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• Rail being laid for heritage line

  Work has begun on a project to lay 12 kilometres of track from Stettler to Red Willow for use by historic rail tours and to boost tourism.

• Colleges and universities adopt textbook rental plans

  After tuition, university and college textbooks are the largest post-secondary expense for students.

• Winter blues treatable: doctor

  Caught up with work in Calgary, Dr. Ted Jablonski couldn't make it to St. John's High School's centennial reunion in June.

• New editor wants to hear from you

  There's something special about the Kootenays. It's hard to describe exactly the feeling I get here, but it has a lot to do with the rugged beauty of the region, its relative isolation from major centres, and the laid-back, friendly way of life that seems so common in this area.

• 1. An insidera s perspective: the making of a Fringe Festival act

  I never thought that I would write a play about healing from sexual abuse, but as I was driving to Winnipeg to perform another play, scenes for just such a play kept popping in my head.

• RCMP close suspected dog-poisoning probe

  A lack of criminal evidence has prompted RCMP in Brandon, Man. to close an investigation without determining how three dogs fell ill in a suspected case of intentional poisoning in the community of Spruce Woods.

• Teen charged in fatal Brandon stabbing

  Police in Brandon, Man. have charged an 18-year-old man with manslaughter in connection to a fatal stabbing nearly a year and a half ago.

• Proposed seniors complex could have adjoining hotel

  It won't be your grandpa's seniors home. That's what the people behind a seniors housing project proposed for the Campbell River Common mall told a group of seniors in Campbell River Friday.

• McKee-Azevedo Title Bout Headlines MFC 26

  Maximum Fight Championship lightweight titleholder Antonio McKee will defend his crown against Pride Fighting Championships veteran Luciano Azevedo in the MFC 26 a oeRetributiona main event on Sept.

• Helen E. Alexander

  Helen E. Alexander, 95, of Great Falls, who was involved in numerous civic, business and social organizations throughout her life, died Sunday at Peace Hospice, of complications from a fall.