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Interest in archives is getting trendier in some very interesting ways. Take one special event coming this weekend as one example of just how true that is.

Stop the presses – one of Morinville’s most prolific reporters has entered the race for town council. Morinville News owner and reporter Stephen Dafoe announced Monday that he would run for Morinville town council.

The final candidate to announce his candidacy for council is hoping to bring his experience as a retired banker and financial planner to the table.

Handibus service into Edmonton should be available to registered users by early November. The city’s three new handibuses, purchased at a cost of about $165,000 each, could be spotted outside St. Albert Place briefly Monday.

Two St. Albert teens are in hospital from a suspected drug overdose. Around 4:30 p.m. on Sep. 23, St. Albert RCMP received a report of a teen found unconscious and having seizures in a back alley near Mount Royal Drive.

Two St. Albert teens are recovering from a suspected overdose of a synthetic hallucinogenic drug. St. Albert RCMP received a report of an unconscious teen having seizures in a back alley near Mount Royal Drive around 4:30 p.m. on Monday.

A Morinville teacher says she’ll work to get people more involved in their community if she’s elected to office.

Boonstock's time in Sturgeon County is over, said its organizer after county council put an indefinite ban on it, but it will be back bigger than ever next year at a new site. County council voted 6-0 in favour of a motion from Coun. Tom Flynn Tuesday to no longer issue permits for the Boonstock Music & Arts Festival at its current site near Gibbons. Coun. David Kluthe was absent. The ban follows on a temporary one issued last week by council at the behest of Coun. Karen Shaw.

I’m a Taurus. When I was a preteen that meant something to me. I would read horoscopes religiously looking for clues about who I was and what the future might bring. Mostly I wanted to know if the boy of my dreams had a crush on me.

Well, here I am, I’ve closed out my third week of training and have arrived at the eve of the season’s first game. I’ve done all the work I can to be prepared for this first ice session.