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While this is Family Violence Awareness Month across the province, the people at St. Albert Stop Abuse in Families (SAIF) are working harder than ever all year-round to keep you safe, even while you are checking out their newly redesigned website.

St. Albert city council is about two weeks into the 2011 budget process and so far there have been lots of inquiries but no golden nuggets, said Mayor Nolan Crouse.

It's hard for some to believe Lucille de Beaudrap when she says she's climbed Mount Everest. At just over five-feet, she's not exactly a hulking Sherpa — they don't even make climbing boots in her size.

Keenooshayo students got a new playground over the weekend, thanks to the generosity of a local company and the dedication of parent volunteers who rolled up their sleeves to help build it. In August, the playground was destroyed in a fire.

Alberta's new distracted driving law will probably kill more people than it saves because it encourages hands-free cell phone use, said Dr. Louis Francescutti, an emergency room doctor and safety crusader.

A long dreaded winter arrived in full force this week, creating traffic troubles and line-ups at local tire stores.

A new task force took its first steps toward addressing a perceived shortage of family doctors in St. Albert.

Eliminating Alberta’s budget deficit by 2012 will not involve raising taxes, promised Minister of Finance and Enterprise Ted Morton at a breakfast hosted by the local Progressive Conservative Association on Tuesday.

As a city task force looks into ways to attract more doctors to St. Albert, a recent medical school graduate says the community could do more to attract people like him.

St. Albert residents will have an opportunity to learn about issues related to aging in suburbia during a free talk scheduled for next Thursday.