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The president of a chain of smoke shops says he will make his St. Albert franchise an 18-plus facility as soon as city council asks him to.

A change in policy means the Edmonton Humane Society (EHS) is now encouraging people to give pets as gifts at any time of the year, including Christmas.

Two former St. Albert residents have been charged with drug and firearm-related offences after a police search found cash, drugs and guns in an Edmonton home. Daniel Timothy Brower, 26, and Carly Diana Bodnarek, 20, both formerly of St.

The Progressive Conservative nomination fight in the St. Albert riding got one more contender this week, with an announcement from school administrator Sleight Anstruther. Anstruther is currently the vice-principal at G.H.

The only named suspect in the case of the disappearance of Lyle and Marie McCann has received a one-day sentence for unrelated crimes, in part due to the publicity surrounding that case.

2012 will be a year of hope and uncertainty for wheat and barley farmers now that a new law has put an end to the single-desk Canadian Wheat Board. Governor General David Johnston signed Bill C-18 into law last Thursday after months of controversy.

Artists’ studios, household repair shops and veterinary clinics will now be allowed to operate in Campbell Business Park North after council unanimously created a new land use district for the area.

A woman who told police her ex-boyfriend had threatened her at gunpoint admitted in court Monday that the entire incident was fictional.

There will no longer be a police presence at two Morinville schools next fall because the Catholic school board has withdrawn the funding for a school resource officer. Last week Coun.

The race for the Progressive Conservative nomination in Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock is officially on with the announcement of two more candidates.