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A group of Morinville listened intently as a panel of guest speakers weighed in on the issue of secular education during a Thursday evening event.

The chamber of commerce will be putting on a birthday bash for visitors over the weekend as a contingent of business people descend on St. Albert for the Alberta Chambers of Commerce provincial conference and policy session.

The Alberta Weekly Newspapers Association (AWNA) has recognized the St. Albert Gazette as the top community newspaper in its circulation class, one of 33 industry awards for the paper in recent weeks.

You could say that it rose from the ashes, just like the mythological phoenix. The Morinville Fire Department made a huge donation to St. Albert based charity Canadian Aid for Fire Services Abroad (CAFSA) and it did so with sirens blaring.

One of St. Albert's prized but controversial aboriginal sculptures was decapitated by an act of vandalism over the weekend and is beyond repair, city officials say.

My name is Squeak and I’m a beautiful brown and black, shorthaired tabby with a great personality. I love to spend hours in the window watching the world go by and chattering at the birds. I have the softest fur and I just love to be petted.

Convicted murderer Mark Twitchell believes media coverage and assaults on his character during his recent high-profile murder trial are among many reasons why his conviction should be quashed and a new trial granted.

Off-reserve aboriginal kids are more than twice as likely to smoke than non-aboriginals, finds a new study.

Volunteer firefighters in Alberta will now be treated the same as their full-time counterparts when it comes to cancer claims with the Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB).

The race to replace Progressive Conservative leader Ed Stelmach was expected to get a little more crowded today with an announcement from former Alberta Energy minister Rick Orman.