Edmonton teams going to high school basketball provincials   
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• 2A Boys (Daysland) - Edmonton Christian • 2A Girls (Hanna) - Edmonton Christian • 3A Boys (Medicine Hat) - Holy Trinity • 4A Boys (Cardston and Raymond) - Archbishop O'Leary, Harry Ainlay, Jasper Place, Ross Sheppard, St. [more]

Winter Light goes out in a blaze of glory     
Posted 5 days ago
Winter Light Festival organizers are using the season's last blank canvas to conclude 10 weeks of events. The Edmonton Ski Club, the only central-Edmonton locale with enough snow to serve as a giant, white backdrop, is the site of Illuminations, a weekend-long festival finale. [more]

Column: Demand for state-of-the-art gallery exceeds expectations     
Updated 5 days ago
I don't love the expression, "If you build it, they will come." I find it too easily used to justify building something nobody wants. Sure, there's no clear demand for this at the moment, goes the logic, but the public will thank us later. [more]

School gives a hero's welcome to Jessica Gregg     
Updated 6 days ago
Forget the media gathered at Westglen school last Friday for an assembly celebrating Olympic silver medalist Jessica Gregg. The toughest question she received came from a young student who might have stood waist-high to the five-foot-eight Edmonton athlete. [more]

Ooks capture ACAC men's basketball title    
Posted 6 days ago
It was an all-north showdown in the south for the ACAC men's basketball championship last weekend, complete with a dramatic finish that sent one team riding the bus ride home on Highway 2 feeling jubilant, the other crestfallen. [more]

Earth Hour revolves around the little things    
Posted 6 days ago
For an event that is literally of global proportions, the city is sweating the small stuff. From 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on March 27, Edmonton will support action on climate change by participating in [more]

High school raises flags for IB World Designation     
Posted 6 days ago
As Canada welcomed the world on the Olympic stage last month, a local high school unveiled its own tribute to the global community. St. [more]

Get red-dy to streak     
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This year's Streak for MS promises to keep things clean. The third annual hair-streaking event, which will launch the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada's event season this week, has moved from hair dye to clip-on red streaks. [more]

Eleven-year-old holds second Canadian Tire money drive for camp equipment    
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Last summer, Micheal Pelletier asked Edmontonians to spare some paper change so he could buy his summer camp a foosball table. Then age 10, Micheal wanted to raise $300 in Canadian Tire money. [more]

Beware of online predators    
Posted 6 days ago
If you think your child is safe perusing the Internet, the city's Sexual Exploitation Working Group wants you to think again. The group is hosting a free information session at the [more]

Editorial: Share the Square with teens    
Posted 6 days ago
Anytime something new, large or small, is built with civic dollars someone opposes it. And that's OK. That's democracy. [more]

‘Mystery kid’ still smiling     
Posted 6 days ago
The radio waves reached out to compassionate Edmontonians last week with hopeful and heartbreaking stories told by families that have been to hell and back for their kids. The [more]

Album marries jazz and classical     
Posted 6 days ago
It's a match made in heaven or the Winspear centre, depending on how you look at it. Kent Sangster is a Juno-nominated saxophonist. His wife [more]

Shrine of the times     
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Six decades is a long time. So, as the Shrine Circus returns to Edmonton for a 62nd year – with five shows at Rexall Place Friday through Sunday – expect the audience to include a few grandchildren accompanied by grandparents who first visited the circus with their grandparents years ago. [more]

Stay off the ice    
Posted 6 days ago
A mild winter has resulted in a very short skating season. All of the city's outdoor skating ponds fell victim to the weatherman and have been closed for the year. Edmontonians, along with their pets, are warned to stay off the ice now that it's too thin to support their weight. [more]

Athletics Alberta receives donation following Winter Olympic Games   
Posted 6 days ago
It's a small gesture in the grand scheme of things, but if the generosity of local shopping malls is a harbinger, then Canadians haven't forgotten about summer sports, even in the afterglow of the wildly successful Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. [more]

High school basketball wraps up play in Edmonton, provincials up next    
Posted 6 days ago
The Edmonton high school basketball season wrapped up last weekend, with championships decided in both the Metro and Premier Leagues. Several local teams will now take part in provincial playdowns this week, competing for sports in the upcoming Alberta high school championships. [more]