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A St. Albert woman wants Canada to take military action to bring her husband home from Libya. Hundreds of Canadians are fleeing the African nation this week after days of violent protests against its leader, Col. Moammar Gadhafi.

St. Albert RCMP are awaiting blood samples in a suspected case of impaired driving that ended with an upside-down car. Officers were called to the intersection of Dawson Road and Giroux Road at around 12:30 a.m.

Question marks surround the future of affordable housing in St. Albert given recent news that two local projects failed to attract provincial grants and potential answers are a couple of months away. The failure of the Sturgeon Foundation and the St.

If you think gardeners are fanatics, that's only half the story when it comes to people who grow one particular plant. They can go from casual botanist to hardcore devotee in no time at all.

A psychiatrist testifying at Gary Edwin Mattson's dangerous offender hearing Thursday said the man has both paranoid and anti-social personality disorders and perceives minor slights as significant insults and responds with violence. Dr.

The Alberta 55 Plus Winter Games kicked off in St. Albert on Thursday with a torch relay and official opening ceremonies. More than 1,000 athletes are expected to compete in the games, which run until Sunday.

St. Albert firefighters are braving the elements atop fire hall No. 2 —-all for a good cause. Local firefighters have joined a North American campaign to raise money for Muscular Dystrophy, braving - 20 C weather to camp out on the fire hall roof.

The provincial government will dip into its sustainability fund to cover a projected $3.4-billion deficit in 2011-12.

It's a big deal any time you see firefighters saving lives on a roof. It's just a little bit out of the ordinary when those firefighters are on their own roof and there's no fire, just tents and coffee. On Tuesday, seven of St.

The bald face of justice got a new member on Monday when St. Albert RCMP Const. Janice Schoepp had her head shaved for charity.