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Leading Edge Physiotherapy and major sports teams will soon have something in common – a private pool. Not your typical splash-and-fun pool, though – this pool offers a high-tech approach to treating injuries.

Giving kisses is one of Rosa Pellettieri’s favorite Christmas traditions. To the delight of her guests, they are made from chocolate. At first sight, Pellettieri’s Christmas decorations differ little from those found in Canadian homes.

A local organization working to improve the lives of individuals with developmental disabilities received national honours last week.

An Edmonton senior spent 48 days behind bars after stealing a charity donation tin from a local pet store.

This is the season for looking forward to the year ahead, but also for reflecting on the 12 months that have just passed. This holiday season, Gazette staff writers will share their memories from the past year.

Villeneuve Airport will be the official backup site for medevac flights once the City Centre Airport closes, says the provincial finance minister, and that could mean about $6 million in airport upgrades.

Someone with a chainsaw and an unquenchable thirst for ice fishing has ruined any chance local residents had of skating at Lacombe Lake Park during the Christmas holidays.

A Sturgeon County family’s quest to get a new public hearing on the Heartland Transmission project has been quashed by an Alberta court.

Tasked with writing a profile of one of the world’s most famous people, it would have been easy to phone up any number of scholars or professors to find out exactly who Santa Claus is.

A local environmental group received a major grant to do the first-ever plant survey of Big Lake.