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A provincial taxpayers' advocate is targeting a local MLA for failing to disclose pre-election expenses by deadline, but a government spokesperson says the problem is with the advocate.

Once you are feeling confident that the dog’s attention level is high and he is coming reliably while on lead as you move backwards away from him, you will begin to vary the length of the ‘stay’ that precedes the ‘come’

The steel-cold shriek that spooks me during my weekend walk is something I’ve always associated with the blue jay – one of the loudest and brightest winter birds in St. Albert.

You’re not imagining it: the days are getting longer now that we’re through the winter solstice. About 103 seconds longer to be exact, says Bruce McCurdy, astronomer at the Telus World of Science in Edmonton. The shortest day – Dec.

Where books, CDs and letterheads once found their way under the Christmas tree, children now set their eyes on tablets, iPods and cellphones.

When Jackie White re-opened the SHAVA Gift Shop at the Sturgeon Community Hospital in November, she pushed the biggest wheelchair through it first.

Long underwear is an inescapable part of Canadian life, whether used for proper layering during outdoor work or exercise, or just staying warm during those wonderful Arctic snaps that immobilize cars and freeze even winter jackets.

In the Wednesday, Dec. 19 Gazette, the story ‘Local artist takes teaching to the television airwaves’ said that the scripts for Laura Watmough’s connectors were written by Andrea Daly.

A childhood toy has turned into a lifelong hobby for a local man who’s cuckoo for choo choo.

Parents of students attending a school near one of the sites for the proposed mountain bike skills park are worried about the safety of their children, ruining the park’s historic nature and the lack of communication from the city.