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Firefighters battling a huge wildfire northeast of the city got help from Mother Nature and enjoyed some good fortune late Tuesday, allowing evacuated residents in Sturgeon County to return to their homes.

The City of Edmonton has unveiled a $1.1-billion plan to bring LRT to St. Albert's doorstep. Officials announced today an alignment that would extend the northwest LRT from NAIT to a future park and ride located just south of St.

Emotions ran high at St. Albert Place Monday night, when city council set limits that nearly cut in half the number of units for a controversial affordable housing development at 70 Arlington Dr.

Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools is investigating why it experienced a significant decrease in the number of students moving on to post-secondary education last year. The division’s official transition rate dropped from 71.4 per cent to 62.

Lots of men like to ride their motorcycles during the summer. A large group is taking their bikes out for one big parade in a few weeks to spread an important message about men’s health: get your prostate checked once a year.

Grey hair and wheelchairs are usually rare sights at elementary schools but one St. Albert school has made them a regular fixture.

‘Help us so that we can help others.’ That’s the message of a St. Albert-based non-governmental organization operating in Nicaragua.

The vicious assault of a St. Albert man working as a bus driver in Edmonton was on full display Monday as the sentencing hearing for the man who attacked him continued.

Sexual assaults are like a social cancer. Both can happen to anybody and happen suddenly. Both can devastate your health and enjoyment of life, and these implications radiate outwards to affect other people in the victim's social and family circle.

High winds and extremely dry conditions propelled a 3,000-hectare blaze over firebreaks yesterday and into Sturgeon County.