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Syncrude should have deployed its scare cannons far earlier than it did to effectively keep birds off its tailings pond, said experts at a recent trial. Crown prosecutors called their last two witnesses in the Syncrude trial this week in St.

There have been tens of thousands of volunteers in St. Albert over the last 10 years but as far as the Community Information and Volunteer Centre (CIVC) is concerned, one person stands as a beacon above them all.

A fire has engulfed a Sturgeon County business north of St. Albert. Firefighters were on scene Tuesday afternoon battling flames that destroyed a welding shop and offices operated by Jackson Rentals Ltd.

Neighbours of the proposed Morinville cultural centre are worried the new facility will be like living next door to a noisy party and want the town to do something to turn down the volume.

A fire broke out Monday night and blazed across a huge swath of the Alexander First Nation as dry, hot conditions continue to place the entire Capital region at an elevated risk of fire. The blaze broke out around 6 p.m. on Monday night.

The city’s former finance and audit committee is opening its doors to public input. The committee is now called the standing committee on finance. The changes were made Monday night when council approved a new bylaw governing its work.

Students from Sturgeon Composite High School welded their way to gold and silver finishes at a regional skills competition in Edmonton earlier this month.

When the Volunteer Resource Centre first opened its modest doors 30 years ago, no one could have predicted that the agency would go so far to serve community connections as much as it serves the community itself.

The playground at Bertha Kennedy Community School got another upswing of cash from city council Monday night.

It was one of the greatest moments in physics history and Bryan Caron missed it. It's 1 p.m. Geneva time, March 30.