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Got junk? Like, gigantic junk? If you do, then today’s your chance to dump it on the city’s doorstep — legally. Public works staffers are holding St.

The St. Albert Minor Hockey Association has suspended one of its coaches after he was charged with sexual assault, sexual exploitation and forcible confinement.

St. Albert needs to grow smart if it wants to avoid losing schools in the future, argues a housing expert. Simon O'Byrne was the lunchtime speaker at Thursday's Re-Envision Housing Symposium.

It sounds like a zombie attack but it’s really more of a dance/fitness craze that is taking aerobics rooms by storm.

Nearly 150 years ago, three women trudged past a certain stand of white spruce trees near what would later become St. Albert. On a mission from God, they were with the Grey Nuns, and would become pivotal figures in this city's history.

St. Albert Protestant School Board trustees did not set the date for the byelection to fill the vacant chair left by Morag Pansegrau, but they are hopeful it will take place before the end of the year.

City councillors took a look at the city’s insurance costs this week, which have risen to more than $1 million a year. Councillors got an update on the city’s overall risk management strategy at their finance and audit meeting on Tuesday.

Local separate and public school board officials are anxiously awaiting a cheque in the mail along with some detailed information from Alberta Education about how to spend their new-found funds.

Alberta’s Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) Unit has charged a Fort McMurray man in connection with photographs and videos taken of children at swimming pools including Servus Credit Union Place.

A small, new housing development proposed for the Oakmont neighbourhood has raised some big traffic concerns for local residents.