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Halifax kicks off New Year’s Day polar bear dips in spite of extreme cold

Rescuer says the animal is healing after being struck by a large vehicle in Saskatchewan

Those concerned about rural Alberta crime can voice their grievances to Red Deer-Lacombe MP Blaine Calkins.

Mohammed Aly does not see any reason why he shouldn’t try to ease the lives of Orange County’s homeless. But the authorities — and many of his neighbours — disagree.

One man’s joke has become his mission: to give each word a rhyming definition.

Starting on Tuesday, Jan.2, the Advocate will run Crime Central Alberta, our five-part series looking at the issue of crime in Red Deer and Central Alberta. Tuesday:

An unusual contest has uncovered dozens of bizarre lobsters found in the waters of Canada’s East Coast — including blue ones, three-clawed ones, and even one as big as a beagle.

They may ask for a donation in return

Bernie McHugh and his bird-counting companions took to the dike along the Snake River north of Emily’s Pond in 2011 and found themselves looking for wildlife in conditions he remembers as “bloody cold, snowing like hell.”

Retired anesthetist Dr. Glenn Gibson believes he was an early trendsetter in slipping on brightly coloured cloth caps before heading into the operating room.