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Night owls will have a chance to see the stars this week as local astronomers set up sidewalk telescopes for the public.

When it comes to getting a grip on household clutter, admitting you need professional help is just the first step. Actually making the call is much harder. St.

Officials hope that farmers will take time out to make a safety plan this week to avoid fatal accidents. March 14 to 20 is Agricultural Safety Week in Canada, and provincial officials are once again hoping to get the message out.

A New Year’s Eve party that ended in bloodshed for a local teen resulted in a 10-month sentence and year of probation for his attacker. Jake Allan MacIntyre pleaded guilty to a single count of aggravated assault on Tuesday in Fort Saskatchewan.

Morinville RCMP are asking for help from the public to help determine who assaulted a man near Calahoo Monday. The young man showed up at the doorstep of a Calahoo-area home on Monday morning. He was severely injured from an apparent assault.

Despite showing up in St. Albert’s latest downtown revitalization plans, a new civic building is a far off reality, say city councillors. New civic buildings feature prominently in conceptual maps produced by Urban Strategies Inc.

At least 45,000 Canadians could become status Indians under a new law proposed by the federal government. Indian Affairs minister Chuck Strahl tabled the Gender Equity in Indian Registration Act in the House of Commons last week.

The list of consumer products potentially tainted by an additive believed contaminated with salmonella bacteria continues to grow.

A 64-year-old man died at a business near Namao today when a picker truck he was working on crushed him.

St. Albert’s fire chief welcomed news of a provincial review into the centralization of ambulance dispatch centres because the system’s arrival in St. Albert has come with some significant challenges.