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It wasn’t the record-setting numbers seen last year, but many of the animals awaiting permanent homes at the Edmonton Humane Society have had their Christmas wishes fulfilled.

The availability of donated organs in Canada rose by more than one-quarter (28 per cent) over the past decade, but this increase is not keeping pace with demand.

More people left Alberta for other provinces in the third quarter of 2009 than came to the province from elsewhere in Canada, show figures from Statistics Canada.

An unauthorized health product found on the Canadian market contains a chemical with no therapeutic use that can cause serious health problems.

Back in the days when British colonial governors ruled, one of the main beverages at the traditional New Year’s Day LevĂ©e was moose milk, a boisterous concoction of whiskey or rum mixed with goat’s milk and flavoured with nutmeg and cinn

Alberta is lagging behind most other provinces in providing timely access to cancer radiation treatment, says a new report issued by the Frontier Centre for Public Policy, a prairie-based think tank.

The St. Albert Crime Stoppers Association is asking for your assistance in solving the following crime: On Nov. 25, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., unknown person(s) entered the residence at 55 Woodcrest Ave. in St. Albert.

A baby's cries pierced the air Monday afternoon at the scene of a horrific crash that later claimed the life of the child's young mother. The 34-year-old woman died after the crash on Ray Gibbon Drive, just south of McKenney Avenue around 12:45 p.m.

A pair who made the worst of a woman’s best intentions last week are still on the run and police are appealing to the public for help.

City transit users are being reminded they’ll have to dig a little deeper into their wallets to get from point A to B in the new year. New fares for St. Albert Transit take effect Jan.