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St. Albert is ranked as the best place in Canada to raise kids in 2015 by MoneySense magazine. The botanical arts city also placed first in the reader’s choice division of the Canadian magazine’s annual ranking of communities.

A man convicted as an accessory in the brutal slaying of a former St. Albert resident was shot dead in front of his home last week.

Morinville will be revving up for Christmas early this year with motorcycle enthusiasts taking up a toy collection to aid a community charity this weekend.

It was cultural genocide, and it happened right here in St. Albert. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada tabled a 388-page summary of its final report on Canada's residential schools Tuesday.

City council is forcing Landrex to team up with city administration and explore options for the developer’s Erin Ridge North Phase 2 project.

Head lice. In just reading those two words, you may have without thinking raised your hand to your hair and scratched a little.

Three large rooms at the Eek! Comic and Pop Culture Fest drew countless visitors to Servus Place last weekend, but the most awed reactions came from the room filled entirely with Lego models.

A round of applause greeted council’s decision Monday night to put an extra $900,000 towards the expansion and rehabilitation of the 50+ Club building.

The winner of this year’s adult costume contest at Eek! Fest was turning heads long before she appeared before judges onstage this Saturday.

The girl pretends not to see us. She sits cross-legged on the grass, red hair tucked under a colourful Bob Marley hat in 20-plus degrees weather. When the RCMP golf cart stops right beside her she looks up, grimaces and takes off her headphones.