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The Capital region is one of only a handful of major centres to see an increase in robberies over the last decade, according to new numbers from Statistics Canada.

Members of the local chapter of the Canadian Progress Club (CPC) are feeling pretty festive after their recent Mardi Gras gala was a success both in terms of entertainment and fundraising. The event brought in approximately $35,000.

Followers of this column know my affinity for the Xbox 360, most especially for Mass Effect, which I have boasted to be the most immersive, cinematic game I've ever played. That title has now been dethroned by the PlayStation 3 exclusive Heavy Rain .

The Middle Ages always fascinated Tyson Schymizek. He remembers playing medieval knights with his friends as a child, using golf tubes as swords in combat. Later, he would join a sword-fighting group, learning how to fight in the ways of old.

¿Habla inglĂ©s? Sprechen Sie Englisch? Parlez-vous anglais? If not, would you like to? The St. Albert Public Library knows that a growing number of its patrons do not speak English as their first language.

Almost four years after his death, the fatality inquiry for a St. Albert man who led police on a chase through downtown Edmonton before collapsing from cardiac arrest, got under way Monday in Edmonton court.

The service that helps to provide people of all income levels with the most economical bags of groceries around is fast becoming one of the most popular in the area.

The first five months of the new speed-on-green camera system have already yielded better-than-expected results.

An Edmonton soldier made it back from Afghanistan last week only to die from his wounds. Cpl.

Vaccinations for the H1N1 flu will end next week as occurrences of the illness and demand for the vaccine have both dried up. The vaccine has been available at public health units since mass clinics ended in late January.