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Despite two weeks of grueling physical challenges, St. Albert cadet Sam Smith has nothing but positive memories of a recent trip to Iceland. Smith, 18, is a master warrant officer with the St.

Change starts here. That was the message coming from organizers, speakers and spokespeople at the kickoff for the United Way’s 2012 fall fundraising campaign at the Edmonton Expo Centre on Tuesday.

The smell of Douglas fir always brings Patty Klack back to her father's workshop. The daughter of former St.

Residents of Kirkland Drive, one of the streets in Kingswood that radiates out from a proposed park and school site say they have no problems with a high school being built on-site and don’t believe teenagers make bad neighbours.

The shelves are filling up nicely at the St. Albert Food Bank, thanks to the annual food drive held last Saturday.

Development at the original Hole's greenhouse site is on hold until the subdivision application is accepted by the city. "It's been a very lengthy process to get the subdivision done — much longer than I expected," said Bill Hole.

Dick Tansey said it was difficult on the days when his wife came home in tears after visiting a friend with dementia. The couple met their mutual friend many years ago when Tansey was still in business.

Elias Morgan Simon, the Morinville man accused of killing an Alexander First Nation man earlier this year, will face a preliminary inquiry in May.

Parents can help a local elementary school raise cash for kids next week by test-driving a new car. The Sir Alexander Mackenzie (SAM) school fundraising society is holding its third annual family barbecue next Wednesday.

Up to 22 million birds die from smacking into Canadian homes a year, suggests a new study, and bird feeders may be partially to blame. University of Alberta biologist Erin Bayne published a study on bird collisions in Wildlife Research last week.