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“We get calls all the time looking for people that want to set up in St. Albert and we are out of land," St. Albert Mayor Cathy Heron said.

About 550 Bellerose Composite High School students took part in a 48-hour stationary bike marathon to raise funds for cancer research last week.

“All these new cleantech businesses are so reliant on science, technology, engineering, and math we need to really start even earlier and say, how can we make sure that women and girls are going into the universities and trades with that kind of end goal in mind because at the moment it's a very low representation of women and girls,” Kendall Anderson, Manager of the Pembina Institute’s Energy Transition program

St. Albert could see as many as 50,000 new residents by 2044, according to updated growth forecasts being developed by a regional planning board task force chaired by Mayor Cathy Heron.

The bridge, which Plamondon described as a key piece of infrastructure, was built in 1967 and is located on Highway 38 near Redwater. The bridge crosses the North Saskatchewan River connecting Strathcona and Sturgeon Country.

With spring on the horizon, the City of St. Albert is considering how to adapt environmental operations to better support Alberta's 375 different native bee species, rather than the invasive, disease spreading, and food-hogging honey bee.

Certain types of soft foam, coloured foam and meat trays are now able to be recycled along with previously accepted clean white packing blocks from electronics, appliances or furniture.  

Just a handful of items make up the agenda for St. Albert city council's March 7 meeting, including a decision on whether or not $1.3 million is spent on replacing a bridge on Range Road 255, and a potential postponement of design work for Millennium Park.

A group of six firefighter-paramedics are living on Firehall No. 2 roof since Sunday night raising money for muscular dystrophy