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There's a tattoo of a starfish on Tammy MacDonald's wrist that reminds her why she does it all. The woman at the head of the St. Valentine's Day Hair Massacure tells a story about a young boy tossing beached starfish back into the tide.

Three of the plaintiffs in a three-year-old lawsuit against Sturgeon County have dropped the suit, taking nearly $3.8 million out of a possible judgment.

Sturgeon County residents face a 2.65 per cent property tax increase under a proposed budget headed for council next week. Councillors will finalize the proposed budget on Dec. 8, but as of Tuesday had shown initial support for a 2.

The Mayor’s Gala last September did more than honour artists. It suddenly presented Back Porch Swing, one of the invited entertainers, with a fresh fan base.

The percentage of St. Albert Catholic students achieving the acceptable standard in last year’s diploma exams dropped in seven of 11 subjects: Applied Math 79.5 per cent, down from 86.3 the year before Pure Math 81.5 from 83.2 English 30-1 87.

The community of Morinville rallied together like never before over the last few months to collaborate on a new fundraising project for the Sturgeon Community Hospital Foundation.

Two Grade 6 students from Sir Alexander Mackenzie say that you can have fun and do something important at the same time. They had an idea better than a lemonade stand and with a better message too. The message was 'responsibility'.

A man who used a payphone like an ATM, among other crimes, was handed an eight-month jail term last week.

Ann-Marie MacDonald’s Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) fanned the flames of feminist controversy when it first debuted in 1988.

A stretch of Coal Mine Road will be closed indefinitely in order to spur development in the annexed lands.