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Nearly four years after the incident, a Sturgeon Valley man and former council candidate was sentenced last week to a year of house arrest and a year of probation for assaulting a Morinville RCMP officer.

A St. Albert scientist has received about $10 million to grow cells that could treat burns, lungs and diabetes. Gregory Korbutt, a professor of surgery at the University of Alberta (U of A) and St. Albert resident, got about $10.

Thomas Receveur has just received one of the greatest thrills that any aspiring writer can experience — getting published in an international magazine.

An Edmonton-based business is borrowing some meeting room space in St. Albert tomorrow to spread some Christmas cheer in more ways than one.

Green TRIP stalls again The province has put the brakes on this year’s Green TRIP funding, but that won’t stop St. Albert’s new park and ride from going ahead in 2011.

St. Albert kids will get hundreds of free toys this winter thanks to traffic cops and local lawbreakers. St. Albert’s first-ever Toys-For-Tickets campaign wrapped up Monday night.

There is something utterly magical about The Nutcracker. To be transported to a realm of enchantment accompanied by a dashing prince is every little girl’s dream. And one little St.

A new study suggests oilsands plants are raising levels of toxic chemicals in the Athabasca River by as much as 50 times.

During Friday night’s never-ending blizzard, I drove into Edmonton to review A Christmas Carol, now playing in its 10th straight year in the Citadel’s Maclab Theatre.

If the cold weather has you thinking about a quick junket to a sunny destination, this winter travel season is offering up two rare items — seats and deals.