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One of two St. Albert parks could soon feature dirt jumps, mountain bike trails and other amenities for bike riders of all kinds. The city held its open house for the proposed bicycle skills park Tuesday and Thursday evening at St. Albert Place.

When his friend lost $30,000 through a financial scam from Nigeria, Sorin Mihailovici thought the world needed an app. The brain behind Edmonton-based Scam Detector Inc.

A lonely tundra swan spotted on the frozen surface of Big Lake is probably doomed, say local birders. Hermi Pichl was one of several St.

Chantal Ross has no difficulty hefting a two-foot-long beam made of lumber cut from Douglas firs. The interior designer easily swings the sample over her shoulder, hoisting it here and there as she shows that the beam is hollow.

St. Albert’s industrial land costs are not as expensive as has been inferred in the past, coming in at levels the city says are on par with those of its competitors. In a news release Tuesday, prices in St.

A shortage of new RCMP recruits means the city won’t be getting two more RCMP officers in 2013, as the force had requested.

LRT study Coun. Len Bracko wants the city to spend more than $500,000 for a study on what route a future LRT line through St. Albert might take.

City residents supported a bigger Servus Credit Union Place this week at an open house, but were split over how they wanted it to grow. About 63 people attended an open house Wednesday to discuss plans for a proposed expansion to that facility.

Local educators hailed this week’s passage of the Education Act, but said the bill’s sweeping changes won’t really become apparent until we see its regulations. Alberta legislators passed Bill 8, the Education Act, on Nov. 19.

The North West upgrader could not only bring new jobs and money to Sturgeon County. St. Albert may also snatch a piece of the diesel cake. “Anything like that that comes into our area can only be seen as beneficial.