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The city is losing another senior administrator as chief financial officer Dean Screpnek is leaving next month for a job with the City of Edmonton. Screpnek, 42, has been with the City of St. Albert since June 2007.

Television sets that still rely on “rabbit ear” antennas for a signal are set to fall silent at the end of this month. On Aug.

A group of local climbers have reached a new peak, as have their efforts to raise money for the Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation.

Alberta's finances took a rosy turn in the first three months of the 2011-2012 fiscal year, as $2.1 billion was shaved from the deficit over the first quarter. The government is still poised to end the fiscal year with a $1.

The Mounties will have a home in Alberta for the next 20 years, after the province inked a new deal with the police force on Friday.

The Alberta New Democratic Party raised red flags about the government’s approach to shale gas production this week, based on leaked documents that appear to show decisions have already been made.

City council will not reverse its decision to open a Starbucks coffee shop at Servus Credit Union Place. The idea died earlier this week in a closed-door council meeting, said Coun.

Rick Orman brought his outsider campaign for the Progressive Conservative leadership race to St. Albert Wednesday night. Orman spoke to a handful of supporters at the St.

The Simonsmeiers seem to have a thing for sewage pumps. Gus Simonsmeier built St. Albert's first pump station in 1975. His son, Ron, built the second next to it in 1990. And now Ron's son, Andrew, is building the third one next to that.

A St. Albert man and former RCMP investigator has followed through on his threats to sue over criminal charges that were laid against him and then dropped.