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Lions Park will be swamped with classic rides and visitors today as the 14th annual Rock’n August festival stages its final major event of the five-day celebration of music and cars.

After a snoozer of a three-way race that saw Mayor Nolan Crouse enjoy a landslide victory in the 2007 civic election, it initially appeared he’d have an even easier go of it this October.

In another year that has seen major issues of cultural importance affect Canadians both at home and abroad, it is time the government officially recognized the multicultural society of our country by renaming the August long weekend the Canadian Heri

The Liberal Party should be listening for the sounds of helicopter blades amid the fuss they are making over the Conservatives’ recent decision to purchase 65 replacement fighter jets.

A fire and closure of ball diamonds at Legion Memorial Park has been criticized as being a case of either the city making a mountain out of a molehill or swift action to correct an unfortunate decision. Reality probably lies somewhere in between.

It will be interesting to see what reasons the Conservatives offer for killing the long-form census when the Industry, Science and Technology Committee reconvenes in the near future, given every argument trotted out to date for the decision has littl

St. Albert’s 150th anniversary celebrations next year have all the makings of an impressive, yearlong party that’s fitting for a city with such a rich history.

The province has taken a significant step forward in supporting living organ donors and their families with an announcement of funding for a new pilot project last week.

Red ink-soaked school boards can breathe a sigh of relief after the province ended a three-month game of chicken over teacher salary increases left out of last spring's budget.

How many more Albertans — both young and old — have to die before the Alberta government finally enacts meaningful legislation that would curb the growing trend of ATV-related injuries and fatalities in the province? It has been two years