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The long weekend is the best time to decompress and be lazy. On this Heritage Day weekend, an old-fashioned family day picnic is just what the doctor ordered.

Every generation is partial to music that defines their youth. So it stands to reason that since James Jackson grew up devouring Steppenwolf, Joan Jett, Cheap Trick and Eric Clapton, he would name his band Raised on Rock.

Lindsay Porter, executive chef of El Cortez and Have Mercy, made Canadian culinary history as a three-time first place winner at the Canadian Food Championships.

When St. Albert country singer Aaron Goodvin, 31, formally moved to Nashville five years ago, he was determined to build a successful singer-songwriter career.

Art exhibits come and go but those that focus on figurative works, especially with an emphasis on nude figures, are very few and very far between in this neck of the world.

It was a sunny and special day on Kirk Lake last Saturday, when several dozen Syrian refugee children took to the waters. They were offered a free day of boating lessons by the St.

Once again Servus Heritage Festival is set to fire up taste buds during three days of global cooking and entertainment at Hawrelak Park. Just reading the menu for more than 600 culinary delights is a strong prompter to attend.

Parallel Topographies is an exhibit featuring artworks by Etty Yaniv. On display until Saturday, July 30. 19 Perron St. 780-460-4310. www.artgalleryofstalbert.

Tickets are now on sale for an annual fan favourite on the social calendar: the fall Reel Monday film series. The screenings of three critically acclaimed films take place one Monday every month from September to November.

There’s a lot of hype over the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro that are set to start in two weeks.