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A two-month investigation has led to the arrest of two people and the seizure of roughly $1,000 worth of crack cocaine and $535 in cash.

Minutes before being led away in handcuffs, a young man told St. Albert court he deserved to go to a federal penitentiary for two years.

The province has kicked in another $4 million to reimburse the city for the first two stages of Ray Gibbon Drive.

Carly Fenske is a rare breed, statistically. The Paul Kane student is 18 and she plans to vote. "I think it's a huge privilege to be allowed to vote in our country," Fenske said, and she's already picked a party to support.

Canada's fighter jet debate is part of a bigger question on what we want to do with Canada's military, say defence analysts.

Striking postal carriers are back delivering the mail after being ordered back to work by the Canadian Industrial Relations Board. It was a tense couple of days this week at the Canada Post distribution centre at Hebert Road in St.

St. Albert filmmaker Mark Twitchell was convicted of first-degree murder in the brutal slaying of John Altinger. Crown prosecutors Avril Inglis and Lawrence Van Dyke address reporters after the guilty verdict was delivered Tuesday evening.

Gary Edwin Mattson never had a chance of growing up to be a well-socialized member of society because his parents essentially abandoned him in his formative years, defence lawyer Naeem Rauf told Mattson's dangerous offender hearing Tuesday.

After more than 40 witnesses and 100 exhibits over the course of four weeks of testimony, a jury found Mark Twitchell guilty of first-degree murder late Tuesday afternoon. The six-man, six-woman jury walked into the courtroom at 5:30 p.m.

A development proposed for St. Albert's northwest corner got two small votes of confidence Monday when city council approved two decisions aimed at reducing the roadblocks faced by the Avenir development.