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While stories abound of locals helping out other less-fortunate locals during the Christmas season, not many have much to say about people, especially children living in Third World countries, but thanks to efforts such as those put forth by Operation Christmas Child, kids halfway around the world will be having a Merry Christmas as well.

Edmonton, AB - - STARS accepted a $150,000 grant under the Alberta Community Initiatives Program funded by the Alberta Lottery Fund last week at the STARS Edmonton base.

A dispute that broke out during the Alberta Green Party’s annual general meeting on Sept. 27 at Morningside was resolved last week just prior to the opening of legal actions leaving Rimbey’s Joe Anglin pondering the prospects of abandoning the party altogether with an eye on forming a new political party in the province.

The Alberta government and its highway maintenance partners are urging drivers to be careful when sharing the road with snowplows this winter.

A chilly wind and overcast skies greeted a substantial gathering on Tuesday, Nov. 11 for both Remembrance Day services and the dedication of a revamped park north of Bluffton.

There hasn’t been a major expansion, in fact, there’s been no construction at all, but virtually overnight the Rimbey branch of Community Savings got a whole lot bigger following the announcement on Nov. 1 that they, along with the Servus and Common Wealth Credit Unions have joined forces in what is being called a strategic amalgamation.

On Nov. 3 at approximately 3:40 a.m. the Breton RCMP responded to a house fire on a rural acreage near Buck Creek, Alberta.

A Bentley gardener was recently recognized nationwide after she was selected for her efforts in producing one of the top 10 organic gardens in Canada on the basis of an on-line vote that resulted in more than 5,000 ballots being cast.

The search for two males reported missing last Thursday morning after they failed to return from a fishing trip on Gull Lake has been called off following the discovery Friday morning of two bodies.