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A dangerous offender hearing for an Edmonton man who has pleaded guilty to the vicious assault on an Edmonton transit service driver continued this week as the Crown presented more evidence about the man's criminal past and tendency toward anger.

City council shaved a few points off its projected property tax increase after jumping headlong into budget motions Thursday evening. Based on the motions passed thus far, the residential tax increase sits at 2.

A brand new emergency department at the Sturgeon Community Hospital will drastically improve the experience of hospital patients and staff but will not change capacity, according to Alberta Health Services (AHS). At 2,160 sq.

Municipalities across the country breathed a sigh of relief last week when the federal government announced an extension to its stimulus grant program.

St. Albert native Braden O’Neill is still reeling from the shock of some good news he received last month — he had been awarded a Rhodes Scholarship, one of the oldest and most prestigious international post-graduate awards.

When the curtain goes up on the Morinville Community Cultural Centre next spring, the cost of keeping the lights on will put it in the red to the tune of more than $400,000.

City council has given a women's addictions treatment centre near Grain Elevator Park an initial thumbs up, but is holding off on final approval for some sober second thought.

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A Westlock-area man died Friday afternoon in a car accident in northeast Sturgeon County. Police believe the 28-year-old man was killed instantly when he collided with a stock trailer being hauled by a pick-up truck.

It could cost more than three-quarters of a million dollars to fix the chronically leaking sloped glass that’s a defining feature of St. Albert’s iconic city hall.