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It’s a really big ball for the little hamlet of Calahoo and there’s a lot riding on it. The Calahoo volunteer firefighters are preparing for their annual ball and silent auction event.

Two young women were injured last week when a train struck their car just outside Cardiff. The two women, both in their teens, were driving on Range Road 250 near Township Road 554 when the train hit their Pontiac Sunfire.

Gum bacteria known to cause dental plaque can move from the mouth into the bloodstream, leading to clots that increase the risk of heart disease and heart attacks.

Being a mountain man hurts, according to Kurt Grimsrud. Grimsrud, 32, sits barefoot in the grass at Edmonton's Forest Heights Park while munching on a plate of fruit.

Wendy Leslie is one of those women who can't sit still and watch TV without doing something with her hands — sewing, embroidering or even stuffing one of those funky monkeys she sells at the St. Albert Farmers' Market.

After years of talk but no action, expansion work is in full swing at Villeneuve Airport. Edmonton Airports plans to service 21 new lots by the end of September in a new subdivision that's under development.

Looking down from the roof of the 30-storey Sutton Place Hotel in downtown Edmonton yesterday morning, the sky was cloudy, the wind was blowing and the pedestrians looked like ants.

Local potato and tomato gardeners are keeping a close eye on their crops this week for signs of late blight — the disease behind the Irish Potato Famine. The St.

It’s an iconic image: one young man on a rain-slicked highway, escorted front and back by police cars. The curly-haired runner has on a white t-shirt, grey gym shorts and his running shoes.

A Morinville woman has become the first new candidate to announce plans to seek a spot on town council. Lisa Holmes announced her candidacy last week, becoming the first new face to declare for the upcoming election.