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Greg Parks, a former St. Albert Saints’ forward who served as head coach, general manager and part-owner of the St. Albert Steel before the Alberta Junior Hockey League team relocated to Whitecourt, died Tuesday in his hometown of Edmonton.

Special Olympics St. Albert is like a second family for Sydney Verkerk. “It’s pretty cool,” said the organization’s athlete of the month. “The environment is safe and I feel really comfortable.

St. Albert's premier and third division men's rugby teams are rucking and mauling today. At 12:30 p.m., the thirds scrum down against the Grande Prairie Centaurs at Ellerslie Rugby Park. At 4 p.m., the first 15 host the Calgary Irish at the St. Albert Rugby Football Club. The thirds (4-2, six BP), winners of two in a row, are ranked first in the Edmonton Rugby Union table and the Centaurs (3-3, four BP) are six points back in sixth place.

Sandra Fisher was crowned the Edmonton Golf Association senior ladies’ champion on her home course Tuesday. The winner of an unprecedented 21 Sturgeon Valley ladies’ club titles carded scores of 77 and 73 during the two-day tournament.

Jackson Wark is in exclusive company as the 22nd Canadian selected in the 2015 Major League Baseball first-year player draft. The New York Mets picked the six-foot-six, 220-pound right-hander from the midget AAA St.

The fantastic firsts grinded out their lowest-scoring victory of the season with a blue-collar performance against the Nor'Westers on a wet and windy Saturday afternoon. “We had lots of great effort from the forwards and backs.

The St. Albert Tigers doubled their win total in the Sunburst Baseball League last weekend while going 3-1 in tournament action at Legion Memorial Park.

The past was honoured like royalty and the present saluted with pride on the 30th anniversary of the St. Albert Rugby Football Club. Saturday's grand re-opening of the pitches were celebrated to the month when SARFC established itself as a club and a half.

The race to the finish line at the 24th annual Sir George Simpson Triathlon starts at 10 a.m. today at Grosvenor pool.

The St. Albert Impact premier women are winless in five matches after Tuesday’s 2-0 loss to Green & Gold FCM at Riel Park.