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A mere two days after winning a tightly contested nomination, St. Albert’s newest federal candidate is gearing up for another close race. The latest poll conducted by Leger Marketing on Sept.

St. Albert’s cat killer is a coyote, police say. After a third mutilated cat was found in the city on Sept. 3, RCMP asked a specialist to conduct a necropsy on the animal, an examination of a non-human body.

A St. Albert man is facing charges after he was arrested in connection with a collision between a car and a pedestrian on Sept. 1. William McNamara already faced charges after another collision that same week.

By Kevin Ma Dave Pearson has one of the shiniest roofs in St. Albert. Pearson installs solar modules for a living, and put about 34 of them up on his Evergreen Close roof two months ago, transforming it into a giant mirror.

A man has been charged with the murder of a 25-year-old whose body was found outside a St. Albert apartment building in April. David Klassen, 26, was arrested on Sept. 1 in Yellowknife during a residential drug raid.

If you are missing a bicycle, the police may have it. Cpl. Laurel Kading said St. Albert RCMP has more than 30 bikes stored in its shed right now. The bikes were collected over the summer and the identities of their owners aren’t known.

When a shooting at the Apex Casino left the city RCMP mourning one of its own in January, St. Albertans responded with an outpouring of messages, flowers, cards and home-cooked meals.

A young girl, barefoot and dressed in all white, gently bows to her opponent then goes for a hard kick to send him off balance. But the boy, only nine years of age, blocks her attack, pushes her around and retaliates with a swift punch to the neck.

Developers will soon have more flexibility on what types of housing can be built in St. Albert.

A late-summer-evening swim at the local outdoor pool isn’t exactly an appealing proposition when the temperature is reading single digits. Unless you’ve got four furry legs, in which case it’s all paws on deck.