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’Around the World in 1,000 Days’ would be a good title for the story of Andrew and Friedel Grant. The Canadian couple quit their jobs, sold their house in the United Kingdom along with everything in it and set off on an epic road trip.

The board in charge of the St. Albert Public Library has officially thrown its support behind the mayor’s vision for a new civic building downtown. On Thursday, the board announced it preferred Mayor Nolan Crouse’s idea for a 60,000-sq.

If you missed the spectacular performance of the Stereos last Monday at the Starlite Room, rest easy. Capital Ex just announced the local fivesome will open for Marianas Trench on July 21 at the ED Fest stage.

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St. Albert police are on the hunt for a knife-wielding male after an Akinsdale man was stabbed twice in his own home. St. Albert RCMP were called to an Akinsdale home at about 8:40 p.m. Thursday, said Const. Janice Schoepp.

There must be oil coursing through the veins of the Kelso family — engine oil. It's in their blood and permanently on the hands of Maurice, the 60-year-old St. Albert father and two of his three grown daughters, Val and Donna.

The city is closer to tying up loose ends for the first two stages of Ray Gibbon Drive after council approved a $1.3-million deal to snatch up land alongside the road. On Monday, council met in private before approving the additional land purchase.

City staff have been instructed to find out how much it will cost to build a pedestrian walkway over Ray Gibbon Drive, one that a local business owner thinks could be the keystone to future tourism in St. Albert.

A local daycare operator is defending Iris Evans after the Alberta finance minister made remarks that have been interpreted as a criticism of parents who put their children in day care.

Changes aimed at replacing the departed Wildrose Foundation and streamlining community funding programs don’t change the bottom line — Alberta charities will have to do more with fewer dollars, critics say.