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Pumping up your gamerscore

Pumping up your gamerscore

With this week’s release of the next Devil May Cry game, I am reminded of the tears shed in trying to squeeze achievements out of the last DMC game. It was, in a word: painful.
Morinville man charged with murder

Morinville man charged with murder

A 22-year-old Morinville man faces a second-degree murder charge for allegedly killing an outreach worker in Whitecourt.
Local PCs discuss fiscal future

Local PCs discuss fiscal future

Members of the St. Albert Progressive Conservative Association were schooled on the province’s fiscal future during the association’s annual general meeting Saturday.
Flowers spread message of love to youth centre

Flowers spread message of love to youth centre

In Hamlet we learned that rosemary is for remembrance, and pansies, well, they’re for thoughts. Floriography – or the language of flowers – is apparently still practised in the world despite its roots in the Victorian era.
City weighing appeal of bong shop ruling

City weighing appeal of bong shop ruling

One St. Albert councillor believes St. Albert’s changes to the business bylaw targeting head shops were doomed to fail because they were too restrictive, and she doesn’t believe the city should appeal the court decision overturning them.
Meet the founders

Meet the founders

There they were, Father Albert Lacombe and Bishop Alexandre-Antonin Taché, standing on a hill overlooking a lustrous, snow-covered river valley in the middle of winter. It was Jan. 14, 1861.
Special honour

Special honour

Len Bracko Bracko is in his fifth term as councillor for the City of St. Albert. He was an MLA from 1993 to 1997. He has served on a numerous municipal, provincial and national boards and committees, and volunteered at a number of St.
Influenza stretching hospitals to capacity

Influenza stretching hospitals to capacity

Emergency departments across the region are filled with coughs, sneezes and fever. Flu season has arrived and, for lack of taking precautions, flu patients are filling up hospital beds once again.
Finding the moisture comfort zone

Finding the moisture comfort zone

You know it’s too dry in the house when the cat’s fur crackles, your hardwood flooring cracks and your own parched skin is more wrinkled than that of a desert nomad in a National Geographic photo.
Head shop bylaws struck down

Head shop bylaws struck down

St. Albert's mayor says parts of legislation restricting how head shops can operate are significant, even if many of the amendments were struck down by a federal court judge. A Court of Queen's Bench decision, released in late December by Justice T.
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