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Hayley Cartwright, eight, of Red Deer and her grandmother Ann Mickenberg of Calgary get a close look at one of 32 hand-painted blue bird nest boxes that will go up for auction at the Ellis Blue Bird Farm north east of Red Deer on Friday.

Murray Smith, 17, of Edmonton plays the timpani during a rehearsal of the piece O Magnum Mysterium by the Musicamp band on the Red Deer College Arts Centre’s Main Stage recently.

Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and Museum annual fundraising golf tournament still has spaces available for the Aug. 5. tournament at the Innisfail Golf Course.

Sunchild First Nation is hosting its annual powwow today through Thursday. The theme for this year’s event is honouring life.

Volatile Alberta summer weather has kept the hail mitigators busy.Weather Modification Inc., based in Olds, has sent cloud seeding planes to 58 storm cells between High River and Lacombe since storm season started on June 1, in an effort to decrease the size of ice stones.

It may have been the best present Red Deer resident Judy Dobinson has received in her life — a special happy birthday wish at the beginning of both the RCMP musical ride performances in Olds on Saturday and Red Deer on Sunday.

Rolling around on a giant ball that looks like a huge jawbreaker candy, while juggling medieval-style weapons, might not seem like the best career choice.But street performer Alex Elixir wouldn’t have it any other way.

One of Red Deer’s juvenile peregrine falcons found himself in a tight situation Wednesday night.

Mothers Against Drunk Driving has a message for boozing drivers: you are being watched.

Alexander Way Arts Festival is seeking help September 18 to provide art support, set up or take down. Contact Kelly Richard at 403-755-9350.