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Jack Farrell

Jack Farrell

Jack Farrell joined the St. Albert Gazette in May, 2022. Jack mainly covers city hall, but also covers community events, business, provincial matters, and more.

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Recent Work by Jack

Citadel Mews to be rebuilt as luxury adult rental building: developer

Citadel Mews to be rebuilt as luxury adult rental building: developer

“We definitely want to move away from the seniors' health care stigma because we believe that the future in Alberta, particularly with the UCP government, is going to lean more to aging in place and home care and away from the very expensive institutional care,“ said Greg Christenson, president of Christenson Developments.
$25 million rebuilding plan in place for burned seniors complex

$25 million rebuilding plan in place for burned seniors complex

Fire razed St. Albert seniors building will be rebuilt as active adult luxury rental complex.
St. Albert RCMP looking for car involved in drive-by pellet gun shooting

St. Albert RCMP looking for car involved in drive-by pellet gun shooting

St. Albert police are looking for a person who shot a person with a pellet gun from a car last month.
City to remove downtown mural, statue pedestal

City to remove downtown mural, statue pedestal

A 22-year-old mural commemorating the history of the Grey Nuns in St. Albert will soon be taken down, as will the pedestal where the stolen St. Albert the Great statue once stood.
Blue-green algae found in Lacombe Lake: City

Blue-green algae found in Lacombe Lake: City

“Access is suspended until further notice and the dog beach gate is closed.”
Former St. Albertan among those who lost homes in Hawaii fire

Former St. Albertan among those who lost homes in Hawaii fire

An Albertan who moved to Hawaii and her family of four are among the thousands of Hawaiians who lost their homes in a fire that destroyed Lahaina.
Renaud calls DynaLIFE buyout a 'failed ideological experiment'

Renaud calls DynaLIFE buyout a 'failed ideological experiment'

"I think it demonstrates their inability to use real data and information as opposed to their ideological bent (that) privatizing things will automatically make things better, which we've seen again and again doesn't happen," Marie Renaud said of the government's plan to buyout DynaLIFE.
City to apply for federal housing accelerator grant

City to apply for federal housing accelerator grant

St. Albert city council approved an internally developed housing action plan on Aug. 15, which is the basis of the city's application to the federal government's Housing Accelerator Fund.
NWT evacuees taking refuge in St. Albert hotels

NWT evacuees taking refuge in St. Albert hotels

“When I saw that smoke I was like ‘I'm not dying here, I am not dying here, I will die anywhere but here.’”
Two St. Albert men facing dozens of gun charges

Two St. Albert men facing dozens of gun charges

Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) has laid 46 combined charges against two St. Albert men following an investigation earlier this month.