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Bike racks could start sprouting throughout the downtown core soon. At least that’s what officials hope by adding bike racks to the city’s downtown beautification program.

A St. Albert dance school has suspended an instructor who was charged with sexual assault and sexual exploitation in a case involving one of his former students at another dance school.

The public is at risk of another Walkerton if the government passes proposed changes to the federal environmental assessment act, says a major environmental group.

Meaghan Mikkelson, who won gold as a member of Canada's OIympic Women's Hockey Team, signs autographs at a public celebration held in Churchill Square Tuesday to honour athletes who participated in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver. The St. Albert product was a defenceman on the Olympic team.

The death of 1,600 birds on Syncrude's tailings pond would have had far-reaching implications for the region's birds, says a scientist. Regular testimony resumed at the St. Albert courthouse this week for the ongoing trial of Syncrude Canada.

St. Albert saved almost 2,000 homes worth of power last week by going dark for Earth Hour. About 10 million adult Canadians turned out the lights on March 27 as part of Earth Hour, an international call for political action on climate change.

A local seniors’ group is happy to hear that the province is delaying the rollout of its controversial drug plan and is hoping the delay becomes permanent.

Starting next week Legal Aid will be more difficult to obtain as the program lowers its financial guidelines to save money. The new financial cut-offs will be 30 per cent lower than present.

Feelings that the Alberta PC party has lost its way aren’t shared at the local level, said the head of the St. Albert PC Constituency Association.

A 34-year-old man will spend the next eight months in jail for a vicious assault on his girlfriend that left her with headaches, cracked ribs and nightmares.