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A St. Albert RCMP corporal is urging drivers and pedestrians to be more vigilant at crosswalks after a 12-year-old girl received minor injuries after she was bumped by a car while crossing the street Tuesday. St.

A St. Albert resident found an eight-legged surprise in her grapes this week in the form of a spider from California. Sandra Arsenault says she found what may have been a male red-backed jumping spider Monday in a bunch of grapes she got from the St.

It's Saturday, and Halloween magic has transformed the University of Alberta. Huge, possibly fake black spiders the size of a child's head skitter about the stone walls of the Katz Pharmacy Building upon wispy webs.

Ongoing increases to property taxes and utility rates have left some wondering about the affordability of St. Albert. With a proposed 3.3 per cent property tax increase on the table – 3.2 per cent for residential properties, and 3.

Business will think twice about moving to St. Albert if non-residential taxes keep going up, say two city entrepreneurs. Both spoke with the Gazette in response to city council hearing a first draft of the 2015 municipal budget on Monday.

Consumers at St. Albert gas stations were in for a pleasant surprise on Tuesday, as some gas prices dropped to as little as 94.9 cents. Brian Rodwell, who was passing through the city from Saskatchewan, said he wished prices would remain this way.

It was All Hallows' Eve 2013 and some residents of St. Albert senior centres sat ready with their treats and candy waiting for the children to arrive. But nobody came. To point out more hidden trick-or-treat locations in the city, the St.

The theft of a community mailbox has prompted RCMP to warn the public to pick up their mail as soon as possible after delivery. A single Canada Post mailbox was reported missing from Delwood Place in the Deer Ridge neighbourhood on Oct. 15.

A man will spend the next six months in jail after he tried to find sanctuary in a Sturgeon County home that wasn’t his. Cain Desjarlais was sentenced in St.

City staff will review the expenses of all members of council.