Screen Test celebrates 25 years of early cancer detection

Alberta Health Services News release CALGARY – Screen Test is celebrating 25 years of mobile mammography services across Alberta, which has detected thousands of cancers early and saved lives. The Alberta Health Services (AHS) program started at a single site,…

Best Rod 1st Place – 1923 Ford T-Bucket Wayne Lapawchuk Kinuso, Ab. 2nd Place – 1947 Chev Businessman Coupe Cliff Atkinson Northstar, Ab. Best Original 1st Place 1929 Model A Roadster Pick-up Fred Moes Swan Hills, Ab. 2nd Place 1972…

Richard Froese Social media seems to be coming more prominent in the lives of people, especially youth and children. “Kids getting too much screen time” is the headline of a story in the Edmonton Journal on Aug. 27 that tells…
RCMP investigates thefts throughout the area

RCMP News releases On Sept. 13, between 8:30 p.m. and 8:45 p.m., a 2011 white GMC Sierra 3500 was stolen near Girouxville. Moments prior to the theft, an older black SUV was seen in the immediate area. The Alberta licence…
McLennan Terry Fox Run still going the distance

Tom Henihan Express Staff The circuit changed slightly for this year’s McLennan Terry Fox Run with the event starting out from the rear parking lot at Ecole Providence instead of the former location at Kimiwan Lake Birdwalk. The event took…
Alberta tire recycling effort hits 100 million

Spotlight Staff It’s a lot of rubber! Alberta’s tire recycling program has reached a significant milestone: 100 million tires have been recycled since the program’s inception in 1992. “This achievement shows Albertans’ commitment to protecting the environment is stronger than…

Spotlight Staff Will Old Man Winter be arriving soon? Can we expect warm weather until Halloween? The answers to those questions and more are being predicted in The Weather Network’s annual fall forecast, which predicts weather in September, October and…