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Regarding the 2010 budget I would like to express a few comments. As a Councillor we look at a business plan in June and give Administration some direction regarding service levels.

City council is planning to borrow $5 million and spend close to another half-million out of reserves to drop next year's proposed average property tax hike to 4.1 per cent.

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RCMP say a young female may have been abducted in Vegreville this afternoon.

City council agreed Monday to give its parks department $178,300 to hire four new staff starting next year to help it deal with a backlog of unpruned trees, maintain the city's growing park and trail networks and empty overflowing garbages.

A marketing strategy presented to city council Tuesday proposes to spend $779,000 over the next three years to kickstart downtown promotion, including encouraging infill development, creating a storefront improvement program and developing a downtown brand and visual identity.

Fort Saskatchewan can't attract light and medium industry to move here despite lots of interest because it has nearly run out of serviced land zoned for such use, city council heard last Thursday.

The basement of the Fort Saskatchewan Public Library will be the Christmas shopping hub for local children in less than two weeks.

The Santa Claus Parade is set to start at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 28. It will begin on the 99th Avenue service road across from the Fort Mall, loop around downtown using 102nd Street and 100th Avenue before returning down 106th Street to the start.

If you are looking to get into the holiday spirit despite the lack of snow, the annual Christmas in the Heartland will be a big help in kicking off the holiday season.

The Fort Saskatchewan Public Library's request to start saving now for its proposed 2013 expansion was turned down by city council last Thursday.

The national gun registry moved one important step closer to what the Conservative government hopes will be an ultimate demise.

A motorcycle ride has ended in tragedy for a Fort Saskatchewan family. A 79-year-old man from the Fort died after colliding with a moose on Highway 28A just south of Gibbons at around 7:30 p.m. Sunday.

City council has asked city staff to explore the possibility of slowing Westpark Drive speeders by installing a three-way stop at 95A Avenue.

The Fort Saskatchewan Christmas Hamper campaign officially kicks off in under two weeks and organizers are again looking to raise $30,000 in addition to non-perishable food items and new toy donations.

There is no parking problem downtown, according to a city-hired consultant who studied the parking situation in the city's core and presented its report to city council Tuesday night.

Fort Saskatchewan's housing market is balanced and stable, according to a local realtor.

Dow Chemical Canada donated two fire trucks from the Fort Saskatchewan site to a South American fire department last week. The Chillán fire department in Chile will receive the gently used fire trucks along with some protective equipment.