Local News

In 1965 the first attempt at holding a rodeo in St. Albert was a disaster, with torrential rain twice forcing the Kinsmen club to cancel the inaugural event.

The St. Albert RCMP is looking for help identifying three people who robbed a 16-year-old girl of her backpack last Thursday.

Bertha Kennedy students went for a stroll with the mayor this week as they set off on their metaphorical walk across Canada.

A quail and a fish have helped a Paul Kane graduate take silver at a national skills competition. Chef Peter Keith, 21, won silver at the 18th annual Skills Canada National Competition held May 13 to 16 at the Edmonton Expo Centre.

A St. Albert student is en route to la belle province this weekend to compete in a national French language spelling bee.

Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women and will affect more than 10 per cent of Canadian women in their lifetime, according to the Canadian Cancer Society.

St. Albert's premiere charity bowling event is still set to take place next weekend but its organizers are hoping to fill a few more lanes before the big day.

Citing cooler, damp weather and fires that are now largely under control, the provincial government ended its fire ban in forested areas Friday, but Sturgeon County’s ban remains in place.

Five Paul Kane students took home a big chunk of wood for their school this week after winning big at the Alberta Envirothon.

There was little snow this past winter and so far not much rain has fallen this spring, so the rain barrels are already empty and the soil is dry.