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Want to volunteer and give back to the community, but don’t know how to get involved? The St. Albert Community Information and Volunteer Centre has many volunteer opportunities to choose from and can help find the right fit for you.

A wintery blast Thursday night did little to dull the wildfire risk and a fire ban will likely remain in place well into next week. Fierce winds and dry conditions prompted the city to impose a fire ban on Thursday afternoon.

One of the hallmarks of a great leader is acting today instead of waiting until tomorrow. For this and so many other reasons, the Community Information and Volunteer Centre wants to put a group of St.

The oil covering the birds from the Syncrude pond was so thick that scientists had trouble identifying them, a local court heard this week. The Syncrude dead bird trial rolled into its second month this week with more expert testimony.

On the streets and in our homes, in the library and the pool, the social agencies and the schools, volunteers are always giving and never asking for anything in return. They are the unsung heroes of a humanitarian army of thousands.

Students were sent home Thursday afternoon from Paul Kane High School, following a small fire investigators believe was deliberately set. The fire was discovered around noon on Thursday. The school was evacuated within minutes.

With hollow eye sockets staring blindly into space, the yellowed skeleton of a 9,300-year old bear appears to move, a huge bony claw frozen in mid-air.

Building activity in St. Albert has been brisk so far this year with single-family homes leading the way, according to the latest statistics from city hall.

When Servus Credit Union Place first opened in 2006, there were questions about the effect on membership numbers at local fitness clubs.

The economic crunch has caused many Canadians to cut back on conservation and tune out Earth Hour, recent studies suggest. Environics Research released the results of its second annual Green Home Index this week.