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Journalism is under siege from all sides. Sixty-five journalists and media workers were killed across the globe in 2017, according to figures published by Reporters Without Borders.

National Newspaper Week started on Monday and concludes on Sunday, Oct. 7. This year's theme is “Now More Than Ever.” Papers across Canada are taking part in this campaign to raise awareness of and support for the newspaper industry.

St. Albert city council’s plan to revamp its idle-free bylaw looks more like greenwashing than any real consideration of its effects.

Smoking cigarettes and the legalization of pot consumption in Canada on Oct. 17 are bad enough – just ask Alberta Health Services. We all know the drill, and the risks, some of which are deadly.

In a speech, light on specifics, St. Albert’s mayor painted a rosy picture for city residents in her State of the City address at the Enjoy Centre on Wednesday.

St. Albert is a small city, a prosperous, progressive place with small-town values and a great sense of community. You know your neighbours and they know you, and both of you know “that guy from across town.

The threat of a postal strike used to cause great upset among Canadians, including St. Albertans who relied on “snail mail” to pay their bills and keep in touch with family and friends through letters and postcards.

Average working people have very little control over how changes to government tax rules impact their salaries.

A half-a-million-dollar funding announcement for St. Albert is raising a few eyebrows and is now the focus of debate about the need for a rail-fence project in the community.

Temperatures around these parts are, unfortunately, starting to drop. Winter is just around the corner. The Farmers’ Almanac’s winter forecast for the Prairies is calling for bone-chilling cold and a long winter. So the people of St.