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Landfills are the top environmental issue in Alberta, says St. Albert’s latest provincial environment minister, and compost is the best way to shrink them.

While it might not be as bad as Edmonton, St. Albert’s pothole situation is definitely worse than in any recent year in memory, say city officials.

Earlier this week, my wife and I observed the 42nd anniversary of our marriage (I would have said “celebrated” our anniversary, but I’m not sure the occasion is a celebration for my better half.

During his closely watched press conference following his resignation from the Conservative caucus Thursday, someone asked Brent Rathgeber if, given his history in politics, this outcome was inevitable.

A sea of neon T-shirts filled the square outside the Alberta Legislature for the third time on Friday in protest of provincial funding cuts to programming for persons with developmental disabilities (PDD). The St.

“New York is big, but this is Biggar” boasts the town of Biggar, Saskatchewan. Further east, Melville brags that it is the smallest official city in Saskatchewan. They’re a quirky bunch, our neighbours the Saskatchewanians.

For the first time since 1957, St. Albert’s member of Parliament will not sit with a Conservative caucus. But beyond that, now-independent MP Brent Rathgeber says little will change for residents within the boundaries of the Edmonton-St.

The Edmonton Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is Rover the Dog and Blackie the Cat’s last hope.

Few people can claim to have crammed as much adventure into their lives as St. Albert’s Charles Grenier-Green. He’s just 21, and he’s already roamed rainforests, fled bears, eaten tarantulas and explored six continents.

St. Albert trees were doing their very best to be noticed this week. Excessive spruce-tree pollen drifted in clouds in the air and settled into a yellow scum on driveway puddles.