St. Paul News

The official opposition party recently established the Wildrose Caucus Foundation, a registered fund that takes what the Wildrose perceives as an eight per cent wage increase given to all MLAs last year, and distributes it annually to charities.

Thirty rank bulls stormed into the St. Paul Ag. Corral on Saturday night for Bull-A-Rama 2013, and Cole Young of Sexsmith claimed the championship jacket for the second straight year.

St. Paul Education Regional Division #1 released a statement Wednesday morning regarding early school bus departures due to weather implications. County buses will be picking students up at noon today- this includes town students riding county buses.

Alberta Health Minister Fred Horne attempted to put fears to rest over the re-routing of northern Alberta medevac services as he hosted community representatives and media from northern Alberta at the new air ambulance base at the Edmonton Internatio

After rejecting an offer from Alberta Education earlier in the month, the Alberta Teachers Association (ATA) will be recommending a more recent tentative four-year agreement to teachers offered by the province last week.

The volunteer and nonprofit sectors are among many of the departments affected by cuts in the provincial budget.

The Progressive Conservative 2013 provincial budget has been tabled and has been met with mixed reviews. Among those to respond is Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills Wildrose MLA Shayne Saskiw.

During the afternoon of March 4, RCMP attempted to stop a vehicle being operated in Onion Lake First Nation by an individual known to Elk Point and Onion Lake RCMP.

Last week the Alberta Teacher’s Association (ATA) rejected a deal from the Alberta government, leading teachers to local bargaining with Alberta school boards across the province.

Schools across the country celebrated Pink Shirt Day last week, and in the spirit of the anti-bullying campaign Ecole Mallaig School held its event a day early so that no one was left out.