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There was plenty of breaking news this week, but there was one headline that hit especially close to home: Murder charges stayed against Vader. Travis Vader, 42, is the only person ever charged in the disappearance of St.

Premier Alison Redford must be replaying the last year over and over in her mind, recalling the political gaffes that have led her to the political precipice.

Photo radar – it is to St. Albert what the sausage is to Mundare. This city is infamous for its attack on so-called speeders. The dastardly photo radar Jeep could be lurking around the very next corner.

Maybe the warm fall lulled us into thinking it would never come. Or maybe we are clinging to the hope that November will be a pleasant month. But every year, the first big winter storm of the year seems to hit us in the face like a cold dead fish.

The mountain bike skills park debate intensified last week at an open house, with echoes reminiscent of the Erin Ridge school site controversy. Upon closer examination, however, the bike skills park seems much more cut and dried. A St.

It's a sign that someone has lost his or her marbles. Either that, or the individual(s) putting up the Crouse A$%hole signs around the city has a brain the size of a marble. Motorists may have been surprised to encounter signs on St.

Social media, while valuable for instantly catching up with your friends and tweeting what you had for supper, showed once again that it can be abused by anyone who has access to the Internet.

The relaxation of licensed drinking establishment rules for the Feb. 23 gold medal men’s hockey game was truly a lesson in provincial governance.

Canadians went to bed last Saturday night with visions of gold medals dancing in their heads. In St. Albert, lineups to get in the local bars started at 4 a.m.

It’s something you’d see in Gary Larson’s hilarious Far Side cartoons – the highly-intelligent, in-charge human picking up the leavings of a lowly, slobbering, flea-ridden canine.