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Only one teacher will be laid off in St. Albert next year but the effects of job losses due to employee retirements will have an impact on classrooms in both the Catholic and Protestant school systems. In the Greater St.

An online survey suggests that nearly 20 per cent of St. Albert residents don’t have access to a family doctor. Of 613 people who answered an online survey, 493 had a doctor and 120 didn’t. The City of St.

With a rosier financial picture than the government expected, opposition parties called this week for increased education funding so school boards don’t have to resort to teacher layoffs.

Click. That sound you're hearing is the odometer on a bus with red and blue stripes rolling over to its silver year of service as St. Albert Transit marks its 25th anniversary tomorrow.

The Alberta government ended the year on a financial high note, with a larger sustainability fund and a lower deficit than first budgeted.

With two weeks left to go before St. Albert's 150th anniversary Homecoming, organizers with the Rendezvous 2011 committee have given people another seven days to sign up. It's a chance for St.

Metamorphic bugs and ancient forests return to the Sturgeon River this week with the opening of a popular summer nature centre. The Big Lake Environment Support Society’s (BLESS) Summer Nature Centre throws open its doors this Monday.

The $7 million in research funds jointly announced by Alberta Innovates – Health Solutions and the Alberta Cancer Foundation could potentially result in new state-of the-art treatment and care for cancer patients.

Birds eavesdrop on chipmunks to protect their young, suggests a new study. Veeries and ovenbirds are small, ground-dwelling birds that are relatively rare sights around St. Albert, says local birder Peter Demulder.

City council took the first step toward borrowing $15.9 million to complete stage three of Ray Gibbon Drive. Council voted 7-0 in favour of bringing forward a bylaw for first reading at the July 11 meeting.