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Alberta’s ban on weed and feed lawn products goes into effect in 2010, but some Red Deer homeowners have already said good riddance to herbicides.

A gopher peers out of its hole in the parking lot median at the Kerry Wood Nature Centre recently. The disappearance of snow and the return of warm weather has brought the rodents out of their winter hibernation.

Tyler Fudge, 10, uses a screwdriver to remove the rear derailleur and sprockets from his old bike at his home in West Park, Sunday. Fudge got a new bike on Saturday but plans to keep the spare parts from his old bike on hand in case he needs to replace a part on his new bike.

A grass fire sparked by a train zipped along the railway tracks, close to Waskasoo Meadows in Red Deer County, on Saturday before firefighters and neighbours managed to put it out.

Trails at Bower Ponds and Lion’s Campground remained closed Sunday, after an ice jam in the Red Deer River stopped the flow of water and caused the river to spill over its banks Saturday evening.

Water was pouring from the Red Deer River Saturday, flooding paths at Bower Ponds, Three Mile Bend, the Lion’s Campground and the Waskasoo Trail along the river’s south shoreline.

A 25-year-old man has been charged with dangerous driving causing injury after a Calgary police officer was dragged by a car along a busy freeway.

Norm Lajeunesse and Matthew Roger of Westwind Design in Calgary move a bobsled into position in the new Winter Gallery at the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame in Red Deer on Thursday. Opening to the public on April 30, the new exhibit will feature a variety of winter sports, including skeleton, luge, snowboarding, skiing, curling, speedskating and ringette.

A motorcyclist makes his way through a cloud of dust as he rides along Taylor Drive earlier this week. The City of Red Deer has begun its spring street cleaning of boulevards and medians on main arterial roads and will continue the work until all roadways in the city have been cleaned of sand, gravel and debris from the winter months.

A groundswell of support Thursday left a Tees farmer “overwhelmed” with gratitude, his lawyer said following a brief court appearance.