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A homeowner in a small hamlet about 20 km east of Rocky Mountain House found a drug lab in a hidden room in his basement on Monday.

Most watersheds within the Red Deer River system are becoming tainted by agricultural run-off, shore-line development, oil and gas activity, and the loss of vegetation and wetland.

In a stand of lodgepole pine and spruce trees, on the eastern slopes, west of Sundre, lies the answer to how large a challenge the mountain pine beetle will be this year.

Jeff McDonald, left, guilds a kayak into the water while his son Ethan, 8, holds his paddle ready during the Valhalla Pure Outfitters Canoe and Kayak Demo Day at Bower Ponds on Sunday.

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The demolition of the city’s oldest hotel begins Monday.

Rocky Mountain House residents will decide the question of VLTs once again. The town is going ahead with a plebiscite on the issue.

Instructor Suzanne Blackwell leads a yoga class outside the Golden Circle as part of Alberta Active Living Challenge Day activities Thursday.

Making a return from their wintering grounds along the coasts of the Pacific and Gulf of Mexico from California to Florida and down to Panama, the American White Pelicans can again be spotted soaring over Central Alberta and swimming on lakes and rivers in the region. This lone bird was spotted on the Red Deer River just upstream from the Joffre bridge east of Red Deer.

Libraries, roads and water works are among the projects to be supported by new and revised funding programs announced by the federal and provincial governments on Thursday.