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Elmer S. Gish students were blowing their lungs out this week to try and set a new world record for science. About 60 Grade 2, 3 and 9 students and teachers took part in a nationwide attempt to set a Guinness World Record on Friday.

St. Albert's economic development report carries high expectations for the city's future non-residential development.

A Bellerose graduate is going to college for free this fall thanks to a big scholarship. Emily Moloney, a former St.

St. Albert will welcome another fitness centre, not greet it as competition, said Servus Credit Union Place fitness and wellness coordinator Bryce McLeod this Thursday.

It all started with a kid and a knot, says Jaro Malanowski. Malanowski, president of St. Albert’s Avatar Media, says he was up in the Yukon as a young man trying to learn how to tie a knot.

Plans for a regional retail centre in Riel Business Park are up in the air after development company Hopewell Developments Corp. abandoned plans for the site. The company is selling its 54.

Nearly three-dozen residents and interested parties got a peek into a sport-infused development in St. Albert’s northwest corner that is promising a balance of residential, commercial and industrial uses.

The world of scams sometimes takes abstract forms as one Oakmont resident found out this week. On Wednesday evening, the woman (who didn’t want her name used) said she opened her door to someone named Topaz selling paintings.

Disabled military veterans will soon receive more government funds for their ailments now that the Conservatives have decided to end controversial benefit clawbacks.

St. Albert has won a provincial award for its efforts to make less waste. The City of St. Albert received an Rs of Excellence Award from the Recycling Council of Alberta on Oct. 4.