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This upcoming Family Day, for the first time in its history, St. Albert Transit will run buses on a statutory holiday. Transit will offer its Sunday service, which includes dial-a-bus pickup and delivery plus Route 201 to and from Edmonton.

While February of 1987 saw the start of construction on Bellerose Composite High School, it was the same month in 1988 that really rocked the city. First a nurses’ strike in St.

The trio of Progressive Conservative leadership contenders became a quartet Thursday as Justice Minister and Attorney General Alison Redford resigned her post and entered the fray.

Laurie Blakeman, Liberal MLA for Edmonton Centre announced this week she’ll be seeking the leadership of the Alberta Liberal Party (ALP) when David Swann steps down later this year.

Piles were spun and snow was flung this week as construction of a million-dollar boardwalk began in a wetland near Big Lake. Crews began driving piles and laying planks in the wetland south of Riel Pond this week as work on the John E.

Kelly Gray and Rick Winklmeier are spinning their dream home out of straw. The two-level 1,500-sq.-ft. house doesn't look that different from its neighbours from the outside, apart from being bigger than average.

A former male nurse at the Sturgeon hospital now faces two more sexual assault charges. Last week local RCMP charged Eric James Christiansen, 48, with two counts of sexual assault on top of the three he already faces. Cpl. Laurel Kading with the St.

In a move that’s expected to anger local landlords, the city is planning to eliminate a policy that allows city utility accounts to be listed in the name of a renter and not the property owner.

A controversial affordable housing project in Akinsdale was vandalized over the weekend, marking the first time that Habitat for Humanity Edmonton has experienced such an act. A sign for Aurora Place at 70 Arlington Dr.

Doug Griffiths, MLA for Battle River-Wainwright announced Tuesday he is running for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative party.