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Dressed in antiquated uniforms, a group of registered nurses rallied outside the Sturgeon Community Hospital Wednesday to bring attention to provincial layoffs. Alberta Health Services announced a province-wide restructuring plan earlier this year that would replace registered nurse positions with licensed practical nurses and nurse aides.

Budgeting responsibly is one council candidate's primary objective in the 2013 Morinville election.

A Morinville dog food producer got a rare round of applause last week after its president told town council that the manufacturer had all but eliminated the smell from its smokestacks.

So I'm lying face down in the ditch next to the road that goes by my house, and as a passing headlight beam splashes over me, I'm realizing that I'll be in a real dilly of a pickle if I'm spotted.

Wild Rose Elementary students have a high-tech surprise waiting for them on their desks this fall: their own laptop computers.

A councillor suggested the city disclose what the top 50 civic employees make to the public. During Monday's standing committee on finance meeting, Coun.

The St. Albert Food Bank and Community Village is drumming along to its own beat now, and it wants you to join in. It's all part of the centre's ever-expanding efforts to alleviate the stresses of the masses.

St. Albert could almost double in size within the next 30 years, suggests a new report, and Nolan Crouse says that means another annexation from Sturgeon County in the near future.

St. Albert’s Riverlot 56 group is turning 30, and its stewards hope city residents will turn out for their birthday bash. The Riverlot 56 Natural Area Society is holding its 30th anniversary next week.

It’s hard to grow garlic successfully in Alberta. To develop a full, big bulb of cloves, garlic needs to be planted in the fall, and it grows best if it’s planted near the surface. When the ground freezes, so does the garlic. Longtime St.