Local News

Off-reserve aboriginal kids are more than twice as likely to smoke than non-aboriginals, finds a new study.

Volunteer firefighters in Alberta will now be treated the same as their full-time counterparts when it comes to cancer claims with the Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB).

The race to replace Progressive Conservative leader Ed Stelmach was expected to get a little more crowded today with an announcement from former Alberta Energy minister Rick Orman.

Even the Sturgeon River is getting involved with this year's river cleanup event, with high water levels flooding what would normally be trash-strewn shores. But don't worry, says organizer Erin Gluck — there's still plenty of trash to pick up.

A Sturgeon County organization devoted to keeping an eye out for crime is looking for a few good volunteers. Sturgeon Rural Crime Watch is looking for volunteers to help monitor the county’s wide-open spaces and report crime as they see it.

Deep in an isolated greenhouse, Scott Formaniuk searches for trees in a very tiny forest. He gently brushes aside the branches of some two-year-old lodgepole pines, each about the height of his hand. "These are coming along quite nicely," he says.

A St. Albert man who stole an armful of Alberta beef to fuel a drug habit now has four months to come up with a fine. Kyle Robert Norgard, 38, pleaded guilty to theft under $5,000 for a Sept. 12, 2010 incident that saw him trying to get out of a St.

Tesla coils are awesome. That's a scientific fact. About 35 Sir George Simpson students learned that last Friday in St. Albert when teacher Tony Rafaat fired one up.

It's time for the city to stop accepting vandalism as normal and council has to lead the way, said Mayor Nolan Crouse.

Should the city provide a sympathetic ear to its employees so they can unburden themselves in times of strife? Coun. Wes Brodhead thinks so.