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Parents can help a local elementary school raise cash for kids next week by test-driving a new car. The Sir Alexander Mackenzie (SAM) school fundraising society is holding its third annual family barbecue next Wednesday.

Up to 22 million birds die from smacking into Canadian homes a year, suggests a new study, and bird feeders may be partially to blame. University of Alberta biologist Erin Bayne published a study on bird collisions in Wildlife Research last week.

Jody Reekie said in the 12 years that she has owned Modern Eyes Gallery and Gift many of her first-time customers thought she sold glasses.

A lifelong Morinville resident has squeaked out a win to become the town's newest councillor. Sheldon Fingler was declared the winner of the 2012 Morinville council byelection at around 9 p.m. Thursday.

When I moved into my new neighbourhood this summer, I was worried that I wouldn't have any friends. So I was overjoyed when on my first day in the new place the local welcoming committee woke me up at 5 a.m.

St. Albert should be squeaky clean this weekend as hundreds of people scrub it of trash as part of the region's first-ever city-wide cleanup. Scores of city residents are expected to head out into their neighbourhoods this Sept.

When you have a severe nut and peanut allergy, making Nutella probably isn't a good idea. Unfortunately, says St. Albert's Jennifer Duggan, she only found out about her allergy after she'd started brewing up a batch of it about two years ago.

A string of driving offences netted a 30-day jail sentence for Daniel M. McDermott, who pleaded guilty in St. Albert Provincial Court Wednesday to operating an unregistered motor vehicle. On May 21 a St.

Computer literacy, surfing the net, using social media like Facebook and Twitter, and uploading photos from camera to computer: these are hot-ticket classes at the library this fall and winter, and while the programs are free to all adults with a lib

Mayor Nolan Crouse didn’t hold back Monday night in sharing his thoughts on Canterra’s refusal to allow a high school to be built in Kingswood.