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A funding crunch in the education sector will not bring teacher layoffs to St. Albert schools, say local officials.

A smoky barbecue and Bill Holtby clones at St. Albert Place? Must be Clean Air Day. City staffers geared up Thursday to celebrate Clean Air Day on June 2. They started the party early at St.

The woods of Woodlands got a little bigger this week as hundreds of local students dug in to plant some trees. About 500 Grade 1 students romped through Willoughby Park Wednesday for St. Albert's sixth annual Arbour Day event.

Environmental groups are wary of a provincial plan to overhaul Alberta's parks system. Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation announced Wednesday that it was working on its first big changes to the park system since 1983.

An Enoch resident who tried to cash a fake cheque at a St. Albert bank received three years probation in court last week. Roxette Bird, 19, was arrested last December after trying to cash a fake cheque worth $1,206 at St.

Now that city council has determined the size of the development allowed at 70 Arlington Dr., Habitat for Humanity Edmonton CEO and president Alfred Nikolai has the job of coming up with a way to fund the project.

A new St. Albert business is hoping to generate a buzz in the Edmonton region but it might create a debate at city hall along the way. Edmonton E-Ride, located on Riel Drive in St.

An Edmonton Transit bus driver from St. Albert will never regain sight in one of his eyes as a result of a beating he received from a passenger, according to witness testimony Tuesday.

Local sports heroes Shannon Szabados and Marc Kennedy both won gold medals at the recent Winter Olympics in Vancouver and tonight they're bringing their heavy metal to a benefit dinner and auction for the benefit of a local organization. St.

Sturgeon County's dog control bylaw will extend to another acreage subdivision despite some concern among council about a policy that requires residents to file a petition before rules take effect.