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This week St. Albert city council unanimously approved a 2.4 per cent tax increase for a $154.1 million operating budget and a $29.9 million capital budget that provides few new projects.

The Christmas season wouldn’t be complete without a few Grinches trying to spoil the celebration. As much as the holiday season is the season of giving, it is also the season of taking.

Sturgeon County had every reason to celebrate on Tuesday when the multi-billion NWR Sturgeon Refinery delivered its first diesel to a Morinville UFA station amid much fanfare.

St. Albert City Council voted last week to upgrade council chambers, including improvements to accessibility. It’s no secret that standards have changed since St. Albert Place was built in the 1980s, but these changes are overdue.

Just this week we learned St. Albert was ranked in the top five cities in the province for safest cities. Maclean's magazine ranked 229 cities in Canada based on 2016 crime statistics and St.

Everything is rosy in Alberta, if you are to believe the provincial government. The economy is growing faster than predicted and is forecasted to grow four per cent in the next fiscal year.

An investigation into a CN train derailment in Sturgeon County last month has some alarming news that should rattle people living along rail lines across the country.

What should St. Albert do about its stray cats? This week City Council approved up to $20,000 to cover the cost of a survey and resulting report about creating a cat bylaw. Coun.

An opportunity for the city to control some land that is important to the Sturgeon River's ecosystem was passed over by city council on Monday.

As July 1 creeps ever closer, Canadians are getting more details about the plans for the legalization of marijuana.