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My name’s Scout and I’m an 18-month-old Jack Russell terrier. I’m a typical Jack Russell as I bounce around with tons of energy, and I love it.

The house Helen Naundorf grew up in is going to the birds and she couldn’t be more pleased. On Sunday Naundorf, 90, and her 86-year-old sister Gladys Gibson watched as a birdhouse replica of their parents’ house was unveiled at St.

While Edmonton and Strathcona County issued fire bans late last week and the province has banned fires in all forested areas effective immediately, there is no plan to do so in the city in the short-term, according to St. Albert Fire Services.

The curtain came down on the life of beloved local music teacher Frances Schuchard earlier this month. Schuchard passed away May 1, at the age of 89, after a long career helping local musicians find their voice.

A poem about a dastardly Nintendo villain has helped a local writer win a national writing contest. Sam Daly, a Grade 4 student at Leo Nickerson Elementary, was named one of the nine winners Wednesday of the 2012 Book Week Writing Contest.

St. Albert’s Handibus system should offer more trips into Edmonton and can do so for less than what the mayor thought it might cost, according to a report presented to city council Monday.

Sturgeon County Mayor Don Rigney says he was surprised when he heard that St. Albert city council had voted to pursue an annexation. “I’m very surprised by this development,” Rigney said.

Sir Winston Churchill Avenue will be closed off to commuter traffic south of Levasseur Road starting Monday when the city begins the final steps to connect 137 Avenue to LeClair Way.

After 17 years of serving up soups and sandwiches, a Campbell Business Park institution is set to close its doors. The Soup & Sandwich Shack, known around the neighbourhood as Dan’s, will serve its last customers Saturday.

Police are hoping someone from the public can help after a man grabbed several gold necklaces and ran from a local jewelry store on Thursday. The unidentified man went into the St. Albert Goldsmiths jewelry store in St.