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During our interview, The Dunes’ cellphone cuts out several times. The four-piece alternative rock band is crossing the Rocky Mountains and towers are spotty at best.

In the tiny village of Pointe-Noire, Congo-Brazza-Ville, the baobab tree is a fountain of knowledge. A social focal point, villagers gather around its thick trunk and leafless branches to retell ancestral stories filled with kernels of wisdom.

The province should stop downloading budget woes onto patients and focus on improving the health care system through performance targets, said the president of the Alberta Medical Association. In a letter to association members last week, Dr.

The Rainmaker Rodeo is St. Albert's urban answer to the old west. Throughout the day, bull riding, steer wrestling and calf roping test a cowboy's mettle.

There were times when Dawn-Carla Irwin’s life felt unbearable. “People need to realize not to take life for granted because things can change in an instant.

Life is cooking up for Peter Keith. The Grade 12 Paul Kane student learned last week that he will have a free ride through his culinary apprenticeship.

Catholic students slip in diploma exams The percentage of St. Albert Catholic students achieving the acceptable standard in last year's diploma exams dropped in seven of 11 subjects: Applied Math 79.5 per cent, down from 86.

Morinville Mayor Lloyd Bertschi took a plane to Ottawa last week to try and smooth out a wrinkle that could cost Alberta municipalities millions of dollars.

Municipal politicians in Alberta would have to open up the books on their political campaigns under a new private member’s bill poised to pass in the legislature.

Jaden Babiuk still needs more bowlers to fill the lanes on Sunday.