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Coalitions, contempt and crops turned up in Smoky Lake Tuesday as federal candidates met for a debate in the pumpkin capital of Alberta.

My name is Jazz and I'm an approximately two-year-old neutered male cat who is looking for my forever home. I'm a super affectionate guy that loves lots of cuddles, hugs and snuggles.

Health care is the biggest issue of the election, according to polls — so why haven't the parties been talking about it? It's the top concern in this year's federal campaign, according to a recent Ipsos-Reid poll, and is a platform plank for each of

Alberta’s new distracted driving law is expected to roll out sometime around the middle of 2011 and local police expect to be busy handing out tickets when the time comes.

Members of a group lobbying against the Heartland Transmission Project are adding to any stress people affected by the proposed powerline are feeling, according to an Altalink vice-president.

St. Albert keeps chipping away at waste, says a new report, with residents setting new records in recycling and water use. The standing committee on finance received a draft of the city’s 2010 annual report on April 11.

Glenn Wilson has spent years thinking up new ways to get kids moving.

Chris Smith served in the armed forces. "I was a Cold War warrior," says the 74-year-old retired captain with the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. He never saw combat, but he's now got a military pension.

There were conversations aplenty at the St. Albert Public Library this week as candidates met the electorate at an unusual 'speed-dating' forum. About 45 people crowded into the library's program room Wednesday night for an all-candidates' forum.

St. Albert Protestant Schools can and will make do with half of the expected funding for their Alberta Initiative for School Improvement (AISI) projects; they just aren’t thrilled about it.