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The city is on target to post a $327,000 surplus by the end of the fiscal year, according to the third quarter update. This is almost twice as much as projected at the halfway point of the year.

A new survey presented to Sturgeon County council this week indicates residents are looking for more recreation opportunities, but aren't interested in a significant tax increase to pay for them.

LRT in Edmonton will continue to move on the aggressive timetable, despite the city's failed bid for Expo 2017. What that means for St. Albert is still up in the air.

City administration is recommending council leave the give and take lead-footed drivers receive from photo radar cameras untouched.

St. Albert MLA Ken Allred broke ranks with his Tory party Wednesday, saying he was in favour of an amendment to the Health Act put forward by independent MLA Raj Sherman that would legislate emergency room wait times across the province.

St. Albert's white spruce forest is now safe from logging thanks to a deal between the city and a local developer. City staff announced Tuesday they had made a deal with Genstar Development to protect the white spruce forest.

Two men are in hospital and two men have been arrested following a stabbing at Friday’s Lounge & Grill over the weekend. The incident took place early Saturday morning as the bar was shutting down. It left two men with stab wounds.

Health Minister Gene Zwozdesky gave the health superboard “verbal direction” regarding the fate of former Alberta Health Services CEO Stephen Duckett, according to statements he made during a press conference Wednesday night.

St. Albert needs to become denser and walkable if it wants to be a good place for seniors, says a researcher. About 25 people gathered at the St. Albert Senior Citizens' Club Thursday night for a talk on healthy aging in suburban environments.

The setting is conversely high tech and low altitude. You have to go down two flights of stairs from ground level to get to the sub-basement of the 89-year-old dentistry/pharmacy centre building on the main University of Alberta campus. There, Dr.