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City woman recognized for fight against ovarian cancer

City woman recognized for fight against ovarian cancer

A rare national honour was recently bestowed on St. Albert’s Liza Sunley, otherwise known as ‘the face of ovarian cancer in Edmonton.
Anti-cop Facebook threats bring nine-month sentence

Anti-cop Facebook threats bring nine-month sentence

A man who used Facebook to threaten to kill as many RCMP officers as he could and praised the man behind the Mayerthorpe massacre was sentenced Monday to nine months in jail.
Slow, steady growth for Sarasota

Slow, steady growth for Sarasota

Sarasota, a St. Albert home building and realty company, has been handing the keys to new-home buyers for the last 16 years.
Back-to-school clutter-busting

Back-to-school clutter-busting

The closet was bursting with sparkly princess dresses and pink feather boas. Care Bears and Cabbage Patch Kids and Barbies spilled from a doll bed in the corner of the room and onto the floor.
Food bank helping kids get back into school

Food bank helping kids get back into school

This is the time of year when school kids and their wallet-bearing parents go off into department stores with checklists of school supplies. For parents whose wallets are as bare as Mother Hubbard’s cupboards, help is a phone call away.
Killer gets third crack at freedom

Killer gets third crack at freedom

A woman convicted in the death of a local realtor in 2006 is being released from prison for the third time after two previous parole attempts failed.
'Quick change' artist targets local stores

'Quick change' artist targets local stores

A “quick change” artist has used distraction and sleight of hand to bilk two local businesses, prompting police to issue a warning. The man was first spotted at the St. Albert Totem store on Aug. 5.
Soldiers swarm St. Albert

Soldiers swarm St. Albert

Local joggers got a surprise military escort Friday morning as about a hundred troops hiked through St. Albert. About 100 members of 1 Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry set out from Legion Memorial Park Friday morning at about 8:10 a.
Family mourns man killed in crash

Family mourns man killed in crash

Family and friends of a 30-year-old St. Albert man killed in a vehicle crash last weekend are remembering a bright, funny, generous and charismatic young man who died too young.
Motorcyclist on final leg of cross-country ride for MS

Motorcyclist on final leg of cross-country ride for MS

Every year the MS Society of Alberta hosts several popular fundraising bike tours, all somewhere between 150 and 200 kilometres.
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