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St. Albert is known as a city of people who live to give, and every year the Community Information and Volunteer Centre calls out five people for their incredible contributions to the city.

Edmonton’s Earth Day will be teeny-tiny this year as the eco-festival struggles to find a permanent home. April 22 is Earth Day, an international event meant to promote awareness of environmental issues.

Dogs in St. Albert will need to be on leashes everywhere but designated areas starting in September of 2014. On Monday night city council gave third and final reading to the updated animal bylaw, which reverses St.

August 26, 2012 was a great day for a bike ride in St. Albert. The sun was shining, the skies were clear and I felt great. And then I got hit by a car.

Alberta may be over-fertilizing its lawns with the oilsands, says a local air quality scientist, and that could mean major change to the province’s ecosystems. David Spink, an air quality consultant based in St.

For much of his life Dr. Ieuan Evans has examined the properties of soil but in spite of that love and study of all things earthen, he did not get mushy or even poetic about the stuff beneath his feet when he kicked off the St.

A local group called Election Action Committee appears to be trying to take a page from the city’s history books with its newest announcement that it has set up an election office to support fiscally responsible candidates, but it is unlikely t

Alberta families and businesses are out almost $10 million this month due to a dicey investment scheme by a St. Albert company. Optam Holdings Inc., an investment company based in St.

The Liberal Party of Canada, set to select a new leader using a new method to pick that person, should be able to challenge both for a majority government and for a seat locally, Liberals of the Edmonton-St. Albert constituency say.

The Sturgeon Community hospital is the ninth-best in Canada, according to a survey conducted by the CBC, but Alberta Health Services isn’t willing to discuss the matter. The rankings, which can be found at www.cbc.