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Soccer season is well underway but some young athletes could see it – as well as their athletic careers – cut short by a damaging knee injury.

A city councillor’s attempt to cap next year’s property tax increase at 1.5 per cent made some good points with council, but came up short in the end. A majority of council voted against Coun.

A man who threatened to kill as many RCMP officers as possible, praised Mayerthorpe killer James Roszko and said he hoped to kill upwards of 20 officers, pleaded guilty Monday and will be sentenced later this month.

Leah Kres used to work with skeletons. An anthropologist, the 43-year-old St. Albert resident got her start working with ancient bones and artifacts at the Royal Alberta Museum. Then she had kids, and found the true love of her life.

St. Albert's Youth Community Centre (YCC) might be forced to close its doors after council voted unanimously Monday to redistribute grant money it typically receives to other agencies in the community starting next year.

The City of St. Albert has given Victor Fernandez three months to vacate city owned storage space he’s been using for the charity he runs that sends firefighting equipment to Latin American countries.

They needed to break out the plywood, but the Kinsmen say that this year’s Rainmaker was a big hit. The grandstands were packed last weekend as thousands of area residents came to St. Albert for the 48th annual Rainmaker Rodeo.

The city is glamming up its otherwise dull utility boxes with designs that incorporate the city’s brand and deny space to would-be vandals.

Maybe it was because the sunny weather made more people want to stay outdoors, do some gardening or catch the last day of the Rainmaker Rodeo – whatever the case, this year's edition of Strikes for Cancer saw a noticeably reduced participation.

The St. Albert Crime Stoppers Association is asking for your assistance in solving the following crime: Theft of bottles On Thursday, May 17, at approximately 9:45 a.m.