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Want to have your voice heard about the new mountain bike skills park to be developed? Then pedal into one of the open houses coming up soon. The upcoming City of St. Albert-sponsored open houses start Jan.

A major awards program aimed at St. Albert citizens is returning for 2014. The City of St. Albert announced this week nominations are once again open for the Community Recognition Awards.

It was a hard fought Christmas campaign for the Salvation Army Church but in the end, the kettle did runneth over indeed. The final tally came in with $321,466 as the campaign ended on December 24.

Housing trends in the Edmonton region expect a boom in condominium sales while sales for single-family homes are said to remain stable but static, based on the annual housing forecast by the Realtors Association of Edmonton.

Want the trendiest of bathrooms? Get rid of the tub. That may sound like heresy to those who look forward to regular “me-time” in a tub filled with bubbles – candles lit and glass of wine in hand.

A respected St. Albert service club is beginning anew as it’s adopted a new place and time for its regular meetings. The Saint City Rotary Club held its inaugural meeting at its new location, the St. Albert Inn and Suites, located on St.

A St. Albert man has been given two years in prison for photographing children in swimming pools and change rooms, including Servus Credit Union Place. Stephen Thomas Deighton, 46, appeared in an Edmonton courtroom Jan.

When Dr. Michael Poitras began to read the long list of online memorial tributes to honour his wife Dr. Marlene Lidkea, he noticed that almost every one mentioned how she had been there for her patients in times of joy and sorrow.

Housing sales in St. Albert were strong last year and local realtors are expecting 2014 will be even better, with growing sales and prices across the region. In 2013, a total of 1,227 residential properties were sold in St.

Leo Nickerson students will get some lessons from the land down under this year thanks to a newly arrived exchange teacher from Australia.