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It's easy to let consumerism take over Christmas but Canadians are increasingly turning to charitable gifts to supplement their purchases of toys and electronic gadgets.

Last week marked the 13th year in a row that students, staff and parents at Muriel Martin Elementary School celebrated RĂ©veillon, a long-standing French Canadian tradition that involves eating, dancing and singing after midnight mass on Christmas

St. Albert residents should finally have clear streets this week now that the graders have moved into local neighbourhoods. Public works officials announced Monday they had started clearing snow from residential streets.

Dave Fuller and his wife love Christmas. For proof, look no further than the couple’s home at 90 Akins Dr. where the joy of a holiday display knows no bounds. It’s certainly not the only house in St.

Staff at the Sturgeon Community Hospital have identified a number of additional beds they can use when the emergency department activates new overcapacity protocols that went into effect on Monday.

St. Albert's Mother Earth is getting a piece of the Earth named after her. The City of St. Albert announced last week it would dub the peninsula in Riel Pond as "Elke's Peninsula" in a ceremony this spring.

St. Albert city council gave the final stamp of approval to a 2.79 per cent municipal tax increase by unanimously approving the 2011 budget Monday night.

The 70-year old school bus driver who was charged with careless driving last week won’t be behind the wheel any longer.

Everything is humming along smoothly at the St. Albert Food Bank and Community Village days before Christmas. “It’s not horrible,” says Suzan Krecsy when talking about the situation of the supply and demand for food hampers.

Children who live in apartment buildings where nobody smokes are at a much higher risk of exposure to secondhand smoke than children who lived in detached housing where nobody smokes, according to a new study in the journal Pediatrics.