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LACOMBE — A cold, snowy spring weekend could not quell the enthusiasm of riders and workers at Alberta Downs.

For most women, Central Alberta Medical Imaging Services has put an end to the uncomfortable wait that follows a mammogram.

A grassroots group aims to get people walking instead of using their car during May.ReThink Red Deer, a group of more than 200 members interested in smart urban planning, is planning summer street activities starting in May.

Red Deer schools are invited to join a race to see which one can collect the most dead and dying batteries for recycling.

Driver Darren Migues takes the Bounty Hunter, a monster truck powered by a 555-cubic-inch supercharged V8, over a pair of cars in the Centrium parking lot Thursday. The Kansas City-based driver and truck are among those in the city for this year’s Monster Spectacular truck shows which go tonight and tomorrow night at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $24 each and are available from Ticketmaster.

A three-year pilot program to school and assist children and youth with behavioural or psychiatric issues is coming to an end in August due to a lack of students.

A plan to guide development in the Hwy 2A corridor that has been dogged by landowner criticism will go to Lacombe County council for final approval next month.The latest version of the plan went to a public hearing in Lacombe on Tuesday evening. The hearing drew about 50 people.

Bowden firefighters were called out to a shed fire early Thursday evening, around 12 kilometres west of Bowden.

Red Deer will receive $1.1 million in funding from the province for homelessness initiatives during the 2009-2010 fiscal year.

Red Deer Aboriginal Employment Services is hosting an Urban Aboriginal Storytellers series the last Friday of each month.