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Road, bridge upgrades planned for Red Deer

Drivers can anticipate minor delays when road crews begin about $6 million worth of crown paving, bridge repairs and other maintenance through Red Deer this summer.

A bench overlooks the pond at the Parkland Memorial Park located near Gasoline Alley.

Parkland Memorial Park features hundreds of trees

Not far from the noise of passing traffic and the smells of fast food burgers in Gasoline Alley is a treed park gaining in popularity.

A bench overlooks the pond at the Parkland Memorial Park located near Gasoline Alley.
Avid Central Alberta bluebird watcher D. Murray MacKay captured this pair of mountain bluebirds — male on the left

Bluebird blues

It’s shaping up to be another bad year for mountain bluebirds.

Avid Central Alberta bluebird watcher D. Murray MacKay captured this pair of mountain bluebirds — male on the left

Officials gear up for a busy May long weekend

Mounties will be once again be joined on the May long weekend watch by sheriffs, peace officers and staff from several government departments.

Local tourist attractions open for season

Sunny days interrupted with a few well-timed rain showers are setting a welcome tone for opening day at most summer attractions in Central Alberta.

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Elementary tennis lessons

Ryan Mochoruk, 10, sends the ball over the net during a practice game as part of a lesson for the Grade 5 students at Annie L. Gaetz School, Monday. The Red Deer Tennis Club and the Red Deer Primary Care Network is providing tennis lessons to all elementary students in Red Deer as a way to introduce students to a new sport.

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Volunteer improvements

Red Deer BMX Association grounds director George Vickery, far left, looks up from his work at the passing practicing riders, Sunday afternoon.

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A landslide in Saint-Jude

Family of four found dead in Quebec country house gobbled by gaping sinkhole

It took only an instant for an idyllic country scene to collapse in an apocalyptic abyss — the earth opened, gobbled up part of a village, and dragged a family of four down to its death in a muddy crater.

A landslide in Saint-Jude
Douglas Tiedeman holds the Costco card and credit card he used to board a plane.

Costco ID, credit card all man needed to board plane

A Blackfalds family is waiting for an explanation and refund after their mentally-challenged son was able to board an Air Canada plane with only his Costco and Visa cards for ID.

Douglas Tiedeman holds the Costco card and credit card he used to board a plane.

Loonie up sharply as eurozone defence package restores confidence

The loonie joined several other currencies in rebounding sharply against the U.S. dollar Monday on the strength of a massive defence package for the euro worked out on the weekend.

Grant Howell standing outside the Recreation Centre’s outdoor pool.

Taking the plunge for a new swimming pool

Representatives from various Red Deer aquatic groups who joined forces to save the Michener Pool years ago have teamed up again with a new mission.

Grant Howell standing outside the Recreation Centre’s outdoor pool.
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African Children’s Choir 2

The youngest ambassadors of peace and joy, the African Children’s Choir, performed in front of a packed house on Sunday morning at the Kentwood Alliance Church.

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Prime Minister Stephen Harper pays his respects as he tours the Commonwealth Berlin War Cemetery in Berlin

Harper lands in EU crisis

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has arrived in the eye of a European debt crisis as EU countries attempt to get ahead of their plunging capital and currency markets.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper pays his respects as he tours the Commonwealth Berlin War Cemetery in Berlin
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Volunteer opportunities – May 8

Alzheimer Society is seeking Event Day volunteers for the Investors Group Memory Walk on Saturday June 19 at Sunnybrook Farm Museum.

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An inside view

Grade 7 students in Red Deer public schools will learn more about having a healthy body image thanks to a play set to explore the topic with them from May 17 to 20 at the Nickle Theatre, upstairs from the Memorial Centre in Red Deer.

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Motherly love

Peter Allen holds one of this newly created masks, titled Lenny Blushes Easily, which is on display with several of his other ceramic masks in his exhibit called Faces only a Mother Could Love, at the Hub on Ross Art Gallery.

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Kayla Vair (from left) Jenna Vandervelden and Makenzie Haydon show bowls they created in art class for the Empty Bowls End Hunger Project at Hunting Hills High School. Proceeds from the sale of about 130 bowls created by grade 9-12 students will go towards fighting hunger.

Empty Bowls event to raise money for needy people in Red Deer

Hunting Hills High School art students are using their creativity to help the less fortunate in Red Deer.

Kayla Vair (from left) Jenna Vandervelden and Makenzie Haydon show bowls they created in art class for the Empty Bowls End Hunger Project at Hunting Hills High School. Proceeds from the sale of about 130 bowls created by grade 9-12 students will go towards fighting hunger.
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Lions Campground open for season

Barb Weddell strolls through the Lions Campground with her granddaughter Mabel Weddell. Barb’s husband Pete gets the campground up and running in the spring. The campground officially opened for the season on Saturday. Staff are expecting the sites to fill up as the weather improves.

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Soccer season opens

Lacombe Composite High School Ram Kodi Knight, left, and Hunting Hills Lightning Sara Codd scramble for the ball during a game near the Collicutt Centre, Thursday. Soccer in Red Deer usually gets off to a cold start, and the high school season sees its share of wet fields.

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Province to reconsider closing Red Deer’s two aging nursing homes

Alberta Health Services is revisiting its plans to shut down Valley Park Manor and Red Deer Nursing Home.