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The Health Foundation and TD Bank Financial Group announced the recipients of the Spring Education Awards for 2012. Applications are considered twice each year and awards are given each spring and fall.

So it's July that rare month when we are almost guaranteed that it won't snow. With that in mind we all might want to put away our boardgames for a few weeks and get outside.

Soundtracks for Everyday Adventures Lullatone 9-out-of-10 I'm pretty certain we are all guilty of creating a tune in our heads as if it's a soundtrack for what we're doing.

"We still can't make up our minds whether it was a plow wind or a tornado," says Siegert Wenning, sitting in the kitchen that overlooks his ruined farmyard. "I said I can't see how it makes a difference anyway-it's all gone.

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) is reminding Canadians that Canada's Members of Parliament will celebrate another big financial win June 30, with the quarterly deposit of another $23 million taxpayer dollars into the Parliamentary pension pla

Parkland College students stand to benefit from the most successful Dollars for Scholars Golf Classic in the college's history.

With the summer months come fun in the sun, but the warm weather can also spell trouble.

Mobile Crisis Services will assume responsibility for calls to the Farm Stress Line starting July 4, 2012.

On Monday, July 2 at approximately 1:00 pm, an 80-year-old female was walking home from the Parkland Mall when she was approached by a male in the parking lot. He grabbed her purse.

Sunrise Health Region is now offering residents in the region the opportunity to purchase the Shingles vaccine (Zostavax) and the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine.