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A man who swung an axe into his friend’s forearm after a night of drug use was sentenced to a year in jail and a year of probation.

Imagine a green community centred around open spaces where residents can sit on their verandas and interact with the neighbours, or stroll down interlaced walking trails that connect to central meeting points, parks and stores, instead of hopping in

Whose footprints are these? I ask that question every time I take a walk through a ravine after a snowfall. Inevitably, I find hundreds of tiny footprints zigzagging between the tree trunks, origin unknown.

A city councillor would like to put the brakes on smart growth in St. Albert’s annexed lands before council delves any further into the issue. Following a lengthy discussion on smart growth during a council meeting Monday night, Coun.

Perron Street businesses had to deal with a major flood this week, but instead of the heavens opening up, the water was flowing from deep below the ground.

Police across the region are looking for anyone who might be able to identify a locker thief who has been hitting local gyms, but not for a new year’s resolution.

A controversial power line project will meander to the industrial heartland on a path far from St. Albert under a proposed route released this week.

Fresh off the first challenger throwing a hat in the ring for this fall’s civic election, several members of city council used the holiday season to ponder their own political futures.

A photo in the Dec. 26, 2009 St. Albert Gazette misidentified Zachary Caldwell as Jackson. The Gazette regrets the error.

Greg Korbutt opens a freezer in his lab and takes out 10,000 points of life. They don't look like much at first — just golden specks floating in a Petri dish.