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This year's tight provincial budget could mean bigger classes, fewer teachers in local schools and fewer summer jobs for students, say local experts. Finance Minister Doug Horner tabled the 2013-14 provincial budget Thursday.

Bellerose High School’s annual bike-a-thon ended Friday as it began on Wednesday in a spirit of fighting for a common cause against cancer.

Women can change anything. Using bold action in pursuit of a dream, five women did just that. They are women who did not set out to change the world. They simply saw a need or a problem in their own community and set out to find a solution.

After two days, four long plane rides, more movies than any person should ever watch in a few days, and a lovely curried lamb supper thanks to Kenyan Airways, our Rafiki group of 19 has arrived safe and sound in Moshe, Tanzania.

Almost three years ago, members of the Edmonton Police Service tactical and robbery units fanned out through Edmonton and St. Albert, looking for a suspect in the bloody attack of an Edmonton pawnshop owner.

St. Albert’s Affordable Housing Society got the money it was looking for, but council is still looking for some cost savings.

New charges to deliver mail to housing developments will cost buyers not homebuilders, says a local builder. Canada Post put a $200 postal box activation fee in place on Jan.

One wonders why Ron Cust isn't dead yet. The long-time Morinville resident has been through a ridiculous number of disasters during his 37 years as a firefighter.

One local man has a unique way of helping young people figure out their social adjustment problems – he takes them camping. Lee Eskdale runs the Wilderness Youth Challenge, now in its ninth year of operations.

After almost 18 months of study, research and work, St. Albert’s new off-site levy bylaw is ready for writing, with one notable exception.