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The Sturgeon hospital emergency room is seeing an increasing number of patients languishing in its beds waiting for admission. Dr.

Yannick Tona says he didn't know his life would change forever on April 22, 1994. He was sitting with his family at his grandmother's house in southern Rwanda, he recalls, when a mob of 400 people ran down the street.

Alberta may soon have tougher impaired driving laws in line with ones currently in place in British Columbia where the province has seen a 50-per-cent decrease in alcohol-related fatal crashes. B.C.

To the casual observer, it seems as if the Sturgeon Community Hospital has been a construction site forever.

The Government of Canada is looking to support projects that help women feel more physically and economically secure.

Alison Redford used her first day in the legislature as premier to chart her vision for the province's future, outlining plans on education, healthcare and the province's finances.

St. Albert Protestant school board trustees will vote Wednesday to confirm the date for a byelection to fill the vacant chair left by the retirement of Morag Pansegrau. The proposed day for the byelection will be Dec. 5.

St. Albert firefighters discovered a deceased man inside a Pineview home last Friday afternoon. Firefighters were called to the home at 61 Pineridge Cr.

The St. Albert RCMP detachment will be getting a second location for both policing and civilian staff, but they won’t be moving into the Hemingway Centre, the force’s former home.

Local MLA Ken Allred will have at least one challenger for his party’s nomination if he decides to run in the next election.