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The babies at the Sturgeon Hospital are getting a pretty sweet ride, thanks to a recent grant from the St. Albert Community Foundation. Last month, the foundation offered a $10,000 grant to acquire a transport unit for neonatal care.

Both the chamber of commerce and members of St. Albert’s economic development advisory committee believe the stage is now set for significant economic growth.

River watchers should come to St. Albert Place next week if they want to learn the results of a recent Sturgeon-wide survey.

A 102-year-old agreement between St. Albert and the Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton could have stood in the way of building a mountain bike skills park on Seven Hills, if there was an appetite to do so in the first place.

When Balbina Fernandez de la Cruz walked up to receive her Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee medal from Lt.-Gov. Donald Ethell Tuesday, she stood tall and proud among the 52 other distinguished guests who each received their own medals.

Snow shovelers and cyclists will get an easier ride thanks to some last-minute changes to Morinville’s new traffic bylaw. Council approved third reading of its new traffic safety bylaw on Jan. 22 after extensive debate.

Farmers should expect for a food fight at the supermarket now that Target’s coming to town, says an upcoming speaker at a major ag-tech. About 1,700 people are headed to the Edmonton Expo Centre next week for the FarmTech 2013 conference.

A handful of businesses in the Mission Ridge Shopping Centre are picking up the pieces after they were broken into over the weekend. Armella Gulley, executive director of St.

St. Albert’s former Rona store is up for sale. In late August, Rona’s head office announced that Totem Building Supplies in St. Albert would be transformed into Rona.

When a high-risk offender is released back into the community, there is little recourse for the public, with community members left instead to keep a watchful eye and exercise common-sense safety practices.