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The St. Albert Crime Stoppers Association is asking for your assistance in solving the following crime: Mischief In the early morning hours on June 22, four unknown person(s) were found checking parked vehicle door handles on Wycliffe Place.

A world-renowned environmental group is shutting its doors in St. Albert. City resident Rob Powell revealed this week that the World Wildlife Fund would be closing its Mackenzie River Basin office in St. Albert effective immediately.

Canada will fall far short of its 2020 climate change goals, reports one of Canada's top environmental think tanks, but could still meet it if provinces like Alberta step up their efforts.

Finding an apartment to rent in St. Albert is a little trickier this month as many local complexes posted no vacancy signs. A quick phone survey this week to managers of local complexes showed only five vacant apartments within the city.

The government's omnibus budget bill was opposed both in Parliament and on Perron Street this week, as opposition MPs in Ottawa and protestors in St. Albert opposed its passage. About 20 protestors stood outside local MP Brent Rathgeber's office Wednesday night to protest bill C-38. The bill implements the government's budget, but also makes a host of other changes to environmental regulations, employment insurance and old age security, to name a few.

When the racers come to the mountain this weekend for St. Albert's second annual soapbox derby, the seconds spent racing down the hill will be just the tip of the iceberg compared to the hours and days spent designing and building the little cars.

Today is the day that 34 local charities and organizations have been looking forward to all year. It's the occasion of the 12th annual Mayor's Walk for Charity, and the event just keeps getting bigger and better.

This weekend in Morinville a new tower will rise, one that should solve the region's smell issues once and for all, says the head of the town's pet-food plant.

St. Albert’s city manager wants more money to go towards growth projects in the community and has come up with a way to go about it – have the city borrow the money from itself.

Canadians aren’t acting fast enough when the symptoms of a stroke first appear, says a recent Heart & Stroke Foundation report.