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Positive tickets fight crime

Positive tickets fight crime

Years ago in Lac La Biche, Const. Ward Clapham was in a showdown with some law-breaking young punks. The kids had blocked a road to play hockey, Clapham says, and he'd been called in to ticket them.
Man pleads guilty in vicious assault

Man pleads guilty in vicious assault

Four punches to the face, 15 aggressive stomps to the head, 16 days in intensive care and $4.40 in change that could have paid the fare.
Court Briefs

Court Briefs

Drugs ‘overlay’ to theft A 25-year-old man pleaded guilty to two lesser charges in a St. Albert courtroom Thursday in relation to an April 2009 theft.
Full-day kindergarten on tap for fall

Full-day kindergarten on tap for fall

Full-time kindergarten is coming to some St. Albert schools next fall, but an absence of provincial funding means access will cost about $300 a month.
City can't buy Arlington land

City can't buy Arlington land

While the status of an affordable housing development at 70 Arlington Dr. is still a question mark, it appears that an attempt by the City of St. Albert to buy the land is dead.
Police seek help finding art thief

Police seek help finding art thief

The RCMP is looking for help finding art thieves who took a set of paintings from a vehicle last month. The paintings were left in the trunk of a vehicle parked at Red Willow Park near Boudreau and Sturgeon roads on April 25 between 5:15 p.m.
City celebrates transit

City celebrates transit

Nine years is a long time to spend on the bus if you don't love transit. Fortunately, Len Seredynski does. The retired director of laboratory medicine at the University of Alberta Hospital has been driving a St.
Massacure makes $1 million by a hair

Massacure makes $1 million by a hair

Tammy MacDonald had long held onto the hope that the Hair Massacure would one day reach $1 million in donations. Last year the charity event brought in approximately $800,000 with the help of more than 1,300 people.
Braeside leader wins crime prevention award

Braeside leader wins crime prevention award

When Andy Michaelson was one of four people to show up at the second-ever Braeside working group meeting in 2008, he and two others were ready to throw in the towel.
Friends achieve major milestone

Friends achieve major milestone

It has taken them 22 years but the Friends of the St. Albert Public Library say they don’t think of it as finally making it to the finish line of a race.
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