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Albertans could see a warmer, drier winter this year thanks to El Niño, according to Environment Canada. Alberta flipped from fall to winter virtually overnight last Friday.

Snow plows and graders were working around the clock over the weekend after a massive storm dumped more than 20 centimetres of snow throughout the region, making some local streets impassable.

Sturgeon County passed a $76 million budget yesterday that will see residents pay 2.65 per cent more in taxes next year.

City council did not jump on board an idea to create a new tax levy that a city councilor proposed as a way to kick-start funding plans for an LRT line to St. Albert. Coun.

The spirit of the season appears to have been lost on vandals who brazenly defaced the front façade of Alberta’s oldest building. Sometime before church services on Nov.

In the past decade, CityTV personality Bridget Ryan has spent a major portion of her time in front of a camera. After the St. Albert Catholic High student graduated, she bolted to the United States to study drama.

The St. Albert RCMP drug unit found marijuana, cocaine and cash in a south side Edmonton apartment last week. Local officers working with the Edmonton Police Service and Stony Plain RCMP drug unit raided the apartment at 4835 – 104A Ave.

The group that takes the concept of recycling one step beyond most others had a raffle last weekend at St.

Celtic-jazz harpist Terry McDade and his brood, The McDades, are one of the most enduring family groups around.

This is the time of year when a group of students at W.D. Cuts School volunteers its time and energy to make a difference for dozens of local seniors they don’t even know.