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Students meet the candidates

Students meet the candidates

Carly Fenske is a rare breed, statistically. The Paul Kane student is 18 and she plans to vote. "I think it's a huge privilege to be allowed to vote in our country," Fenske said, and she's already picked a party to support.
Pundits' Platform: the military

Pundits' Platform: the military

Canada's fighter jet debate is part of a bigger question on what we want to do with Canada's military, say defence analysts.
Postal workers back on the job

Postal workers back on the job

Striking postal carriers are back delivering the mail after being ordered back to work by the Canadian Industrial Relations Board. It was a tense couple of days this week at the Canada Post distribution centre at Hebert Road in St.
VIDEOS: Crown, Altinger's mother, detective react to Twitchell conviction

VIDEOS: Crown, Altinger's mother, detective react to Twitchell conviction

St. Albert filmmaker Mark Twitchell was convicted of first-degree murder in the brutal slaying of John Altinger. Crown prosecutors Avril Inglis and Lawrence Van Dyke address reporters after the guilty verdict was delivered Tuesday evening.
Records show Mattson had no chance: defence

Records show Mattson had no chance: defence

Gary Edwin Mattson never had a chance of growing up to be a well-socialized member of society because his parents essentially abandoned him in his formative years, defence lawyer Naeem Rauf told Mattson's dangerous offender hearing Tuesday.
Twitchell guilty of first-degree murder

Twitchell guilty of first-degree murder

After more than 40 witnesses and 100 exhibits over the course of four weeks of testimony, a jury found Mark Twitchell guilty of first-degree murder late Tuesday afternoon. The six-man, six-woman jury walked into the courtroom at 5:30 p.m.
Avenir plan inches toward another step

Avenir plan inches toward another step

A development proposed for St. Albert's northwest corner got two small votes of confidence Monday when city council approved two decisions aimed at reducing the roadblocks faced by the Avenir development.
Mail delivery affected by postal workers' job action

Mail delivery affected by postal workers' job action

“Pay the workers for the work they do!” The battle cry of more than a dozen disgruntled rural and suburban mail carriers could be heard as they blocked contract workers from entering the Canada Post distribution centre at Hebert Road in S
Buzz abounds at Heartland hearings

Buzz abounds at Heartland hearings

It did not take long for dollars and cents to emerge as a motivating factor at the Alberta Utilities Commission's public hearings on the Heartland Transmission Project.
Candidates' Corner: the Wheat Board

Candidates' Corner: the Wheat Board

Robert Tappauf's family has farmed the lands in around St. Albert for decades, selling grain to the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) for many of them. He's one of many local famers that want the board gone.
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