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Local law enforcement officers will be out in full force this weekend taking drunk drivers off the streets as part of the annual checkstop season.

The first year featuring a new way for calculating the budget requests of different community groups has run into some growing pains.

When Jessica Martel died, help came too late. The 26-year-old mother of three was beaten and strangled to death at her Morinville home by her husband in 2009.

A pre-teen hockey player remains suspended from play after allegedly lambasting two teammates with racist and anti-Semitic comments. Two sets of parents filed complaints with the St.

All that glitters may not be gold, but it sure is Christmassy. And while red and green are traditional, they aren’t the only seasonal colours to be found on trees this year.

There are Santa’s helpers, and then there’s the Kinette Club of St. Albert – true Christmas elves who provide a festive holiday for less fortunate St.

Phone service, as well as Internet and email, is back up and running after a day-long outage Friday. According to a release from the city, network access was restored to satellite buildings at approximately 6:15 p.m. Friday night.

The tundra swan stranded on Big Lake may have met a grisly end, say local observers. St. Albert river watchers spotted an adult tundra swan wandering around a small patch of open water on Big Lake earlier this month.

It’s a slip on ice, a stumble over a cord, or a trip from the top of a ladder – falls are common inside and around the house, and often hit hardest for seniors. Nov.

A St. Albert cocaine dealer who was caught in the act by RCMP will spend the next 30 months in a federal penitentiary. Michael Royal Dickson, 31, pleaded guilty last month to drug trafficking and obstructing police.