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Seven months after a Morinville toddler was killed while under the care of foster parents, the province has adopted 10 recommendations aimed at better serving at-risk children, youth and families in the province’s Child Intervention System.

Page Cleaners collects coats for those who need them The 19th annual United Way Coats for Kids and Families campaign kicked off Thursday with a record goal of 19,000 coats.

An extremely narrow victory in Sturgeon County Tuesday night could result in a recount after Dave Kluthe secured the Division 4 seat by a seven-vote margin.

Terry Bokenfohr was just two years old when an oil company drilled a well on his farm. Now, 55 years later, that well is finally going away.

Social justice took an extended field trip last Friday when a Grade 6 teacher from Muriel Martin elementary and 17 of her students took part in a daylong event called We Day 2010. The trip was pretty far afield — it took place in Vancouver.

The Legend of Zelda series took on a whole new life this past weekend at Ottawa’s Algoquin College.

Legal voters chose to add two new candidates to its council Monday night. In addition to returning Ken Baril, Albert St. Jean and Phil Hughes, voters added Lisa Magera and Trina Jones to the council table.

The province has acquired land for a future interchange between Ray Gibbon Drive and Villeneuve Road but construction is nowhere on the horizon as the City of St.

A former postal carrier was sentenced to 22 months of house arrest this week for stealing a tonne of mail over a 16-year span.

A recent Morinville Community High School (MCHS) graduate is $15,000 richer after winning one of the University of Alberta’s top scholarships.