Kevin Ma

1 week ago | stalbertgazette.com | Kevin Ma

St. Albert’s provincial park now has a free hotel for bugs. About 50 Grade 11 and 12 Bellerose Composite biology students were at Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park this week to take part in the Ducks Unlimited Canada Wetland Centre of Excellence program. The program provides students with cash and training so they can explore, promote, and protect wetlands. Bellerose biology teacher Clayton Wowk has been running the program at Lois Hole Park with his students since 2022.

1 week ago | stalbertgazette.com | Kevin Ma

St. Albert’s mayor will help this city’s seniors centre kick off its 50th anniversary next week at the launch of a free expo. St. Albert Mayor Cathy Heron is scheduled to proclaim June 2–8 as Seniors’ Week in this city at the launch of the St. Albert Seniors Association’s Golden Expo on June 3. The expo is one of a long list of free events happening in town for Seniors’ Week.

1 week ago | stalbertgazette.com | Kevin Ma

The Government of Alberta's plans to bring in rules for what books can go into school libraries is a book ban in all but name, says the head of St. Albert’s public library. Alberta Education and Childcare Minister Demetrios Nicolaides announced May 26 the province would roll out new provincewide standards for age-appropriate materials available to students in school libraries this fall. He also launched a public survey on what Albertans wanted to see in those standards.

1 week ago | stalbertgazette.com | Kevin Ma

About 100 people will scramble through St. Albert this weekend to win prizes and support the city’s shops and food bank. They will be in the starting blocks this Saturday (May 31) for the 2025 Amazing Race — St. Albert Edition. Organized by Blackmore Real Estate, this event will see up to 50 teams of two race to decipher clues and complete challenges at 30 St. Albert businesses in hopes of winning prizes.

1 week ago | stalbertgazette.com | Kevin Ma

Some of western Canada’s top talkers will be in St. Albert later this month as this city hosts its first-ever regional Toastmasters conference. About 120 people from northern Alberta and Saskatchewan will be at the St. Albert Inn & Suites May 30–June 1 for the District 99 2025 Toastmasters International Conference.