Consider yourself entertained!     
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Spelling sensation    
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Kilim: a rug or woven covering made in the Middle East. During spelling bees, the definition of the word is given to help the person attempting to spell the word put it into some sort of context. [more]

Province looking at riding reconfiguration     
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Residents of the Town of Devon could be casting ballots in a new riding in the next provincial election if the Legislative Assembly approves an updated electoral map of Alberta the Electoral Boundaries Commission says better represents the province's changing population demographics. [more]

Get up and go girl    
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East Vistas plan like another town: resident     
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Leduc County is forging ahead with a plan it says will enable the roughly 24,000 people who work in the Nisku area to live here as well — but some area residents say with the new population density targets included in the document, the East Vistas Local Area Structure Plan (EVLASP) has outgrown its [more]

Calmar council to review burger joint request    
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Due to miscommunication, the owner and operator of Jubilee Burgers is hoping Calmar town council will reconsider her request to have her rent lowered. Melody Sommerfeld approached council Feb. 16 with concerns over her arena concession stand lease agreement with the town. [more]

Calmar opting out of regional assessment board   
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The Town of Calmar is opting out of participating in Leduc County's proposed regional assessment review board. After receiving the agreement and draft bylaw, local town councillors found the cons of joining forces with neighbouring municipalities far outweighed the pros. [more]

Shutter Island: an unrelenting lamentation    
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If asked whether or not I ever wanted to see Shutter Island, Marty Scorsese's follow up to his Oscar-winning The Departed, again 30 minutes before it ended I'd have said 'Hell no. [more]

Another new recruit for Leduc RCMP    
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Although Rance Tremblett is a long way from home, he's keeping busy in his new posting with the Leduc RCMP. Born and bred in St. John's, Newfoundland, Tremblett said he always wanted to be a police officer. [more]

Man facing serious charges for shooting at 16-year-old   
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On Feb. 20 at approximately 3:30 p.m., Leduc RCMP received a 911 call regarding shots fired at a vehicle south of Leduc near Township Road 485 and Range Road 253. Leduc RCMP immediately attended the location. [more]

Healthy Black Gold Schools   
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The Black Gold Regional Schools (BGRS) Healthy School Initiative Committee has announced the appointment of a part-time Division Lead Health and Wellness teacher – Lynn Bonnah of Beaumont's Ecole Bellevue School. [more]

Mayerthorpe man facing more than 100 criminal charges   
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The Leduc RCMP entered into an investigation on Oct. 21, 2009 after receiving a report of a theft from Art Barry Ford. Unknown suspect(s) had entered the compound over night and had removed the tires and rims from numerous high end pick up trucks on the lot. [more]

Virtuoso violinist, piano prodigy on prairie tour    
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Since he was a very young boy, Jean-Sébastien Roy has been playing the violin. Years of training and countless performances later, he has become very good at his craft. [more]

Crude open up rugby to younger players   
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With hockey winding down, wrestling over for another season and the freedom of summer break still months away, sports-minded kids in Leduc may be wondering what to do with themselves this spring. [more]

Man learns to obey court orders   
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A Hobbema man has learned the hard way that ignoring court orders will catch up to a person. [more]

Thorsby football player looking ahead to 2011 CFL draft    
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Canadians won't be seeing Curtis Dublanko suiting up for a CFL team this season, but the 22-year-old Thorsby native has his eyes firmly set on what he considers the ultimate prize: a spot on a CFL roster in 2011. [more]

STAR school division crunching numbers   
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St. Thomas Aquinas Roman (STAR) Catholic School division's proposed temporary school in Beaumont is awaiting funding in the wake of the provincial budget announcement, Feb. 9. According to STAR superintendent, Jamie McNamara, the process of securing a lease for the school premises is ongoing. [more]

Oil Kings beat St. Alberta Raiders twice in overtime    
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The Leduc AAA Schwab GM Oil Kings could be heading to the next round. So far the Oil Kings have won two playoff games against the St. Albert Raiders in their best of five series. Game four was played March 3 but the score was unavailable as of press time. [more]

Prorogation stifled debate: NDP candidate    
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The prorogation of Canadian parliament was a "tricky" move on the part of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, but the reopening of the house March 3 presents an opportunity to undo some of the harm caused by the two-month break, according to the NDP candidate for the Edmonton-Leduc riding. [more]

Local STAR teachers nominated for awards   
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As nominees of the Excellence in Teaching Awards program and Excellence in Catholic Education Award, two Leduc teachers have been acknowledged for their efforts in the classroom. Chad Starko, a math teacher at Christ the King Junior/Senior High School is one of two St. [more]

Mixed messages    
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Thirty-five people who bought lots in a Leduc County subdivision have had their building plans put on hold while the county and the developer fight it out over how much it will cost to finish the roads, sewers and utilities on the property — a situation the developer says has become needlessly [more]