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Website aims to connect patients to family doctors

Website aims to connect patients to family doctors

Nine Edmonton-area primary care networks (PCN) joined forces earlier in the week to launch a new website that aims to simplify the process for residents seeking a family physician.
Province posts $23 million deficit in 2011

Province posts $23 million deficit in 2011

Better land sales, investment income and lower spending added up to a much lower deficit for Alberta last year, as the province finished the year with a scant $23 million deficit. Despite the lower deficit number, nearly $3.
More Alberta students making the grade

More Alberta students making the grade

More Alberta students are finishing high school and St. Albert students are beating the provincial average according to statistics released this week. The government released high school completion numbers that shows 74.
Bird numbers in decline across Canada, study finds

Bird numbers in decline across Canada, study finds

Canadian birds are becoming more rare than ever and it’ll be a hard struggle for us to keep them from vanishing altogether, according to a new study.
Healthy kids start in the kitchen

Healthy kids start in the kitchen

Want Timmy to eat his vegetables? You'll have better luck if you let him help chop them up, suggests a new study. University of Alberta researcher Yen Li Chu published a study last May in the online edition of Public Health Nutrition.
Arboreal warfare breaks out in St. Albert

Arboreal warfare breaks out in St. Albert

Somewhere in St. Albert, there is a piece of public land that has been attacked by guerrillas. They won’t say where it is or even give an approximate location because they want the effects of their Thursday dusk attack to last.
Locals eager for longboard competition

Locals eager for longboard competition

You see kids of all ages doing it around town; gliding on and pushing a skateboard on streets and sidewalks to school, the convenience store or the park. Skateboarding is an increasingly popular pastime in St.
Chamber breakfast tackles growth

Chamber breakfast tackles growth

No one in St. Albert 25 years ago thought the city would grow to Villeneuve Road, yet that's exactly what's happened. Now further growth requires further planning, which includes regional concepts such as transit.
Finding beauty in the white spruce forest

Finding beauty in the white spruce forest

Elke Blodgett and Peter Murphy want to share the beauty of Grey Nuns White Spruce Park – they certainly do not wish to hide it. To make that happen they need people to come to walk the quiet trails of the forest.
Crown seeks year in prison for dance teacher

Crown seeks year in prison for dance teacher

Oliver Nino Damaso can’t dance himself out of a jail sentence – he faces a minimum of 45 days behind bars. The former St.
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