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The dogs at K9 Awareness animal day care and training facility may be in for an extra treat today, after owner Kaytie Stack walked off the stage with the Small Business Award of Distinction Thursday night. Stack received the award at the Small Business Awards of Distinction gala presented by the St. Albert and District Chamber of Commerce. The annual event celebrates the work and commitment of local businesses.

Giant stuffed teddy bears and bulk grocery items filled the carts of many shoppers who came out for the early opening of St. Albert's Costco on Thursday morning. The store opened its doors to the public at 8 a.m.

The race to replace Brent Rathgeber as the Conservatives' candidate in the St. Albert-Edmonton riding in the next federal election has begun. Michael Cooper, 29, announced his intention to seek the Tory nomination on Wednesday.

UPDATE: The City of St. Albert, "Samples taken of an unknown substance near a stormwater outfall by Riel Recreation Park on October 20, 2013 have been deemed non-hazardous.

Well, I'm approaching 60 days into this thing and I think it's time to step back and assess how it's going. For starters, let's have a look at the rules I laid out in my second blog post and assign some grades.

Costco opened its St. Albert location at 8 a.m. Thursday morning. With about 149,000 square feet, the St. Albert store is the largest Costco in Western Canada. The second largest one, with about 145,000 square feet, is the west Edmonton warehouse.

Thieves made off with a week's worth of collection money from Holy Family Catholic Church on Monday in a distraction-style scheme. At approximately 11 a.m. on Oct.

A mystery pollutant has once again been found near a stormwater outlet near the Sturgeon River, and the city suspects it came from Rayborn Crescent.

Legal residents voted in two new faces and three familiar ones Monday during their civic election.

The Son of God will stand a little taller in Morinville this week thanks to a new enclosure built as part of the renovations to the town’s biggest church. St. Jean Baptiste Church’s $500,000 renovation wraps up this week.