Jasper officials believe a new train service connecting the townsite to Edmonton will help economic recovery efforts after a wildfire tore through the national park.
Homeowners in an east Edmonton neighbourhood say they've lost thousands of dollars to a fly-by-night paving company that demanded cash and did poor work.
The majority of Edmonton city council approved the $400 million master agreement plan after contentious deliberations on Monday. The vote came down 9 to 4.
Alberta RCMP say just before 3 p.m. Saturday, a pickup truck pulled up beside a Honda Civic on the QEII and a gun was fired, resulting in the death of the car's driver.
The vote follows months of debate over the town's financial future. At one point Gibbons was at risk of insolvency after the new council discovered millions of dollars in debt.
