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At four years old, Tristan Castor is very mature for his age. And he has to be. He’s spent most of his life in hospitals with adults.

Most people enjoy fresh, locally-grown produce. But in the winter when the ground is frozen those products are only available trucked in from places like California, or Mexico and they’re anything but local, or fresh. Until now.

Most people cringe when they have to get a needle for a blood test. But for seven-year-old Cooper Higgins it’s just part of his monthly routine. In fact a year ago he was getting them weekly.

No matter what a person’s circumstances are, there is always hope. That is the message the Watoto Children’s Choir tries to convey to audiences across the world through song and dance. On Friday, Feb.

If you’re looking to celebrate St. Valentine’s Day a few days’ ahead of time, the Barrhead Public Library and the Parent Link Centre both have some fun events planned for this Friday and Saturday, Feb. 8-9. On Feb.

Soul Sisters Memorial Foundation founder Christine Vachon is hoping to turn last Monday’s inaugural Farmer’s Appreciation Night into an annual event. Around 250 people packed the Westlock and District Community Hall Jan.

A Westlock County man is taking it upon himself to survey his fellow residents to gauge their satisfaction with county council.

Richmond Park’s own George Ryga will be remembered and celebrated during a screening of the 22-minute short documentary Just a Ploughboy , set to play at the Ukrainian Centre in Edmonton Jan. 25.

Nobody growing up today has any idea what it was like to have to use an iron lung, but Betty Properzi remembers it all too well. “A few years ago, we went to Fort St. John for a big conference and they had an iron lung there,” she said.

There were so many applications for the Santa’s Anonymous program in December that Family and Community Support Services, the organization which operates it, had to dip into reserves to make up a $5,000 shortfall.