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The constable didn’t issue a ticket, he was a little baffled that my van had Ontario plates and I carried an Alberta driver’s license. “Slow it down,” he cautioned after I explained I was a freelance auto writer.

Tightened mortgage rules will make accessing St. Albert’s housing market even more difficult for first-time buyers.

If Santa Claus happens to visit St. Albert next week, he will feel especially comfortable at the botanic park’s Christmas in October event. The entire gift shop will be open every day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. from Oct. 15 to 23.

Red Willow Place is hoping to help Seniors at Risk at a Fire and Ice fundraising event on Friday. Fire and Ice is the inaugural event as part of the Recognition 2016 series which is developed to celebrate exceptional achievements in St.

Plastic surgeon Dr. Lisa Korus of Edmonton promises to get to the “nitty-gritty” issues of breast reconstruction awareness at an event aptly named BRA Day, to be held from 6 to 10 p.m. Tuesday, Oct.

Marie Renaud was elected as one of two St. Albert MLAs in the 2015 election. Prior to her win she was the executive director of Lo-Se-Ca Foundation, a not-for-profit that provides residential and day support to adults with developmental disabilities.

St. Albert RCMP Const. David Wynn will be remembered next week during a hockey game slated to raise funds for a memorial and endowment fund. On Thursday Oct.

Police have no suspects after a rash of thefts took place over the Thanksgiving weekend. The long weekend kept police on their toes with nine thefts from vehicles, seven vehicle thefts and three break and enters.

The Collective is St. Albert’s youth hub. Located downtown on St. Thomas Street, the city-owned and operated building acts as an access point for services directed to youth 15 to 24.

Former Alberta premier Jim Prentice died in a plane crash near Kelowna, B.C. on Thursday evening. Prentice, 60, was en route to Calgary when the twin-engine Cessna went missing from radar shortly after takeoff from Kelowna, around 9:40 p.m. PT.