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This year's edition of the Rooftop Campout raised more than $47,000 for Muscular Dystrophy Canada, besting its goal of $20,000. It even beat its campaign total from last year by several thousand dollars.

Mayor Nolan Crouse is clear – restricting what head shops or stores that sell drug paraphernalia can sell, in isolation, isn’t going to change the world.

The deadline for nominations this year’s Volunteer Citizen of the Year Awards is fast approaching and organizers are scrambling to make sure they have enough nominees. Next Friday at 5:00 p.m. gives people only nine more days.

The advent of spring means only three things: melting snow, the returning robins and countless thousands of people chewing their nails over their income tax returns.

A young journalism student got some first-hand experience in the workings of the criminal justice system Monday as he pleaded guilty for beating up two people at a local bar.

The Cardiff Corner interchange is on indefinite hold thanks to the provincial budget crunch, says the province’s transportation department. Finance Minister Doug Horner tabled the 2013-2014 provincial budget last week.

The province needs to learn to live within its means, says Alberta’s finance minister, and that means saving cash and cutting fat before raising taxes.

Average single-family home prices in St. Albert dropped by 6.4 per cent in February compared to the same month last year, the Realtors Association of Edmonton reported this week in their monthly housing bulletin.

The St. Albert Crime Stoppers Association is asking for your assistance in solving the following crimes: Vandalism to vehicles On Feb. 17 between 12 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., unknown individual(s) keyed two vehicles parked on Laurier Crescent.

Upset that they weren’t consulted about a mountain bike skills park and what its construction might do to Liberton Park, a group of residents have organized a town hall to make sure their voices are heard.