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Working from the 30-metre platform on the City of Red Deer Emergency Services articulated platform truck, Steve Scanland from the Sylvan Lake Fire Department and Jamin Bryan of Red Deer EMS maneuver the platform up to an open third storey window. They were taking part in a rescue exercise at the fire training grounds in the Riverside Industrial Area on Wednesday.

Olds is striving to become Alberta’s first Fair Trade Town.

This is a very busy time of the year for Stewart Morgan with Mow Value Lawn Care and working until the sun goes down is not unusual. On average, he drops off two loads of yard waste a day at the Red Deer’s waste management facility. The facility is inviting Red Deer residents to drop off their yard waste, which should only include grass clippings, leaves, tree branches and garden material, for free from now until May 9.

An RCMP officer was killed Tuesday while conducting speed enforcement on Highway 2A near the town of Millet, about 53 kilometres south of Edmonton.

At one point during the Fusco Brothers juggling act — part of the annual Shrine Circus Tuesday — Emilio Fusco was successful in juggling 10 hoops without dropping any of them. Other attractions during the show at the Enmax Centrium included a poodle dog act, Chinese acrobats, contortionists, and of course clowns.

Fire bans have been put in place for the counties of Red Deer, Lacombe, Ponoka, Stettler and Kneehill.

An RCMP officer has been killed in a traffic accident while on duty south of Edmonton.

The second annual Hike For Hospice drew close to 200 runners and walkers, ranging in ages from one to 91.

A small Olds dog has been inducted into the Purina Hall of Fame.

Innisfail-area hog producer Jim Smith has a very bad feeling about his industry’s future on a day when six new human cases of the H1N1 flu virus were announced in Alberta.