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In a desperate quest to get away from the floods caused by Typhoon Haiyan, Marlene Agas’ brother climbed the roof of a nearby building. He injured himself on nails sticking out of the wall, requiring medical attention in the days to follow.

A councillor is pursuing amendments to city council’s budget and taxation guiding principles policy that would potentially enshrine the philosophy of using new assessment growth revenue to fund new or expanding city initiatives. Coun.

A Calgary man will be in prison for two years after stealing more than $5,000 in merchandise from the St. Albert Superstore. Jean Paul Boutin appeared in St.

The St. Albert Gazette has been named among the top three newspapers in North America in its circulation category by the Local Media Association in its 2013 Newspaper of the Year competition.

We live in a northern climate, and as much as we like to grumble about the cold and snow – all winter long – most of us live here by choice.

The City of Edmonton is hosting an open house to collect public input to put towards a concept plan for Mark Messier Trail. The open house, planned for Dec.

You're not supposed to lie down to recover from the exertion of running hard. I'm not sure why, but that's what I was taught by former coaches and phys-ed teachers.

Residents will get a chance to give input on the recently released draft Erin Ridge traffic study report. A public consultation meeting has been scheduled for Dec. 9 at 7 p.m. at the King of Kings Lutheran Church.

Until a week ago, Ron Stoley had never heard of Sydney the missing rescue dog. To him, she was just another lost pup that showed up at his brother's yard in Entwistle. Stoley fed and befriended the small, lab-mix and when temperatures dipped he captured her and sent her off to a shelter.

City staff have been given the go-ahead to start negotiations with the St. Albert and District Chamber of Commerce for the chamber to provide tourism information services. Council unanimously voted in favour of a motion from Coun.