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A two-day RCMP speeding crackdown on Hwy 2 nabbed more than 300 lead-footed drivers this week.

The Alberta government’s health-care meddling has left the province more vulnerable to outbreaks such as swine flu, said Liberal Leader David Swann in Red Deer Thursday.

Swine flu by any other name is still a human disease and not a meat or a food safety issue, say people working in and with Alberta’s pork industry.

Veteran Canadian CASCAR driver Kelly Williams, right, shares a laugh with Lorraine McGill of Sylvan Lake as she checks the oil in her vehicle at OK Tire and Auto Service in Sylvan Lake Thursday evening.

Alexander Katyshev, six, of Red Deer gets a feel for what it would be like to be a firefighter in the days of horse-drawn wagons as he climbs aboard the Ghosts sculpture titled Sound the Alarm. The life-size sculpture, featuring two horses and their handlers by artist Robert Spaith, stands outside the Red Deer Public Library.

Caught between seasons, this gull walks along the edge of the last stubborn piece of ice on Bower Ponds looking for a meal. The ice on the ponds should be just a memory soon with temperatures for the rest of the week climbing into the mid-teens with mostly sunny skies.

Police and wildlife officers are investigating the shooting deaths on Tuesday of three wild horses near the Red Deer River Ranger Station, about 40 km southwest of Sundre.

The ceramic vessel titled Labyrinth 1 created by artist Zane Wilcox is part of the Subverted Utility exhibit at the Harris-Warke Gallery located downtown in the Sunworks Home and Garden Store. Subverted Utility also displays ceramic works by artists Paula Cooley, Boonie Gilmour and Carole Epp. The exhibit runs until May 22.

Rick Lediard takes advantage of a little bit of sunshine as he gets his yard in Lancaster ready for spring shortly before another snow storm rolled through Red Deer on Monday. While this past weekend didn’t feel much like spring, Red Deer should start to see warmer more spring-like weather by end of the week, with the temperature reaching double digits by the weekend.

In its annual evaluation of Canadian communities, MoneySense magazine has named Red Deer as 10th best place to work in all of Canada.