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Next month, needy St. Albert families may go hunting for toys for their children and they can do it in privacy and with dignity without any cost to them at the toy centre at the Salvation Army church.

In 1997, a teenaged Judit Jimmy stepped off a plane on a November night in Toronto. A refugee from what is now South Sudan, she looked outside the airport terminal and saw that the land was covered in white – her first glimpse of snow.

Alberta's population spike is pressuring government to borrow funds to finance the creation of much-needed hospitals, schools and roads, says Finance Minister and Spruce Grove-St. Albert MLA Doug Horner.

Warm weather, plenty of equipment and residents parking their cars in garages or on driveways have accelerated the city’s snow removal plans, the public works director said Friday.

Tony Mishra has problems with gas. His party balloon store runs low on helium. The owner of the St.

Six-year-old Halle Popowich is still battling leukemia, but her odds of survival were boosted significantly last week after she received a potentially life-saving transplant.

The Hutchinson family of St. Albert has been named the recipients of the 2012 St. Albert Philanthropy Award. The City of St. Albert announced the award on Friday, which was National Philanthropy Day.

The city wants to set up one dog park in each quadrant of St. Albert, but that could increase if the proposed changes to the animal bylaw go ahead.

Brittany Hartman has a problem. The 22-year-old is thousands of dollars in debt and has little hope of meeting her retirement goals.

An emergency room doctor from St. Albert admitted Thursday to violating professional standards by repeatedly accessing the electronic medical records of three people who were not her patients. Dr.