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Rock ’n August rolls into St. Albert on Aug. 4 for five days of bumper-to-bumper classic car cruises and old time rock. It’s a revival of a bygone era where chrome ruled the roads and rock and roll powered the waves.

In social studies classes, I learned about many of the genocides in this often-cruel world. There’s one that seemed to have slipped by the keen eye of history though: the Indonesian genocide of 1965.

Cookbook writers have worked all the angles. Cruise through the Internet and there are books customized to any topic from African cuisine to barbecue sauces. In the last 10 years, cookbooks on Canadian cuisine have become quite trendy.

“You are on the clock. You have one hour.” Within minutes the Canadian Food Championships come alive as professional chefs and amateur cooks slice and dice, mince and chop.

The long lost days of revelling in the details of an elaborate colouring book are back in vogue … for adults. Audreys Books is capitulating to the tidal wave by offering a night for grown-ups to channel their inner children.

KidSport is dusting off the plates and lining up the bats in preparation for next weekend's premier charity sporting event. The fourth annual Tyler Bunz Charity Slo Pitch Tournament is all geared up for its Friday evening start. While the round robin tourney is a tremendous good time for all, co-organizer Colin McGuinness said that it isn't all for fun and games. KidSport has some serious business banking on its success.

Most comic book superheroes are larger than life egomaniacs who only strive to be bigger than they are in real life. Take Tony Stark. Please.

One Morinville group hopes the weather will be just as nice during the Feast of St. Jean Baptiste in 2057 as it was exactly two weeks ago. That fine morning of July 8, 2015 was when that group laid a time capsule under the new steps at the St.

If Danielle Marie had lost the 2015 CCMA Spotlight Performance Contest, she would just be another young hopeful trying to climb the slippery slopes of the country music industry.

Tickets for Chris Hadfield go on sale Chris Hadfield is one of Canada's orbiting stars – a pilot who flew two space shuttle missions and was the first Canadian commander of the International Space Station. He's also an author and musician.