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Top manager quits to sit on provincial board

The city is recruiting a new general manager of planning and engineering after Neil Jamieson resigned to accept a five-year term as a member of the Alberta Utilities Commission. Jamieson learned Dec.

Volunteers

Have you made your new year’s resolution for 2010? Consider making this the year that you give back to the community. The St.

Volunteers

Have you made your new year’s resolution for 2010? Consider making this the year that you give back to the community. The St.

Levies up for discussion

City officials are expecting to get an earful from landowners and developers over the proposed changes to the city’s offsite levies.

One woman dead in crash on Ray Gibbon Drive

A baby’s cries pierced the air Monday afternoon at the scene of a horrific crash that later claimed the life of the child’s young mother.

Fashion show breaks down barriers

Fashion Has No Borders is out to dispel the flawless, almost plastic image of magazine and runway models —impossibly long legs, skeletal bodies and high cheekbones. “Real women are not a size two. The average woman is a size 12.

Travellers rolling with the punches amid tight security, delays

Local travellers are taking new security measures and baggage restrictions in stride, say travel insiders. A Christmas Day terrorist scare over Detroit has ushered in new security rules for all passengers destined for the United States.
Crash kills one on Highway 44

Crash kills one on Highway 44

One young man is dead and three other people were taken to hospital following a high-speed crash near Villeneuve yesterday afternoon. The crash occurred shortly after 3 p.m.

RCMP looking at widespread rural break ins

With more than 150 home break-ins in rural Alberta this past fall, the RCMP is asking for public help in both providing information and safeguarding homes.

Pets find homes for the holidays

It wasn’t the record-setting numbers seen last year, but many of the animals awaiting permanent homes at the Edmonton Humane Society have had their Christmas wishes fulfilled.