Local News

Tonight, St. Albert’s 150th anniversary gala is about to unveil the largest cake the city has ever seen. And dĂ©cor designer Cory Christopher, 24, has created a modern day sculptural fantasy with homespun elements straight from the past.

Local school boards are concerned about a potential new province-wide funding agreement that could see teachers forgo a 4.3 per cent salary increase in exchange for limiting the number of hours of instructional time.

Snow removal crews began attacking St. Albert's collector roads Thursday afternoon after finishing the city's residential streets.

The city will need to cough up more money than planned to landscape two key interchanges that will link Anthony Henday Drive to St. Albert. Landscaping costs would run between $900,000 and $1.

As consumers become more interested in the origins of what’s on their table, butchers are stepping up to the plate by providing a level of service, knowledge and local fare often not found in large grocery chains.

Disillusionment and frustration with the provincial government were the main reasons local residents attended the Alberta Party's first constituency association meeting in St. Albert.

There will be no quick changes to allow ATVs for snow clearing in St. Albert but city council is looking into the issue.

A fatality inquiry got under way this week into the 2006 death of a 13-year-old girl who died shortly after she left a Morinville-area foster home.

It was a long, strange trip for Victor Fernandez, and he isn’t just referring to the flight to Toronto and back last weekend. The St. Albert firefighter and humanitarian was one of 10 finalists for the CBC contest called Champions of Change.

The Greater St. Albert Catholic Regional Division (GSACRD) has turned down a request to provide a fully secular public education in Morinville saying such a request is contrary to the division’s values and policies.