1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (556+ words) The St. Albert Soccer Association (SASA) hopes their proposed new facility will fill an important need for facility space as they're faced with an expiring lease next year. Councillors received an update from administration on the proposed SASA facility during…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (455+ words) AI chatbots could help Canadians step back from suicide, but could just as easily push them toward it if they’re not designed properly, say mental health officials. September is Suicide Prevention Month in Canada. Statistics Canada reports that about 12 Canadians…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (447+ words) A few weeks ago, I wrote about some of my early experiences online and why Internet guardrails are needed. I also mentioned how at this point, my solution for my own kids is to be quite restrictive when it comes…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (572+ words) New grants worth $15 million to help address family violence have arrived on the scene because of wise counsel from rural Alberta, the minister of children and family services says. Emergency family violence shelters in small-town Alberta “created the impetus” for…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (247+ words) LETTER: ADAP will trap disabled Albertans in a cycle of poverty St. Albert Gazette LETTER: ADAP will trap disabled Albertans in a cycle of poverty The Alberta government’s new Alberta Disability Assistance Program (ADAP) tracks disabled Albertans by their "capacity…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (504+ words) SADDLE LAKE - Saddle Lake Cree Nation will soon be a haven for people seeking to provide or receive gender-affirming care. "Any Albertan will be able to access gender-affirming care on Saddle Lake Cree Nation reserved lands and territories, without affecting…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (619+ words) Close-by doctors, specialists and technology make health care more accessible for urban patients than it is for their rural and remote counterparts — no secret there. But Justin Wright, Alberta’s minister of primary and preventative health services, hopes to help counterbalance…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (408+ words) For about 73 years, the Star of the North Retreat Centre has offered people a place to step away from everyday life. The Catholic retreat centre will open its doors to the public Sunday, Sept. 13, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., inviting visitors to tour…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (543+ words) This isn’t Kathie Zalasky’s first electoral rodeo. The longtime St. Albert resident has been the St. Albert district’s returning officer for five provincial elections, and has taken up the task once again for this fall’s referendum. But there’s a lot…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (277+ words) After a youth was injured in a collision involving an electric dirt bike and a Ford Bronco SUV last week, St. Albert's mayor is speaking out about the increasing complaints involving micromobility vehicles in the city. St. Albert Mayor Scott…...