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St. Albert is one step closer to forming a regional commuter transit service with the City of Edmonton, but it may cost as much as $1.6 million per year. Council approved a motion to appoint two councillors to a Regional Commuter Service Task Force.

Last week cabinet passed the required regulations to phase-in a $15 minimum wage by 2018. When asked about potential job losses Premier Rachel Notley said there wouldn’t be any.

That tiny hummingbird you watched flitting in and out of your nasturtiums this past summer has already headed for warmer territory. Here's the catch: she went east for the winter, not south.

The CEO of the St. Albert and District Chamber of Commerce has earned a national award. Lynda Moffat was recognized for her contribution to local and national business this weekend.

St. Albert residents can rest a little easier knowing city council has approved a train-whistle cessation bylaw – although uninterrupted sleeps could still be years away. Following a Sept.

Eleven clean-up champions will rally the city today to sweep up St. Albert’s junk. Sept. 24 is this year’s annual Fall Litter Pick-Up, which is the autumnal counterpart to springtime’s Clean and Green Riverfest.

Accusations of unethical behaviour have called into question the future of the provincial ethics committee. Two area MLAs, NDP member Marie Renaud and Wildrose member Glenn van Dijken, serve on the committee.

Millennium Park is getting a place lift. The city has opted to use a planning strategy of placemaking over traditional design to decide what the final space will look like.

A sixth arena ice surface in St. Albert will be built at Servus Place at an estimated cost of nearly $20 million, but the exact location is as yet unclear. Councillors approved a motion at the Sept.

Young pedestrian hit A girl was struck by a car while trying to cross the street in a marked crosswalk on Wednesday and was taken to the Stollery Children’s Hospital with minor injuries.