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Finding a consultant to help St. Albert reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to below 2008 levels is proving to be difficult for St. Albert’s environment office.

All-day bus service to North Ridge and Lacombe Park Estates begins Sunday, part of a package of transit changes taking effect that day. St.

Local frozen yogurt shop, Twisted Yogurt, is demonstrating that the trendy treat is more than just a fad. Owner Michael Bossio insists that frozen yogurt has staying power and is proving it with the growing success of his business.

Stiffer penalties kick in this long weekend for people caught behind the wheel with a blood-alcohol content below the criminal limit.

Sitting at work and wondering if you left the stove on? If you are living in the proposed development of Avenir to St. Albert’s northwest, all you’d have to do is log on to your house to double-check.

A former Enjoy Centre tenant responsible for three of the facilities' businesses was locked out Saturday after failing to pay rent. Bill Hole, co-owner of the Enjoy Centre, said the contract with Health Hub Holdings was terminated Saturday.

The Youth Community Centre hopes to stave off its closure by submitting a funding request to city council during its budget deliberations later this year. The move comes after the centre's board met with Couns.

St. Albert’s second annual river valley picnic had beautiful sunny weather last Sunday but compared to last year there weren’t a lot of people around to enjoy it.

Morinville council gave the town's fire department the green light this week to partner with St. Albert in creating a joint firefighter training centre. The training centre will allow the two departments to train for small-fire scenarios closer to home instead of relying on training sites in Bon Accord, Edmonton and Nisku. A land use bylaw amendment for the site of the facility, located on the water reservoir site on East Boundary Road, is being presented to Morinville council on Sept. 11.

Around 300 family members and friends gathered Friday night to honour the memory of Brian Ilesic and create a lasting legacy for the young daughter he left behind.