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Average sales for single-family homes in St. Albert dropped by 5.7 per cent in April, compared to the same month last year, the Realtors Association of Edmonton reported this week in their monthly housing bulletin.

Attention to detail could make the difference between running a smooth campaign this October and running afoul of election law in the coming vote for city council, potential candidates heard on Thursday night.

St. Albert and Morinville could have three new schools within three years under a massive wave of construction announced this week by Alberta's premier. But where those schools will go, and when they'll get here, are so far unanswered questions.

Construction of a new office building for a St. Albert-based contractor is well underway. Come March 2014, Standard General is looking to move into its new home at 250 Carleton Drive in Campbell Business Park.

Smart trainers take advantage of everything that they can use to their advantage. One of these things is the fact that many dogs have great interest in and affection for food treats.

Wood frogs are weird, man. It’s odd enough that they quack like ducks and freeze solid in the winter. But city resident and naturalist JoĂ«l Gervais tells me they can also explode.

Developers need to build the iPad of electric cars if those cars are to be the future of transportation, says the head of Alberta’s eco-rebate program.

Residents may be tempted to put on their flip-flops with temperatures climbing into the double digits this weekend, but with spring weather comes spring melting. Melting which has turned Danielle Liebl’s property into a lake.

St. Albert’s plans to halt trains from blowing their whistles and to find the best route through the city for a future LRT line might be on a collision course. Coun.

Roundabouts are a proven way of reducing injuries at intersections, say experts, and would make Morinville’s main street safer.