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Alexander students planted their own gardens this week as part of a two-year project to improve their health. Grades 1 to 7 students got their hands dirty Monday to plant 25 indoor gardens at the Kipohtakaw Education Centre in Alexander.

As Nolan Crouse begins his second term in the mayor's chair, there are some questions on his mind about affordable housing and some certainties about the city's need to communicate better.

A long time emergency room physician at the Sturgeon Community Hospital said he doesn’t think a new emergency unit at the hospital presently under construction will help alleviate the backlog of patients in the ER because the hospital won’

A local businessman says appearing on the hit CBC show, Dragons’ Den was the opportunity of a lifetime, but don’t expect him to reveal the show’s outcome until after the episode airs this Wednesday.

St. Albert’s Salvation Army has all its personnel at the ready and is geared up for a busy Christmas season.

Running local member of Parliament Brent Rathgeber's office and shuttling him back and forth from Ottawa cost $521,800 last year according to reports released this week. The annual disclosure of member expenses was put online this week at www.parl.

The Greater St. Albert Catholic school board held its organizational meeting last week where returning trustees and one newly elected trustee took the oath of office.

3 A new report from Alberta’s Auditor General found huge errors in the way Alberta Health Services’ (AHS) board is managing its finances.

A large box in the St. Albert Catholic High School’s food and fashion class has been slowly filling up with hand-made mittens, toques, scarves and blankets for people in need, thanks to a creative idea from teacher Christine Sampson.

A new committee formed to address the top issues facing Alberta's not-for-profit and volunteer sectors will face a major challenge ahead in balancing community needs and funding priorities, say officials with local St. Albert agencies.