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Provincial achievement tests will be replaced by online exams in three years, says the province – a move a local Catholic trustee says will help teachers better help students.

Students from several St. Albert schools have been banned from using the Whisper iPhone app after using it to harass classmates online. The social media app released earlier this year allows individuals to anonymously “share their secrets.” Without having their real identity tied to their “whisper,” users use the app to divulge their innermost thoughts and parts of their lives they may not feel comfortable communicating on other social networking sites.

It doesn’t have to make a lot of sense, even if it does make a lot of cents. The student body of Neil M.

It is Friday night at Servus Credit Union Place – almost 9 p.m. in fact, and the gym courts are busy.

Long-time auctioneer Arthur Clausen was still dealing in antiques two days before his death April 30 at the age of 77. The St.

Albertans have been asked to keep their eyes peeled for a little black bug over the next few months, one that likes to hitch a ride on your canine companion.

A new fitness class in St. Albert looks to kick women’s health into gear. Foxy Kickboxing offers women’s-only kickboxing classes for all ages and fitness levels.

For gardeners like Bob Russell, Derrick Harrison and Carol Rankin, spring is a frenzied time of shifting hundreds of plants from inside the house to their backyard greenhouses.

Too young to work at a restaurant, Sage Wurtz ventured into a business few like to get their hands on. The 13-year-old St. Albertan decided to be a pooper-scooper. That means he picks up the dog doo left on your neighbour’s lawn.

An Edmonton man will spend the next seven months under lock and key after committing a hit and run using a stolen taxi. Mitchell S. Wickstrom appeared in St.