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In the five years since it formed, the St. Albert & Sturgeon PCN has grown to include 56 family physicians and a number of programs aimed at improving access to more comprehensive care for its 77,000 patients. According to Dr.

Amy Poirier says she doesn't know much about school-life in Afghanistan. Now, thanks to a new exhibit at her school, she's got a glimpse of the harsh conditions there.

Grant Cathrea's journey home was one of fear, uncertainty, extortion and vomit. Cathrea, a power engineer who lives in St. Albert, returned home from Libya Tuesday night after a weeklong struggle to leave the country.

St. Albert will receive $12.4 million in provincial infrastructure funding for 2011. The province announced its grant allocations for its Municipal Sustainability Initiative on Thursday. St. Albert’s share includes $11.

The city's non-unionized employees will get a one per cent cost of living increase effective April 1. The pay bump will cost the city an extra $240,000.

The province is bolstering the ranks of workplace safety inspectors, adding 30 new inspectors over the next three years.

Teachers and students from Ă©cole Secondaire Ste. Marguerite d’Youville took the concept of a field trip very far afield. About 20 students travelled to New Orleans last month, coming back with lessons in life experience under their belts.

A man who broke into a local cheque cashing business late at night was sentenced to nine months of house arrest this week.

The final piece of Anthony Henday Drive was put into place this week with an announcement from Premier Ed Stelmach that the northeast leg of the ring road will open in 2016.

Evelyn Ferguson has her place up for sale and she's getting mentally prepared to leave town. Like many seniors, the 76-year-old Ferguson is on a fixed income and is having trouble making ends meet.