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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.

Seniors who visited the Sturgeon Community Hospital emergency department over the past year were part of a pilot project that was so successful, it has expanded to Edmonton hospitals.

When the Sturgeon School Division board of trustees created a new award this spring, principal Brian Brigden had no hesitation about nominating Darwin Krips.

Sturgeon County could get millions of dollars in additional tax revenue from the Sturgeon Industrial Park, says a new report, but only if it pays for $54 million worth of upgrades.

Louis Forcade now has an ironclad place in Legal's history. The 52-year-old welder and lifelong Legal resident had spent hundreds of hours assembling a 2,000-pound steel sculpture to Canadian unity.

City council wants to force a high-profile residential development to adopt a commercial component in order to get a required amendment to the city's municipal development plan.

The chance of a child developing an allergy to a pet living in the home is no higher and, in some cases, even lower than children who don’t have a pet in the home, according to a study in Clinical & Experimental Allergy.