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The snow is long gone, but another reminder of Old Man Winter remains – a season’s worth of dog poop, exposed by the sun’s warm rays.

As the old joke goes, there are really three seasons in Canada: winter, more winter and construction.

By Kevin Ma The terms "trans" and "transgender" didn't exist when Evelyn Porter was growing up. All she knew is that she felt very different and alone, and that she was living with a lot of anger, blame and repression.

It wasn’t a sexy announcement, but the increased funding to health-facility renewal and maintenance projects last Friday was well-received by Alberta Health Services staff and local facility operators.

The St. Albert RCMP is asking the public to help identify two males involved in a gas theft last week. Police say two males drove a dark-coloured Ford SUV pulled up to the gas pumps at the Petro Canada station at 174 St. Albert Trail between 11 a.m.

A St. Albert family dropped off thousands of dollars worth of goodies to Edmonton’s four neonatal intensive care units earlier this month after their insurance provider revised its stance on covering a special infant formula.

Social media tools may be exacerbating the spread sexually transmitted diseases by facilitating anonymous sexual encounters, but it’s our curriculum that's truly to blame, a local sexual health education expert says.

The Collective will officially arrive on the downtown St. Albert scene in just a few weeks.

Going downtown? Transit commuters from St. Albert will encounter new routes next week when heading to downtown Edmonton. Changes officially start on Sunday, May 1. But most commuters will notice the difference when they head to work on Monday.

The province is holding off on a major reform to the bail system prompted by the shooting death of a St. Albert RCMP officer in part because it could cost millions of dollars.