19+ hour ago   (640+ words) For Sandy Jamison, who spent decades as a production manager at the Gazette, producing a newspaper was once a hands-on process that could take hours, and sometimes much longer. “You used to stand at a slanted table with galleys, so…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (556+ words) The St. Albert Soccer Association (SASA) hopes their proposed new facility will fill an important need for facility space as they're faced with an expiring lease next year. Councillors received an update from administration on the proposed SASA facility during…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (625+ words) Sturgeon County council is asking for a closer look at how Alberta regulates and communicates about large-scale data centres, saying the rapid arrival of major projects has exposed gaps in the province’s approach. Council unanimously approved a resolution Tuesday, Sept....

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (74+ words) St. Albert Gazette Should St. Albert Public Schools make video recordings of board meetings available to the public? The St. Albert Gazette poll is a sampling of public opinion intended solely to allow our readers to express themselves on issues…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (436+ words) There has been a considerable amount of buzz regarding the impending Alberta referendum, which is set to take place on Oct. 19. While it is highly unlikely that the Wildrose Province will vote to leave Canada this fall, the referendum does…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (1395+ words) The final vestiges of a campaign to attract droves of people and their skills to Alberta had all but disappeared from the UCP government’s agenda. Detractors said it had been too much, too fast, without enough planning in place to…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (447+ words) A few weeks ago, I wrote about some of my early experiences online and why Internet guardrails are needed. I also mentioned how at this point, my solution for my own kids is to be quite restrictive when it comes…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (572+ words) New grants worth $15 million to help address family violence have arrived on the scene because of wise counsel from rural Alberta, the minister of children and family services says. Emergency family violence shelters in small-town Alberta “created the impetus” for…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (247+ words) LETTER: ADAP will trap disabled Albertans in a cycle of poverty St. Albert Gazette LETTER: ADAP will trap disabled Albertans in a cycle of poverty The Alberta government’s new Alberta Disability Assistance Program (ADAP) tracks disabled Albertans by their "capacity…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (382+ words) A new school year has Alberta's advanced education minister hoping young people will be more receptive to a career in the skilled trades. This from Myles McDougall comes as thousands of Alberta students returned to the classroom on August 31. The…...