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A Red Deer woman is being praised by police for successfully steering an RV from the passenger side after her husband suffered a heart attack at the wheel.Sheriff’s chief deputy Rich Stephens told local media in Bonners Ferry, Idaho, that Gertrude Prefontaine did a “phenomenal” job of controlling the RV,

A Red Deer man wanted on nine arrest warrants and several thousand dollars in unpaid conviction fines will appear in court Thursday.

A Ponoka man has been charged following a stabbing at a rural house party which sent the victim to an Edmonton hospital on Sunday.

Janet Gregory, left, and Leah Kudel keep the large glass blow fish hot while Kristyn Wozniewhich, far right, heats up a spot with a torch before adding an eye, during the final day of the Advanced Glass Glowing for Beginners class at Red Deer College, Friday.

A man was rushed to hospital with multiple stab wounds after a fight broke out during a house party in the Ponoka area on the weekend.

The family of a Penhold teenager who was found dead on the side of Hwy 2A on Red Deer’s outskirts early Thursday is appealing for anyone who saw what happened to come forward.

After a two-month breakaway that culminated in a rescue at a downtown office building, Buddy the cockatiel is safely back home.

Chris Marchlinski, left, and Mike Iwanyshyn from the band Letters to Elise perform during the opening night of Shake the Lake in Sylvan Lake, Friday. The three-day sports and music festival features nearly 30 different acts as well as a skateboard competition that will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, and the 1664 BMX Bonesaw Jam which will run at the same time on Sunday. The festival also features a family bike parade and a 24-hour spin challenge. Visit www.shakethelake.ca for more info.

Central Music Festival organizer Mike Bradford took to the mic Saturday afternoon to urge the small crowd to give their friends a call to come down.After all, there was great music, sunshine, and to top it off, no mosquitoes.And Bradford was right.

One of the nearly 500 Tamil migrants who set sail for Canada aboard a cramped cargo freighter died just weeks before the ship arrived off the British Columbia coast, the RCMP confirmed Sunday.