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You might think that after 80-plus years of living, pulling weeds might get a bit tiresome. Yet for many River Ridge Seniors Community residents, pulling weeds is not just a way to beautify their small garden plots.

Local mycologists are licking their lips this weekend as they get set to chow down on a bumper crop of edible mushrooms. Heavy rains have produced an explosion of mushrooms in the St. Albert region.

St. Albert RCMP seized an undisclosed amount of drugs and arrested three individuals Wednesday while executing a drug trafficking search warrant at a Lacombe Park home. “We were looking for drugs and evidence of trafficking,” said Cpl.

Local RCMP are looking for help after three young men set fire to a park bench and garbage can near St. Albert Place. Early Thursday morning the three individuals were walking in the area carrying a jerry can containing gasoline.

A fundraiser is in the works for the daughter of an armoured car guard who was gunned down last month at the University of Alberta.

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These days a moose in St. Albert is cause for excitement, as it offers residents an opportunity to see an often-elusive wildlife species.

St. Albert's Great West Newspapers announced a major deal this week that will bring the Edmonton Journal's print operations to Campbell Business Park next summer. Great West Newspapers, the parent company of the St.

Three days ago, on a cool August morning, I ran my first triathlon. And I finished. That I did is no small accomplishment because of who I was when I chose to do it, how little time I had to prepare and the sacrifices I made to accomplish it.

Proposals for an acreage development in the Sturgeon Valley and a dramatic expansion of the Villeneuve hamlet were both defeated as urban municipalities in the region voted against both at the Capital Region Board (CRB) last week.