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Chopper brings fireflies Birds should have an easier time dodging the Big Lake power lines this week thanks to reflectors installed by an iron dragonfly.

Two long-time St. Albert families and a city employee earned high praise from the business community this week. Members of the St.

A local programmer has created an iPhone app for people who love to run. Randy Troppmann’s RunningMap Trackometer app debuted last week in the Apple iTunes store.

New prize for healthy food Local farmers can now win $10,000 from the premier for making local, healthy food. The province announced the new Alberta Food for Health Awards last week.

Justin Arcand sees money to be made in Alexander.

Joe Kootenay sits astride a tall horse as he watches the cows come home. As a cold rain pours down onto his black Stetson, hundreds of brown and white calves scurry out of the wooden chute before him and into a wire-fenced pen.

The next car you buy could be made of hemp, thanks to a new $15 million research facility in Alberta.

St. Albert RCMP officers were called out to a Grandin home Monday night after a verbal argument apparently led to bloodshed. Officers apprehended a suspect at the scene and charges against the 23-year-old male are now pending. Const.

Some 10,000 expectant mothers are needed for a study that will examine how diet before and after pregnancy affects a baby’s development and overall health.

Sales have been slow so far but there’s been keen interest in Alberta’s new lobbyist registry since the website went live on Monday, said registrar Brad Odsen.