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Another day, another load. A long line of dump trucks trundles into the Roseridge landfill in Sturgeon County.

Enrolment is down by just 1.36 per cent in Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools but those 81 fewer students will translate into fewer dollars being put into the division's classrooms.

The first four months of St. Albert’s new solid waste program saw a sizeable amount of waste kept out of the landfill and more homes asking for smaller waste containers.

Rowena, Riva and Rigsby, eight weeks old Hello to all you people out there looking for a brand new puppy to join your family! My name is Rigsby and I am the handsome cream coloured puppy in the picture.

Legal residents got a new leader this week after their current mayor announced he was stepping down to live in Sturgeon County. Albert St. Jean, 44, stepped down as mayor of Legal at Monday's town council meeting. He will now sit as a councillor. St.

Stolen property, a counterfeit bill and a loaded shotgun added up to six months in jail for a man with an already lengthy criminal record.

A St. Albert man twice sent to prison for his involvement in murders will soon be released, once again, on parole. Michael Alexander Gray will be released at the two-thirds mark of his sentence sometime around Oct.

Confusion reigns about the need for a census that was delivered this week to area homes. The form was delivered to residents in St. Albert, the towns of Morinville and Legal and parts of Sturgeon County.

After beating him by about 1,600 votes, Premier Alison Redford has put 10,000 kilometres between herself and former leadership rival Gary Mar by appointing him to be the province's representative to Asia.

There was an odd moment of hesitation before St. Albert Protestant School Board trustees unanimously raised their hands in agreement and acceptance of Morag Pansegrau's resignation Wednesday.