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What should be the face of Morinville: a big wave or a big M? Morinville town council is asking for the public’s help to pick a design for its new entrance signs.

Are you eating right? Why not ask your hair? Pierre Beaumier is a chemist who studies hair. Not hairstyles or follicles, but actual hair.

Researchers at McMaster University are making news this week after publishing a study that states routine autism screening is not necessary for all children. Their study was published in the medical journal Pediatrics.

Jonah Berean-Dutcher, 17, attended the graduation ceremonies with fellow Bellerose International Baccalaureate classmates last weekend even though in reality he is still in Grade 11.

Efforts by local school boards to encourage students not to drop out before they complete Grade 12 are paying off. Students at all St. Albert schools top the provincial average for staying in their desks long enough to get a Grade 12 diploma.

My name is Chloe and I was brought into the pound with my eight newborn kittens. I'm a one- to two-year-old, medium-haired, beautiful brown tabby. I am very sweet and affectionate and my foster mom tells me that I was a very good mom.

The St. Albert RCMP are hoping the public can help find a man who has been missing since last week. Darcy Richard Weber, 45, was reported missing to police after being last seen on June 9.

Kevin Veenstra didn't have any trouble finding alien invaders last weekend. The St. Albert arborist was one of a handful of volunteers that scoured Edmonton's Mill Creek Ravine last Saturday in search of garlic mustard.

Jodi Simmons is not a man, nor is she 50 years old. The 40-year-old St. Albert woman has had a pretty healthy life. That's why it's a complete mystery to her why she got colon cancer last year.

Robert Lema has lived on the banks of the Sturgeon River for 50 years. The Friesen gravel pit has been his neighbour for 40 of them, and it was supposed to be closed and reclaimed last December. It wasn't.