-St. Paul MP Brian Storseth says “there’s a lot of good news stories in the budget.