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City council backtracked on a recent decision to spend $2.1 million to renovate the Hemingway Centre for the RCMP by deciding instead to investigate the cost of upgrading the downtown building for use by city or community groups.

Teacher layoffs are coming in the Greater St. Albert Catholic School Division as the jurisdiction deals with a projected deficit for next year.

It took 45 years, but St. Albert finally has an official tree, shrub and flower. City council voted unanimously this week to make the Scots pine, highbush cranberry and petunia the official coniferous tree, shrub and flower of St. Albert.

A wayward deer provided a smash thriller at Grandin Theatre Tuesday afternoon. For reasons clear only to the animal, the deer jumped straight through a large glass window, giving customers and staff a shock.

Researchers are blaming the growth of the Internet with an “alarming” growth in the number of instances of prescription drug abuse as web access makes drugs easier to obtain and “rogue pharmacies” make them more readily availa

St. Albert may have a reputation for being highly taxed, but the side of the equation that’s not often told is the value that residents get for their dollar. That was the message that Mayor Nolan Crouse shared with members of the St.

My name is Blossom and I was a stray in the pound until NASAP helped me out. I'm a very loveable young lady. I'm one year old and my short fur is grey and white. I'm not at all reserved about getting tummy rubs and lots of cuddles.

The provincial government's controversial land use bills have become a hot topic in the race to replace Ed Stelmach with several PC leadership candidates suggesting the bills need a tweak.

Councillors got zapped with about $136 million volts of sticker shock Tuesday when they got a look at the cost of implementing a new vision for downtown.

Improving weather conditions have prompted St. Albert to lift its fire ban, however burning is still strictly controlled in Sturgeon County for the time being. St.