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The Sheldon Chumir Foundation for Ethics in Leadership will wade into the ongoing debate over secular education in Morinville when it hosts a public forum next Thursday. The foundation is the legacy of former Alberta MLA Sheldon Chumir.

In our household, the Nintendo Wii has spent the majority of the last two years suffering from the Trampoline Effect — everyone wants one but once they have one, it’s soon abandoned, left to gather dust.

Children and youth are more likely to strap on a bicycle helmet today than they were before St. Albert made the safety gear mandatory for all ages, says a team of researchers.

There are seven time zones between St. Albert and Westminster Abbey, the site of Friday’s royal wedding between Prince William and Catherine Middleton. The nuptials take place at 10 a.m.

Local RCMP officers are looking for help finding the vandals who caused around $20,000 damage to Muriel Martin School. The school was struck on April 19 between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m. Several windows were broken and there was other damage to the roof.

Individuals who have had facial Botox injections to fight wrinkles have a hard time reading emotions in others, according to a new study.

It could come down to two opportunities to speak their piece for four nominees wanting to become the new Wildrose Alliance candidate in Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater in the upcoming provincial election.

Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock MLA Ken Kowalski sees more kids skateboarding in his constituency lately than playing more traditional sports.

One of Legal's most famous citizens has died. Walter Henry Van De Walle died peacefully in St. Albert on April 21, according to his family. He was 88. A former reeve and member of Parliament for Sturgeon County and St.

A five-year-old St. Albert boy was airlifted to hospital Sunday evening after being struck by a pickup truck. The boy was playing road hockey in a driveway on Gatewood Avenue and had just run into the street when he was struck.