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All that glitters may not be gold, but it sure is Christmassy. And while red and green are traditional, they aren’t the only seasonal colours to be found on trees this year.

There are Santa’s helpers, and then there’s the Kinette Club of St. Albert – true Christmas elves who provide a festive holiday for less fortunate St.

Phone service, as well as Internet and email, is back up and running after a day-long outage Friday. According to a release from the city, network access was restored to satellite buildings at approximately 6:15 p.m. Friday night.

The tundra swan stranded on Big Lake may have met a grisly end, say local observers. St. Albert river watchers spotted an adult tundra swan wandering around a small patch of open water on Big Lake earlier this month.

It’s a slip on ice, a stumble over a cord, or a trip from the top of a ladder – falls are common inside and around the house, and often hit hardest for seniors. Nov.

A St. Albert cocaine dealer who was caught in the act by RCMP will spend the next 30 months in a federal penitentiary. Michael Royal Dickson, 31, pleaded guilty last month to drug trafficking and obstructing police.

Cold weather is being blamed for a water-main break that cut water service for roughly 17 hours on a Sturgeon Heights crescent. City crews restored water service to Sable Crescent shortly after 2 p.m. Wednesday.

Six times a week Philippa Thomas heads out from her Cochrane home with her dog Gaffer to go for 12-kilometre walks through woods, meadows and cow pastures.

It's a big step for Alberta, and a tale of success for Sturgeon County. Last Wednesday, Sturgeon County's Economic Development Board fall business breakfast celebrated the sanctioning of a $5.7-billion Phase One bitumen refinery in Sturgeon County.

A recent environmental grant should help local students learn more about plants, says a local researcher, and could help the city save money on gardening. City council unanimously approved $22,219.