While council and residents may be frustrated at the slowness of a downtown development, one councillor acknowledges there isn’t much the city can do about it. 

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St. Albert has received a failing grade for its solar power policies from an Alberta renewable energy group. 

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The tax split in St. Albert is often a topic of conversation around budget time. In 2025, the municipal tax split saw 79.5 per cent come from residential properties, while 20.5 per cent came from non-residential properties. Non-residential growth is seen as a way to ease that tax burden on residential taxpayers, with St. Albert council this year having committed to servicing Lakeview Business District and approving the development accelerator program to attract developers to the area sooner. 

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The city of St. Albert is exploring the land divestment of 13 Mission Avenue, with collaboration discussions taking place with Greater St. Albert Catholic Regional Division (GSACRD) on the divestment of it and the former site of École Father Jan School. 

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The city of St. Albert is exploring the land divestment of 13 Mission Avenue, with collaboration discussions taking place with Greater St. Albert Catholic Regional Division (GSACRD) on the divestment of it and the former site of École Father Jan School. 

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The city’s northeast will have a new school site after all, following a public hearing that stretched into two days.  

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St. Albert city councillors voted against updating their budget process, at least for now.  

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Following months of residents calling for a crack down on the construction waste flowing from sites into the city’s wetlands, council voted during their final meeting to get the process started. 

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The city has hired a new member of its Economic Development team, tasked with helping populate Lakeview Business District, one of city council’s top priorities for bringing non-residential growth to St. Albert.  

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St. Albert residents and members of the public school board are asking the city for solutions, not lists of problems, when it comes to a potential school site in the city’s northeast. 

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