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It's a big step for Alberta, and a tale of success for Sturgeon County. Last Wednesday, Sturgeon County's Economic Development Board fall business breakfast celebrated the sanctioning of a $5.7-billion Phase One bitumen refinery in Sturgeon County.

A recent environmental grant should help local students learn more about plants, says a local researcher, and could help the city save money on gardening. City council unanimously approved $22,219.

Winter will be a frosty one. November has been a truly cold month in St. Albert and the weather doesn’t look to be warming up anytime soon, said Environment Canada senior climatologist David Phillips. In the past month, St.

We hear a lot of calls on the radio scanner here at the Gazette — fires, crashes, the occasional robbery — but one of my favourites is the moose on the loose. When one of these huge mammals shows up in town, action is sure to follow.

Barely holding back her tears, Susan Grant slowly climbed the stage Tuesday morning to receive the keys to her new home.

The number of injury and non-injury car accidents as well as the total number of Criminal Code offences in St. Albert is continuing to drop in St. Albert, news Mayor Nolan Crouse finds encouraging.

A peewee hockey player has been suspended by the St. Albert Minor Hockey Association after multiple reports of racism surfaced this week.

The Sturgeon Valley needs about $52 million in upgrades for future growth, says a report to county council, and the county might have to more than double its levies in order to get the money.

After sitting quietly in a shed west of Dapp for many years, unnoticed and unknown by most, and with an interesting story behind it, an old threshing machine has found a new home at the Canadian Tractor Museum in Westlock.

City council gave its unanimous blessing to a three per cent increase to most user fees on Monday night, a move that will generate almost $700,000 for the city in 2013.