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There was a quote attached to Insp. Kevin Murray’s recent email to the detachment. It came as no surprise. The man in charge of the St. Albert RCMP is known for leaving inspirational citations on the detachment’s whiteboard every morning.

The Edmonton region has worse air than Toronto, suggests a recent study, but local air quality scientists say coal power might not be entirely to blame. The Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) released an analysis this week that showed how air pollution in terms of fine particulate matter was significantly worse in Edmonton than it was in Toronto despite having a fifth of its population.

City residents will get to party for the planet next week as the 25th annual Earth Day returns to the Edmonton region. April 22 is Earth Day, the international day that celebrates the environment and its protection. At least four St.

For St. Albert residents on the hunt for new reading material, the quest will get a lot easier this summer.

A major new airshow is set to take flight this August at Villeneuve Airport. Richard Skermer and Dean Heuman of RWE Events spoke to county council Tuesday about the proposed Edmonton Airshow.

In the big scheme of things, volunteers are the very lifeblood of so much of our community life. We might not see them all the time, or know what they're doing, but they're always there.

It’s an interesting experience when we see our grown children doing stuff that we used to do. Last weekend we cheered on our daughter and her friends as they ran their first race of the season.

Vincent J. Maloney students plan to burn rubber next week as they race to find a cure for juvenile diabetes. VJM students are in their final days of preparation for next week’s fourth annual Cyclebetes fundraiser.

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A St. Albert biologist is giving a free talk this week on the namesake of the Sturgeon River.