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Life in the military is full of stress and pressure, the threat of the unknown and the struggle for normalcy. This counts just as much for the active serving members as it does for the family members who have to stay at home.

Aerobatic pilots do it upside down. That's what it says on a sign in a non-descript hangar at Villeneuve Airport where St. Albert resident Bill Carter parks his baby, a blue Pitts Special, a high-powered aerobatic biplane.

St. Albert Historical Society representatives were thrilled to meet yesterday with local member of Parliament Brent Rathgeber as he handed over a $500,000 cheque for the first phase of the Founders’ Walk project.

A local official says he plans to help shoot down the long-gun registry once Parliament resumes next week. Parliamentarians will return to the House of Commons next Monday.

A long-time conservative voice and founder of the Wildrose Alliance will seek that party’s nomination in the constituency of Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock.

Sturgeon County’s division four will have a new face on council. As Coun. Jerry Kaup, who has held the seat for 18 years, announced this week he will not run again, newcomers Dave Kluthe and Al Homeniuk have thrown their hats into the race.

The sexual assault trial of a former teacher at Georges Primeau School in Morinville got under way on Monday with his two alleged victims taking the stand.

A St. Albert man is feeling lucky to have escaped serious injury after being shot in the face by a pellet gun during a visit to Ontario in late August.

Lois Hole Park will get a little bigger next week as the province officially adds an interpretive wetland to its borders. The province announced Friday that it would unveil new plans for Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park on Wednesday, Sept. 15.

A local jewelry store was virtually destroyed Thursday afternoon when a vehicle slammed into it, but miraculously no one was seriously injured.