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Fingerprint scanner streamlines background checks

Fingerprint scanner streamlines background checks

Now, there’s no ink, no mess and no more waiting for months and months. That leaves people like Pat Phelan breathing a huge sigh of relief, even if she’s deep in the heart of St. Albert’s RCMP detachment.
There's life outside the fast lane

There's life outside the fast lane

Genevieve and Richard Woodward adopted their first greyhound in 1993 in Britain from an animal rescue centre. Since then, the couple has adopted four more greyhounds and are so keen on the practice they convinced their St.
Teens charged following ATM fire

Teens charged following ATM fire

Two teenage girls are now facing arson charges following a fire that caused $24,000 damage to two bank machines. The two Scotiabank machines were heavily damaged in the fire that happened about midnight on Dec.
Body composition made easy thanks to egg-shaped chamber

Body composition made easy thanks to egg-shaped chamber

It’s practically impossible to not make jokes about the Bod Pod until right after you emerge from the device.
A lesson in hunger

A lesson in hunger

Ashley Paradis says she thought a food-bank life would be easy at first. She and five other Grade 9 students at W.D. Cuts challenged themselves this week to live exclusively off food from a food bank for seven days.
Contractor breaks large water main

Contractor breaks large water main

A water line break at a seniors property under construction loosed a torrent of chlorinated water Tuesday morning, most of which reached the Sturgeon River system.
Teens robbed at gunpoint

Teens robbed at gunpoint

Six St. Albert teens reported being robbed at gunpoint early Tuesday morning and the RCMP are looking for help identifying the three teens responsible. One of the six teens was taking his friends home very early Tuesday morning, around 5:15 a.m.
New monitoring system for oilsands

New monitoring system for oilsands

Canada's new integrated oilsands monitoring program is a great start, says a local scientist, but it needs to be freed from government interference if it's going to work.
Environment File

Environment File

Local scientists had their sleuthing hats on this week after hundreds of silvery fish turned up dead in the Sturgeon River.
Flooded path could get temporary relief

Flooded path could get temporary relief

The city will do the engineering work to find a temporary solution to allow access to Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park through the often-flooded walkway underneath the Ray Gibbon Drive bridge, but it will be up to a local community group to build
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