The aroma of turkeys roasting in the ovens at the Brant Hotel restaurant on Christmas Day is for you or your family to enjoy gratis (at no cost) from 3 – 7pm. Everyone is a welcome guest. This Christmas Day, dinner is being hosted by Ruth and Jeff Mickle, Judy and Reece Sellin (editors...
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Mark Lindsay, the man who pled guilty to stabbing a Fort Saskatchewan woman whose death remains under RCMP investigation, will be facing a pair of criminal trials in BC Supreme Court next year. According to media reports from Kamloops, BC, the 24-year-old son of former Edmonton police chief John Lindsay was the subject of...
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From Tweeting local news to helping our Mayor find a lost coat button, it appears local residents, staff, and organizations are certainly “on the button” when it comes to embracing social media in our community. This holiday season, one of the most interesting social media stories originates with Fort Saskatchewan Mayor Gale Katchur. Keen...
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After a series of budget meetings that started in mid-November, Council approved the 2012-2014 Interim Operating Budget last week. Council’s approved interim budget means the anticipated average municipal property tax increases are 6.4% in 2012, 5.5% in 2013 and 3.3% in 2014; the final property tax increase is established in May of each year....
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The Government of Alberta announced last week that it has issued an Enforcement Order to an West-end Edmonton company, for not complying with the Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act and the Code of Practice for Compost Facilities, and to address the facility’s off-site odour issues. The company must no longer accept waste until it...
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The latest Candy Cane Check Stop in Fort Saskatchewan resulted in several 24 hour suspensions, violation tickets, according to Cst. Martin Miville of the Fort Saskatchewan RCMP. Two separate check stops were implemented on December 16th, with the assistance of Fort Saskatchewan and Strathcona County RCMP, Alberta Sheriffs, Fort Saskatchewan EMS, the Fort Saskatchewan...
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After staging another successful weekend Operation Red Nose has now tallied up 60 rides, with three evenings (Dec 23, Dec 30 and Dec 31) remaining, according to Fort Saskatchewan Operation Red Nose organizer, Susan Christie. “We had a great weekend,” says Christie, who noted that the group had the assistance of the Kinsmen Club...
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On December 3, 2011 Boston Pizza Fort Saskatchewan opened it’s doors to local celebrities to come and serve to raise funds for the Alberta Cancer Foundation for their second annual Serving For a Cure event. They were fortunate enough to have close to 30 Celebrity servers come and donate their time and their tips...
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I have said many times, that if you make it through into your adult years, it’s pretty much a miracle. I’ve heard, as well, that the brain stem of a young male doesn’t fully connect until we’re about 29 or 30 years of age…which really does explain why we do some of the crazy...
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How could they have known? There was no hint, no suggestion at all. An innocent mistake resulting in embarrassment the likes that town had never witnessed, and definitely won’t again. When the town council got the touring company’s advertisement, they failed to examine the finer print. In the small bible-belt village but wannabe town,...
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