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Awareness campaign targets elder abuse

Awareness campaign targets elder abuse

A new awareness campaign aims to address the issue of elder abuse in St. Albert.
Conflicting opinions leave mammograms up in air

Conflicting opinions leave mammograms up in air

For many years, women have been advised to perform regular breast self-exams and get regular – often annual – mammograms as they approach 50. This was especially pertinent for those women at higher risk of developing the disease.
Council at odds with police budget

Council at odds with police budget

The St. Albert RCMP could end up increasingly with one less supervisor because of council's irritation over its budgeting practices, a feeling that was plainly evident during budget deliberations Thursday night.
Little change in budget for St. Albert Transit

Little change in budget for St. Albert Transit

Having already announced an across-the-board fare increase, St. Albert Transit now plans to end its free Saturday service in 2012 and increase service in Northridge. Otherwise it’s business as usual for the city’s fleet.
St. Albert starts negotiations on new ambulance contract

St. Albert starts negotiations on new ambulance contract

The city is taking the first steps toward a new deal that could keep it in the ambulance business for another nine years. The St.
Youth centre more youthful thanks to recent reno

Youth centre more youthful thanks to recent reno

The walls and the floors are fantastic but it's the hand dryers in the newly renovated bathrooms that blow me away. The St. Albert Youth Community Centre celebrated its grand reopening on Thursday evening.
Hammer time for Habitat

Hammer time for Habitat

Volunteers strapped on helmets and hammers Friday as crews got to work on one of St. Albert’s biggest affordable housing projects.
Non-resident business license fees going up

Non-resident business license fees going up

Non-resident businesses operating in St. Albert will now pay a hefty fee to do so.
School promotes seven self-help habits

School promotes seven self-help habits

The students at Ronald Harvey Elementary School are starting to use words like ‘synergize’ and ‘proactive,’ thanks to a new school-wide program based on a popular self-help book.
Servus Starbucks brews up revenue

Servus Starbucks brews up revenue

The city’s controversial Starbucks franchise opened in Servus Credit Union Place Friday morning, looking to pump more revenue into the money-losing facility even as there were rumblings of both good and bad news on the sponsorship front.
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