Local News

St. Albert RCMP officers are looking for a driver who tried to settle an argument by running over a young man early Saturday morning. The young man was walking with a friend around 3:15 a.m.

Lake lovers can now get closer than ever to birds at Big Lake thanks to a new set of public binoculars. Members of the Big Lake Environment Support Society (BLESS) bolted a new view-scope to the observation platform by Big Lake Saturday morning.

The city has handed out $207,000 to 10 community groups through an annual grant program. Council on Monday approved recommendations for the community capital grant program.

Sturgeon County is looking for public input on a major planning document with two public meetings this week.

Despite a weather forecast that is cooling things down, Sturgeon County is playing it safe and keeping a fire ban in place.

A report presented to council Monday night showed that Servus Credit Union Place is better off run by the city instead of a third-party contractor.

Tuesday's snowstorm was great if you were spinach, says a local gardener. City and county residents awoke Tuesday morning to a land caked with about four centimetres of thick, wet snow. Trees snapped. Cars smashed. Taps refused to flow.

St. Albert MLA Ken Allred took home two honours within the last two weeks from his chosen profession — surveying.

A long-awaited education report raises more questions than it answers, say local school trustees.

A Morinville woman is $100,000 richer after buying a winning lottery ticket at a St. Albert gas station.