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St. Albert residents will be rewarded for low flushing now that the city has brought in a long-awaited rebate program for water-saving toilets.

City council will move ahead in 2012 with only four goals and 42 priorities, compared to the seven goals and 54 priorities it had last year. Council announced its goals for the coming year at Monday night’s council meeting.

Smokers caught lighting up in their car while children are present could soon be burning money as well under a new law that would impose steep fines.

Alberta needs to regain the freedoms that made it great and the only way to achieve that is with a change in government, Wildrose leader Danielle Smith told a packed house at a fundraising breakfast in St. Albert Tuesday morning.

With its passage imminent, homeschoolers and a group representing Catholic trustees both raised concerns about the new education act this week.

After a six-month search, St. Albert council has chosen the city’s next top manager. Starting April 23, Patrick Draper will become St. Albert’s next city manager.

Morinville parents had some strong words for Alberta's education minister last week when they learned that they might have to give up one of their schools to accommodate a new public school district in town.

When it comes to qi gong, William Tucker is the man. He can teach everything about how to breathe and move in the ancient Chinese tradition, and the first thing a person will probably learn is how to pronounce it.

Most trees will grow perfectly well all by themselves without the interference of pruning. You stick them in the ground, water them and up they soar, seeking the light and the air as only trees can do.

As the provincial bill to switch St. Albert's school boards moved a step closer to becoming law Tuesday night, St. Albert MLA Ken Allred took the opportunity to speak out against his own government's bill.