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Providing milk and hot lunches and reversing its lunch schedule have earned Neil M. Ross Catholic School an award for nutrition innovation.

The St. Albert Gazette earned several top industry awards June 8 at the Alberta Weekly Newspaper Association banquet and awards ceremony.

Helping out at the Edmonton Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is deemed to be a prize volunteering opportunity by many animal lovers.

It only took a matter of weeks for one 38-year-old Edmonton woman to be smitten with a man she met on Match.com. The woman, who wished to remain anonymous, had recently left a marriage.

The fourth annual TEDx Edmonton is taking a leaf from the Starship Enterprise. It’s theme this year is The Future of … . TEDx is a non-profit organization devoted to spreading new and innovative ideas.

Approximately 30 construction workers occupying one single-family home in Grandin will be moving to new locations in the near future, according to the city manager.

A Morinville businessman says he plans to let his name stand for re-election to council this fall. Town resident Sheldon Fingler told the Gazette last week that he plans to run for re-election in this fall’s civic election.

St. Albert’s Farmers’ Market will be bigger than ever this year, with a slightly different route and 15 new stalls for potential vendors.

The Capital Region Board (CRB) could definitely use a few tweaks to how it operates, how it votes and for what it is responsible, some of its members seem to agree. It has been a rough couple of months for the group of Edmonton-area municipalities.

Morinville Mayor Paul Krauskopf says he won't run for re-election this fall out of concern for his health. Krauskopf made the announcement Tuesday night after the town's regular council meeting.