The Strathcona County RCMP is on the lookout for a pair of armed robbery suspects who held up a pair of Sherwood Park convenience stores on Monday, April 29, 2013. The first suspect is described as a dark complected male, approximately 6’ 1” tall and 220 lbs. He was wearing an green Edmonton Eskimos...
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Fort Saskatchewan’s coffee connoisseurs will soon have another café option to choose from. Tamara Bellamy and her husband, Dwayne Lakusta, plan to open Fort Saskatchewan’s first Second Cup franchise on May 19th. The outlet will be located near the new Rexall drug store in Southfort. Bellamy told OEP that the Fort Saskatchewan location has...
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A new public art project here in Fort Saskatchewan was unveiled last week. “Olive,” a life-size sculpture of a sheep that pays homage to the longest-serving member of the City’s ovine lawn-mowing crew, saw its first public display last Saturday. The sculpture was created by Don & Shirley Begg, of Studio West located in...
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A wildcat strike that saw local correctional staff walk off the job in support of their colleagues at the Edmonton Remand Centre, came to an end this week. The Alberta Union of Public Employees, which represents correctional staff at the Fort Saskatchewan Correctional Centre and Edmonton Remand Centre, announced early Wednesday that they had...
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This is Part One of Series on Traffic and Drivers License Enforcement. There’s often a lot of talk about traffic law enforcement in Fort Saskatchewan, with residents concerned about everything from street parking rules to photo radar cameras. In an effort to better inform the public, we have decided to run this series over...
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A local bike tour has obtained a major boost thanks to railway company CN. As part of CN’s Miracle Match Campaign, all individual donations up to $5,000 each to Stephie’s Bike Tour for the Stollery will be matched dollar-for-dollar. “It’s fabulous news for us and the Stollery,” says event organizer Sheila Gagnon. Other aspects...
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A long-time Fort Saskatchewan City Councillor is leaving municipal politics. City Councillor Don Westman took to Twitter Wednesday morning to announce that he is not running in October. “It’s official! I’m not running for re-election this fall,” read Westman’s tweet. A resident of Fort Saskatchewan since 1976, Don has served on Council since October...
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For the third year in a row, the Fort Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce has shattered their all-time Trade Show Attendance record. 6,547 people attended the event, a nearly 10 per cent increase over last year. There was also record utilization of a free shuttle service offered by Fort Taxi & Bus Lines. “The community...
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In both Fort Saskatchewan, and across the continent in New York, it was a bad week for two youths who were in possession of realistic-looking replica firearms. According to the Fort Saskatchewan RCMP, a local incident involving a so-called “airsoft” gun took place last Friday afternoon. In that incident, police responded to reports of...
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A Fort Saskatchewan city councillor and the city’s Mayor are disappointed that a motion to improve Council’s transparency has been delayed until June, another councillor has questioned the motives for bringing the motion forward at this time, and two other councillors have other concerns with the proposal. A notice of motion was introduced at...
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