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A new anti-theft initiative is aiming to drastically reduce theft from new home construction sites. Operation Hands Off! is a partnership between a group of Edmonton-area homebuilders and a company called MicroDotDNA Technology.

The average selling price of a single-family home in St. Albert jumped to $460,000 in April, a 2.8 per cent increase over the first quarter average and 14 per cent higher than April 2009.

New contract for Protestant school superintendent The Protestant school board has reappointed superintendent Barry Wowk and granted him another five-year contract. The board Wednesday voted unanimously to grant the extension.

The City of St. Albert is looking for ways to make up for a funding shortfall after learning that municipalities have been quietly made ineligible for a provincial grant program that helps pay for touring artists.

A veritable eco-palooza is set to sweep the Sturgeon River this weekend as St. Albert hosts a clean up, tree planting, eco-fair and an unveiling. Hundreds are expected to sweep the Sturgeon this Sunday in St.

A long-running lawsuit against Sturgeon County, regarding the way land was assembled for an upgrader project, is over. According to court documents, the last three plaintiffs, in what was originally a $5.6 million lawsuit, have abandoned their claim.

Morinville's Community Cultural Centre will have to find a way to turn down the noise, but construction of the facility can still go ahead.

The federal government needs to change its new copyright law to protect basic rights from digital locks, say local analysts. The Conservative government tabled Bill C-32, the Copyright Modernization Act, on June 2.

Sitting at a large table inside the Soup and Sandwich Shack on Chatelain Drive, Coun. James Burrows takes a pen and draws lines in the northwest corner of a St. Albert map, just above Villeneuve Road and along Carrot Creek.

Please join us for lunch on Wednesday, May 12 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Cornerstone Hall as we welcome Dr. Paul Byrne, President of Grant MacEwan University. His presentation is entitled "The Future is Now." We're so proud to have Dr.