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Common pregnancy conditions linked to future diabetes risk

Common pregnancy conditions linked to future diabetes risk

Jelly beans, chocolate and peanut butter. These are three foods expectant mom Hannah Beckett from St. Albert likes to snack on, especially during pregnancy.
Council stops train whistle work

Council stops train whistle work

City council hit the brakes on all work to require trains to stop blowing their whistles in the city limits after the estimated cost jumped significantly.
This retirement is for the birds

This retirement is for the birds

Anne Jwaszko thinks nothing of climbing up and down a ladder to clean some of the 84 birdhouses located in her backyard. That may not be that unusual except that Jwaszko turned 80 at the end of March.
Build your gnome a home

Build your gnome a home

If you can imagine a wee terrarium-sized garden, built to scale and complete with tiny patio chairs and swings, you're halfway to designing your very first fairy garden.
Students learn from 24-hour vow of silence

Students learn from 24-hour vow of silence

Twenty-three hours, 59 minutes and 10 seconds. Hands fidgeting, lips clenched, fingers counting down the last few seconds of a 24-hour vow of silence. “I can say stuff again!” yelled one boy at 9:12 a.m. when the silence broke.
Corporate challenge takes off with matching donation

Corporate challenge takes off with matching donation

One local business has already met the corporate challenge to fulfill Halle Popowich’s wish. Darek Ziemian, owner of Original Joe’s in St.
The cream of the crop of youth volunteers

The cream of the crop of youth volunteers

It's one thing to be a remarkable volunteer and give of your time and talent to the community, helping countless others and making the world a better place. It's another thing entirely to do all of this while you're still in grade school.
City staff settle into new building

City staff settle into new building

Chris Jardine knows what the city’s newest building is going to be named, but he isn’t sharing it yet. “Something,” the general manager of community and protective services replies when asked what the name will be.
Court Briefs

Court Briefs

A man who tried to wheel over $500 worth of groceries out of a St. Albert store without paying will spend the next 30 days in jail. Michael Denis Eufemia, 55, appeared in St.
These daisies aren't cab drivers

These daisies aren't cab drivers

Once every week, Michelle Curial-Hebert sends out a driver to pick up an elderly man at his house. They take a ride around town, look at construction sites and go to Tim Hortons. After an hour, the man is returned to his home.
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