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Sturgeon County’s new upgrader should have huge spinoffs for St. Albert and the Edmonton region, say local experts. North West Upgrading Inc. and Canadian Natural Upgrading Ltd.

A noise study describing average decibel levels from Anthony Henday Drive as within the province’s guidelines isn’t sitting well with Mayor Nolan Crouse, but he admits there is little he can do about it.

About 100 former and recovering addicts will march through St. Albert next week in celebration of sobriety. Poundmaker’s Lodge is holding its annual Sober Walk next Wednesday. It’s the second time the event has been held in St. Albert.

No task that required navigating a vehicle through St. Albert streets was easy to accomplish on Wednesday and delivering the St. Albert Gazette was no exception.

The St. Albert branch of the Royal Canadian Legion is preparing for its biggest day of the year this Sunday, Nov.

Glass is showing up in the darnedest places in homes these days. Big sheets of glass – the same tempered glass you find in your car windows – is being used in new structural ways.

It’s Remembrance Day that needs remembrance now. For years the poppies in Flanders, France grew over the graves of fallen soldiers. And for years, grandfathers passed on the stories of their brothers in arms.

Slow and steady price increases are expected in the real estate market as local demand shows continued strength. Jon Hall, marketing manager with the Realtors Association of Edmonton, said October saw 60 sales of single family homes in St. Albert.

Things are about to get downright frosty for some intrepid students at the University of Alberta. The seventh annual Chillin’ 4 Charity event takes place next Wednesday.

Tsubasa Ueda got a rude introduction to Canadian winter with this week’s snowstorm. “St. Albert is very cold,” said the Japanese exchange student, “and in Japan, winter starts at around Nov. 20.