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Donations made by businesses and individuals in the last few weeks have helped the United Way of Central Alberta raise 90 per cent of its $2-million goal.So far, $1.8 million has been raised.

The Blackfalds Farmers’ Market began operating year-round on Monday.It will be held once a month inside the Community Hall until May, when it returns to the Blackfalds Multiplex for regular weekly markets.

If people want to improve their local ecosystem, yards and gardens, Eliese Watson has some sweet advice — be kind to bees.

Changes are needed to address safety issues at the intersection of Airport Road and Hwy 2A by Springbrook, says a Red Deer motorist.

Neighbours of a proposed gravel pit near Markerville remain firmly opposed to the project despite changes that will put its boundary further from nearby homes.

Red Deer RCMP will now be able to tell youth to go home one hour earlier after a new nighttime curfew was approved on Monday.

For Holly Pearson of Red Deer, there has been no need to split for the tropics to see how bananas grow.

A jackknifing semi northbound Hwy 2 sent numerous cars into the east side ditch or the median wire fence as they tried to avoid stopped traffic north of Hwy 42 on Saturday.

The number of people visiting tourism Red Deer’s information centre during 2010 has fallen back to normal levels after a record year in 2009, says its executive director.

Red Deer residents can expect slightly slower response times to non-emergency calls because additional Mounties won’t be patrolling city streets in 2011, says Red Deer RCMP Supt. Brian Simpson.