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A new seminar series will help St. Albert youth find employment. The St. Albert Public Library will host two drop-in seminars aimed at helping those in the 16 to 24 age bracket tap into the job market.

Former Protestant district superintendent Joe Demko will run for a seat on the school board in the fall. The retired Demko announced his intention on Monday, saying he wants to bring more local autonomy to the board.

If you ask Suzan Krecsy, the executive director of the St. Albert Food Bank and Community Village, where her organization would be if it weren’t for the magnanimous gestures of support from Ash Khan, you would get deadly silence for an answer.

The annual battle between human and beast at the Rainmaker Rodeo had a new element thrown into the mix this year – lots of mud.

When the compelling tale of Maddox Flynn made the news about two weeks ago, the Leadership students at W.D. Cuts were listening. They heard a call for help and they immediately jumped on board.

It's May 29. You're about 34 kilometres above Alberta. Before you: the thin blue haze of the atmosphere. Below: white clouds. Above: black space. It's cold — about 50 below — and silent. A white balloon the size of a house rises before you.

Hello, my name is Brett Michaels. I'm an adorable blonde male tabby cat and I'm approximately two years old.

As he stepped into the long, shiny trailer, Bert Davis, a.k.a. the Coppertown Clown, throws a coat over his colourful shirt, his face paint still perfectly in place despite the rain and snow he's endured over the last few hours.

As he stood in the chilly rain, Kevin Manning pointed out all of the gear he was wearing to keep warm against the cold, the area around him in the midway quiet except for the sound of wind blowing through the empty rides.

The Feb. 24 story on the Clean Technologies conference said the conference would happen on Wednesday, March 1. The conference is on March 1, but that’s a Monday. A second session of the conference will happen in Calgary on March 3.