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It’s a rare occasion that the St. Albert Food Bank gives out plates of cake and cups of punch instead of peanut butter and other food staples, but it happened yesterday for two very good reasons.

What started as a response to the devastating Indonesian tsunami in 2004 turned into a wave of sound and success during a special ceremony last week.

The planned shutdown of a European nuclear reactor later this summer will bring increased waits for non-essential medical scans, said an official with Medical Imaging Consultants (MIC), which operates a location in St. Albert.

Rising unemployment and reduced oil prices are just some of the factors that worry city officials as they plan next year’s budget, according to an economic report presented to council Monday night.

Even before shoppers arrived at opening day of St. Albert’s downtown farmers’ market, they could hear the bellowing Scottish bagpipes of a slightly harried busker.

Boonstock 2010 celebrates its fifth birthday bash June 24 to 26 and for founder/producer Colin Kobza, it's been an exhilarating rollercoaster ride.

Often reviews of landscape exhibits use such adjectives as “scenic” or “picturesque” because there are few other ways to describe such art, even the high quality work.

A bigger and better headquarters will allow the St. Albert and Sturgeon Primary Care Network to see more patients. Officials unveiled the new facility on Thursday.

Affordable housing in St. Albert got a boost this week after the province announced $1.5 million to fund more projects in the city.

The man who gets credit for being the major sponsor for the annual Mayor’s Walk for Charity was lauded by the mayor last week. Dan Roy of Roy Financial Services was presented with the first annual Mayor’s Philanthropical Award.