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Some big news was waiting for St. Albert artist Al Henderson on Wednesday. That’s when he found out he made the shortlist for the prestigious Eldon and Anne Foote Edmonton Visual Arts Prize, worth $10,000.

Oh, the stories that park bench could tell if it only had the chance. It witnesses the joys of life and bears the sorrows of all those who choose to sit on it.

So much has been written about the Beatles, it’s difficult to say anything new without resorting to clichĂ©s. The Fab Four were the most influential band of the pop-rock era.

Paris is the true city of love and it holds a romantic candle over all the lovers and dreamers of the world. Fine food, wine and flowers are commodities that stroke the embers of French passion.

“It’s all Mom’s fault,” says the tongue-in-cheek court jester who is slated to be one of the major drawing cards at a carnival held this coming Saturday in Morinville.

The Northern Alberta International Children's Festival is all about bringing world arts, culture and heritage to our little bit of the world. One of the largest children's festivals in North America, it is St. Albert's flagship of cultural events.

It's usually pretty tranquil on the banks of the sleepy Sturgeon River as it meanders through St. Albert. Ducks waddle through bulrushes and the odd paddling canoeist are the biggest sources of springtime action.

Every year many people enjoy strolling through the International Children’s Festival simply to revel in the colourful characters and electric energy. You don’t have to spend money to have fun.

Peter Berg produces and directs Battleship, an epic-scaled action-adventure that unfolds across the seas, in the skies and over land as our planet fights for survival against a superior force.

It’s nearly time to mosey on down to the museum and take a gander at some old-time pictures. A new exhibit of photographs is set to roll into town on Tuesday.