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Ah, Christmas time – softly falling snow, twinkling lights and children dreaming sweet dreams. Gifts wrapped and under the tree, the smell of shortbread cookies wafting through the house. Let’s rewind that.

St. Albert RCMP are looking to reunite a local bakery patron with a package of cash that was left behind more than two months ago. An envelope stuffed with hundreds of dollars was left on the counter at Cobb’s Bakery at 212 Hebert Road on Oct.

Transforming a St. Albert park into a bicycle skills park, equipped with jumps, trails and challenging terrain, is getting the full support of area mountain bikers.

The former Westlock-area man accused of murdering his wife now faces two new charges of counselling to commit murder and obstruction of justice. Peter Ernest Edward Beckett, 56, was arrested Monday, Dec.

It's not easy being green. The holiday season puts a strain on one's environmental desires with endless rolls of gift wrap, chemical-laden trees and bags of packaging waste.

Some St. Albert developers may have the blues this winter, but one company beat Old Man Winter to the ground. “Very few have their roads in this year,” said Sarasota Homes owner and president Gary Acheson.

With the Sturgeon River and the Grey Nuns White Spruce Forest in the background, Riverside promises an abundance of natural charm. Despite snow-obstructed construction, St.

Funeral services were held Thursday for St. Albert realtor Janet Williams, who died Dec. 5 at the age of 75, after a six-month battle with cancer.

Morinville will have a tiny bit more cash left in the bank next year after town council made some final trims to the budget this month. Council voted 5-0 in favour of its 2013 budget on Dec. 11. Coun. Gordon Boddez was absent.

A St. Albert teenager suffered minor injuries when she was hit by a van while crossing the street in a marked crosswalk Monday morning. The 13-year-old girl was crossing Hogan Road from Newmarket Way in North Ridge, in a crosswalk adjacent to J.J.