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Damien Lee is a racer. The six-year-old first learned how to drift around curves when he was four, thanks to his rally-driving dad, and loves watching the British car show Top Gear. So when St.

The federal government introduced back-to-work legislation Monday that, if passed later this week, would get the mail system moving again.

The Alberta Liberals and Alberta Party unveiled policies last week, with both promising to rebalance the relationship between municipalities and the province.

The disastrous earthquake and tsunami in northern Japan has mostly faded from the headlines of news stories. But St. Albert teacher Steve Johnson intends to bring attention back by putting his feet down … again and again.

The votes are in and it’s a landslide: Morinville’s new town sign will be a giant ‘M.

An Alexander elder gave St. Albert the gift of co-operation this week in a ceremony involving a sacred staff. Alexander elder Tony Arcand presented St. Albert city council with a hand-made staff Monday to commemorate the city's 150th anniversary.

Heavy rains and a raven brought floods and blackouts to St. Albert and Sturgeon County on Monday. The heavens dropped about 37 millimetres of rain on the region, according to Alberta Agriculture soil moisture specialist Ralph Wright.

There was nothing sluggish about the attempted disposal of a large critter at a local big-box garden centre Sunday, but the solution might have been inappropriate given the potential danger of an invasive species moving into local gardens.

St. Albert will lose the Avenir development if council doesn't provide an endorsement on July 11, say the project's proponents.

The St. Albert Youth Community Centre raised $10,000 at its seventh annual Mayor's Breakfast that executive director Brenda O'Neill says will be put towards summer projects. The guest speakers were four students from Ecole Ste.