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There will be more than 12 solid hours of patriotic good times going on at Edmonton Garrison on Friday. Organizers at the base and officials with Sturgeon County are throwing a huge Canada Day party the likes of which few have seen before.

The scaffolding, the construction workers, the big holes in the ground on the historic site on Meadowview Drive — that's all that most of St. Albert has seen of the two grain elevators for quite some time.

Anyone searching for a Canada Day activity slightly off the beaten track can head towards the second annual Sturgeon County Bounty local food event at Canadian Forces Base Edmonton.

Feathers will be flying and beads will be shaking at the traditional powwow this weekend at Alexander First Nation.

After a weekend of fierce auditions, the St. Albert Battle of the Bands competition will end in an atomic grand finale this coming Friday night. A special project for St.

All Else Fails is ready to raise a little bit of hell at the four-day 2011 Boonstock Festival now revving its engine in Gibbons. The St.

Airfest, a major historical aircraft show hosted at the Alberta Aviation Museum, gets ready for take-off one last time and organizers are launching it in style.

Beware the powers of glowing galactic jewelry, especially items made not of emeralds but the emerald-coloured energy of willpower.

George, a lonely and fatalistic teen who's made it all the way to his senior year without ever having done a real day of work, is befriended by Sally, a beautiful and complicated girl who recognizes in him a kindred spirit.

Lina Allemano is a successful risk-taker, a cutting edge musician easily singled out in a crowd because of her skill, intelligence and beauty. Since leaving St.