Nearly one half of Fort Saskatchewan City Councillors’ taxpayer-funded “Promotional Fund,” has been spent on golf tournament entry fees and golf-related expenditures. Details of the Promotional Fund spending obtained by OEP from the City of Fort Saskatchewan earlier this week reveal that the Fort’s councillors spent a total of $8,844.51 from January 1, 2011...
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Dallas Kristiansen, who most recently served as chair of the Fort Saskatchewan Public Library Board, has resigned from that board, OEP has learned. Kristiansen was sharply criticized in an opinion piece by our Editor, Judy Sellin, in a May 3, 2013 articled entitled “Board Chair should resign, says editor.” Confirmation of Kristiansen’s resignation came...
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A controversial proposed arena in downtown Edmonton will be constructed starting next spring. The final piece of funding for the downtown arena was approved by City Council late Wednesday, paving the way for the project to move ahead, and open in 2016. According to the City of Edmonton, on May 9, members of the...
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The Fort Saskatchewan Lions Club presented the Fort Saskatchewan Public Library Board with a donation of $50,000 last Thursday afternoon. The Lions are sponsoring the Library’s Early Literacy and Learning Zone as part of the Library Board’s “Enrich the Experience” fundraising campaign. “The Library Board is thrilled that the Lions have stepped forward to...
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Tickets are now available for Fort Saskatchewan’s annual Seniors’ Week luncheon. This year’s luncheon will take place on Wednesday, June 5, 2013, from noon to 2:30pm at the Dow Centennial Centre’s Agrium Soccer Field. Entertainment will be provided by Kennedy Jenson. Tickets can be picked up at City Hall located at 10005 – 102...
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It may be Emergency Preparedness Week across Canada, but the message from the City of Fort Saskatchewan is that local residents should take disaster readiness seriously the entire year. “It’s meant for all of us to know that this is something that needs to be in our minds at all times, not just this...
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Perhaps being a mother can be ranked as one of the most important jobs ever. But for most mothers, being one is not really a job. Rearing children, be it now or sixty years ago, always had challenges… striving to do the best we could with what we had. There was a time not...
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For most who come from other provinces to live in Alberta, one of the first things to accomplish is paying a visit to an Alberta Registries office to obtain health care coverage, and perhaps more significantly to many, to obtain an Alberta Driver’s License. But provincial law in Alberta is such that all newcomers...
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Downtown Fort Saskatchewan’s Blondes, Brunettes & Redheads (BBR) Salon has recently expanded its services. BBR esthetician Adriana is now offering Swedish relaxation massage from Tuesday to Saturday by appointment. The service is billed as a way for clients to improve circulation, release tension, and increase flexibility. Prices start at $45 for a half-hour session,...
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The Edmonton Police Service has determined the manner of death of the male struck by an LRT train on Monday, May 6, 2013 as non-criminal. The Edmonton Police Service responded to a call of a pedestrian struck by an LRT train early Monday morning. The train was heading southbound to begin the day on...
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