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With just over a week to go until election day some voters are already casting their ballots. Advance polls for the municipal election opened Thursday for voters who are occupied on Oct. 18, and there will be more this coming week.

Local naturalists have a new group through which to protect local rivers thanks to an Olympic athlete and a former Edmonton Oiler.

Tony Roukema got the calling to study at the theological seminary in Hamilton, Ont., and soon after that, he said he got a different kind of calling: a phone call.

The RCMP is looking for more information after a 21-year-old man was assaulted while out walking his dog last week. The man called police about 45 minutes after the incident, which appears to have happened at about 3 a.m. last Friday.

Dozens of Paul Kane High School students were honoured for their hard work and dedication at its annual awards night Wednesday, but one student in particular went home with a whopping 16 awards to her name.

Both mayoral challengers in Morinville say the town should expect small tax increases going forward but no big decreases. During the outgoing council's term, taxes in Morinville have increased 9.5 per cent and 5.

Murray McCann is looking for his aunt and uncle. Jack McCann is looking for his brother and his sister-in-law. What they both really want is an end to a terrible summer. They are searching for answers and for an end to a family tragedy.

A St. Albert photographer is off to Kandahar this month to tell the stories of local soldiers in Afghanistan. David Bowering, 49, is flying to Afghanistan Oct. 13 to be an embedded reporter with the Canadian and American forces for about 90 days.

References to smart growth will be wiped from St. Albert’s municipal development plan after city council voted Monday to amend the high-level document.