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The federal government is considering new regulations for credit cards in Canada.
City comes alive for International Children's Festival

City comes alive for International Children's Festival

The sun’s coveted appearance is adding pep to everyone’s step, no more so than at the Northern Alberta International Children’s Festival on the banks of the Sturgeon River and Lions Park where a magical tent city is mushrooming this
Business Beat

Business Beat

Interprovincial tide turns More people left Alberta for other provinces in the third quarter of 2009 than came to the province from elsewhere in Canada, show figures from Statistics Canada.
Annual golf tourney supports Special Olympics, Stollery

Annual golf tourney supports Special Olympics, Stollery

A group of local business people have once again teamed up to host a round of Texas Scramble golf tournament that will benefit charities. Organizers only hope to spark more interest from local golfers. The St.
Da Camera Singers explore Romantic period

Da Camera Singers explore Romantic period

The majestic voices of the Da Camera Singers close their 48th season with Josef Rheinberger’s monumental work Cantus Missae, a rare work that has only been performed twice in the last 11 years.
No plans for local cellphone ban

No plans for local cellphone ban

St. Albert city councillors want the province to get into the driver's seat on legislation that would target drivers who use cellphones while behind the wheel.
Weird Science

Weird Science

Duck reproduction finding Researchers have discovered how female ducks avoid unwanted sex: counter-threaded genitals. Ducks are one of the few known birds to have penises, says Pat Kehoe, a St. Albert waterfowl biologist with Ducks Unlimited.
Volunteers

Volunteers

Do you have some time to make a difference in someone’s life, while making a difference in your own? The St.
Internet killed the video game star?

Internet killed the video game star?

It’s being called the console killer, the next generation of video game systems that will allow people to access top-end games without the need of an expensive console or PC with a high-grade graphics card.
Weird Science

Weird Science

Angels and antimatter Angels and Demons gets a lot of its science right, says a local physicist, but we shouldn’t worry about antimatter blowing up the Vatican anytime soon.
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