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Lying to police about his identity by giving them two fake names has netted a man four days in jail. David Michael Smith appeared in St. Albert court on Monday via closed-circuit television (CCTV) from the Edmonton Remand Centre.

People keen to rip up area trails and learn more about cycling culture have a new place to meet other like-minded individuals: the St. Albert Bike Association. The club is the first of its kind in St.

I've been photographing birds for a number of years, and the one I find the most enticing is the common goldeneye. I saw scores of them on Big Lake last April during the start of the spring melt.

Spring floods have swamped a stormwater pond under construction on the banks of the Sturgeon, and local environmentalists fear that the river’s fish may have been harmed as a result. St.

Weenie and marshmallow roasting can resume in St. Albert with renewed vigour after the city lifted its fire ban on Tuesday. There has been enough moisture and cool weather since the ban was put in place May 22.

Clear skies and sunshine blessed the Kinsmen Fairgrounds on the last day of the Rainmaker Rodeo, a welcome escape from the weekend's otherwise dreary weather. Rodeo organizers were hoping to be in Mother Nature's good graces this year, “but being an outdoor event, that's what happens,” said Patrick Dower, rodeo chair.

This week when crabapple and plum trees are at their fragrant best, it’s hard not to think of fruit-bearing trees.

Rugby on the road Those heading to Leduc this weekend can catch some great St. Albert athletes competing in that city Saturday. The St. Albert Firsts will be playing on the road against CCIAC, the Calgary Irish, in an Alberta Cup match.

St. Albert’s annual Arbour Day celebration had to make a slight detour this week to avoid a pair of ducks. About 500 local students and adults came to Larose Park Wednesday to plant some 800 trees and shrubs in celebration of Arbour Day.

A black bag abandoned in a field – innocuous in any other year, but just over a month after a similar bag was used to hide a bomb at the Boston Marathon, suspicious.