Local News

This week the St. Albert Gazette was named the best all-round newspaper in its circulation class (12,500-24,999) by Newspapers Canada.

Tai chi is an ancient practice that can have big benefits later in life by slowing certain signs of aging.

The St. Albert Steel will have to pay approximately a quarter-of-a-million dollars to leave town, with the number likely to grow depending on the condition of its offices and dressing room.

St. Albert MLAs Stephen Khan and Doug Horner say salary isn't a big issue for them, no matter what retired Supreme Court Justice John Major recommended they get paid.

There’s an island growing in the Sturgeon River. You can see it in the bay across from the city’s cenotaph. Twenty years ago, I remember launching a canoe into clear water at that point.

Four of six Sturgeon Foundation senior lodges saw their managers escorted off the premises last week as part of the foundation's restructuring plan.

Nearly 400 business people from around the Sturgeon area are expected to gather mid-month for the 2012 Regional Business Symposium.

Onyx was part of a litter born by caesarian section to a Rottweiler-cross mom on Feb. 27. The mother dog was unable to care for her pups and so they came to the Northern Alberta Society for Animal Protection (NASAP).

A flurry of appeals by developers to the subdivision and development appeal board (SDAB) led council Monday night to discontinue a controversial practice of charging for the development of neighbourhood recreational amenities.

County farmers are gearing up for near-perfect seeding conditions this week, but one local observer says many may be planting a risky amount of canola.