Local News

New mortgage rules announced this week should have a limited impact on the local real estate market, according to local experts. The new changes introduced earlier this week reduce the length of amortization available in government insured mortgages.

Snow removal crews began attacking St. Albert's collector roads Thursday afternoon after finishing the city's residential streets.

A local pharmacy was robbed Wednesday night by two men demanding a highly addictive painkiller. The men entered the Health Select Pharmacy in the Tudor Glen Market at around 7 p.m. and demanded the prescription painkiller Oxycontin.

Local RCMP laid sexual assault charges Friday against a former nurse at the Sturgeon Community Hospital. Eric James Christiansen, 48, faces three charges of sexual assault stemming from contact he had with two adult women at the St. Albert hospital.

Tonight, St. Albert’s 150th anniversary gala is about to unveil the largest cake the city has ever seen. And dĂ©cor designer Cory Christopher, 24, has created a modern day sculptural fantasy with homespun elements straight from the past.

Local school boards are concerned about a potential new province-wide funding agreement that could see teachers forgo a 4.3 per cent salary increase in exchange for limiting the number of hours of instructional time.

Snow removal crews began attacking St. Albert's collector roads Thursday afternoon after finishing the city's residential streets.

The city will need to cough up more money than planned to landscape two key interchanges that will link Anthony Henday Drive to St. Albert. Landscaping costs would run between $900,000 and $1.

As consumers become more interested in the origins of what’s on their table, butchers are stepping up to the plate by providing a level of service, knowledge and local fare often not found in large grocery chains.

Disillusionment and frustration with the provincial government were the main reasons local residents attended the Alberta Party's first constituency association meeting in St. Albert.