Bringing sunshine, warmth and the longest days of the year, summer is the season most people anticipate all year long.

One year following its opening, visitors to Fort Saskatchewan and new residents are discovering the city’s off-leash dog park -- and they love it. “I didn’t realize they had an off-leash park in town until today.

Canada’s most important global concern by a long shot is the environment, Canadians say in a sweeping survey done for the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.

A pyramid scheme involving a “Women’s Gifting Club” that has bilked one Spruce Grove/Stony Plain resident out of thousands of dollars is operating in Morinville, Gibbons and Sturgeon County, warns Morinville RCMP.

From zero to six digits, the 2008 Alberta election campaign ran the gamut on spending in two area ridings.

RCMP are still investigating a train derailment that happened last Thursday around midnight. Crews managed to clean up the site and get traffic on Highway 16 between Clover Bar Road and Highway 21 moving around 6:45 p.m., July 10.

Although there have been arguments saying that the housing market is about to experience a drop, realtors say that trends are showing stability in prices for the rest of the year.

Drunk driving in Alberta increased by 19 per cent in 2007 -- driving up the national average by three per cent, the latest numbers released by Statistics Canada say.

Over $2,000 in prizes is up for grabs to anyone “with a driver’s licence and a heartbeat” in a demolition derby scheduled for Lamont’s Summer Sizzler Rodeo and Fair Days this weekend.

Whether you’re a glutton for mutton busting or a fan or looking to take in some country music, there’s something for everyone at Lamont’s Summer Sizzler Rodeo and Fair Days coming this weekend.

The Fort Saskatchewan Fire Department has a new rescue and recovery jetboat after city council privately decided to pay for it within the last two weeks.

A crow that flew into power lines near downtown Sunday night caused a power failure that affected half of Fort Saskatchewan. “I’ve seen it happen before, but it’s not common for sure,” said Fort Saskatchewan Fire Chief Brian Parker.

Options are available for those that want to put their loved ones to rest in an environmentally sound environment, says a local funeral director.

Fort Saskatchewan’s population is continuing its march upward, the city revealed Friday. The 2008 municipal census completed earlier this year revealed a total of 16,793 residents living in the city, up four per cent from last year’s figure of 16,146.

Canadians live more than 1.5 years longer than the average citizens of other OECD nations, according to new data that show we also rank ahead of most western nations in terms of per capita health-care spending.

The Bank of Canada is sitting on a forgotten treasure worth over $320 million in unclaimed bank balances dating back to 1900. The money is held under the names of 938,000 people and organizations that have either forgotten their cash or died before it could be withdrawn.

Movie in the Park is going Back to the Future next week. Part 1 of the popular 1980s time-travel trilogy earned the most votes in the city’s web poll to determine which movie will be watched next Friday at the third annual event.

The Canada Day long weekend proved to be a busy one for Alberta sheriffs. Between June 27 and July 1, a total of 2,330 tickets or charges were laid in a crack down by the provincial highway patrol officers on unsafe drivers.

It’s the golden rule of Canadian politics: whoever has the gold, makes the rules. Alberta is in the enviable position of having the gold as Premier Ed Stelmach jetted off to Quebec City this week to meet with his provincial peers, said local political scientist Chaldeans Mensah.

Cyberbullying is a crime, according to members of the Canadian Teachers’ Federation who last week voted unanimously to lobby the government to treat it as such.