Vegreville News

Jim Paxman is a believer in farm safety. Ten years ago, he survived having two 1,600 pound round bales bounce off his back.

RCMP say a young female may have been abducted in Vegreville this afternoon. However, police said they don't have enough information at this time to indicate anything criminal has taken place.

Heather Porrill will share her insights in selling direct to consumers at the Explore.... Local Foods, Local Markets workshop You can't turn on the TV or radio without hearing something about local food.

In his new book, Satya Das argues that so-called dirty oil can help build a cleaner future.

A Vegreville-area farmer whose animals were seized after 17 cattle were found starved to death on his property was fined $2,000 in an Edmonton court today.

Although not the sole culprit, H1N1 has been cited as one reason why student absenteeism has increased Posted 8 hours ago Within Elk Island Public Schools, which covers an area from Sherwood Park and Fort Saskatchewan east to Vegreville, nine out of 44 schools have reported student absenteeism of 10 per cent or more due to illness.

The next provincial election may see an increase in ridings from the current 83 to 87, meaning the current Electoral Boundary Commission has some major decisions to make over the next few months.

A kickoff celebration for Marshview Middle School's after school program will take place at the Sackville school tomorrow, Oct.

A coalition of groups in Alberta called on the provincial government today to stop approving any more oilsands projects.

Alberta Health Minister Dave Hancock has ordered a sweeping review of infection control practices throughout the province after another incident surfaced where hundreds of patients were potentially exposed to diseases such as HIV from poorly sterilized medical equipment.

Alberta health authorities have closed a Vegreville hospital to new admissions and most visitors after the spread of a bacterial-resistant superbug and the discovery that some patients may have been exposed to HIV and hepatitis during surgeries performed with dirty tools.

Several local communities won their population category in the Communities in Bloom provincial edition.

We knew they would drop the gloves, the only question was when. We now have the answer.

I recently returned from a spectacular fall road trip with a group of food lovers.

You're going to hear those phrases from Tory politicians a lot these days. We've already heard them from Premier Ed Stelmach a few times.

Rodney Stafford says when he reaches Edmonton today, he'll drop to his knees and cry.

Rodney Stafford will end his long, gruelling tribute to his slain daughter when he peddles into Edmonton on his bike today.

With rumours of a fall election still swirling, the Vegreville-Wainwright Green Party Association has nominated William Munsey to run in the riding.

Not long after Alberta's former deputy premier, Ron Stevens, resigned from his seat in May to accept a judgeship, the lightning-rod issue in the riding of Calgary-Glenmore was a high-speed ring road - the kind of thing, in other words, that proves the old adage that all politics are local.

Dorothy Russell, of Wembley, and her horse Little Bit of Magic, hurdle an obstacle during the South Peace Horse Trials at Evergreen Park over the weekend.