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STAR Literacy is looking good as a thirty-something community-based program. Its plans for a celebration have changed with some delays, but literacy and lifelong learning continue unabated.

Rugby, dodgeball, and volleyball were on tap for the festival's first time in the city.

The St. Albert-Edmonton district has an area of 104 square kilometres and a population of 121,313, based on 2016 census data. There are 93,763 electors on the preliminary federal election lists, according to data from Elections Canada.

Five monikers put to a vote; trustees will select one by Sept. 30.

The city is once again hosting its annual vigil to mark World Suicide Prevention Day at 7 p.m. today (Friday, Sept. 10) at the Celebration Gardens.

Happy Friday!

On Thursday Alberta saw another 1,510 new cases of COVID-19 diagnosed after 13,800 tests, and a positivity rate of 11 per cent. There are 679 Albertans in the hospital, with 154 of those in intensive care. There have been nine new deaths reported in the last 24 hours.

Tryouts continue this week at the Jarome Iginla Arena with a practice this Thursday and a final scrimmage on Saturday. 

The project will continue until 2022, when a recommendation will be brought back to council on whether to make it permanent.