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Alberta Band Association Festival of the Bands until May 28 at Red Deer College Arts Centre. Free of charge. www.rdc.ab.ca

The 20th annual Meyers Norris Penny MS Walk takes place at Bower Ponds in Red Deer on May 30.

Brady Bell, 17, from Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School, clears the last hurdle as he finishes first in the Junior/Intermediate 100-metre hurdles during the high school area track and field meet at Lindsay Thurber High School Wednesday.

Families are relieved they are alive after an explosive blaze fuelled by wind gusts destroyed four houses and damaged about 12 others in minutes on Tuesday.

Sylvan Lake fire investigators expect to release the cause today of what sparked a huge blaze that destroyed four homes and damaged about seven others on Tuesday.

Canadian Olympic bobsledder Lyndon Rush will be the guest speaker at the first breakfast fundraiser to benefit Loaves and Fishes Benevolent Society

Four houses were destroyed in a devastating fire in a Sylvan Lake neighbourhood late Tuesday afternoon, the ambient heat enough to peel the siding on nearby homes.

A 35-year-old women drowned near Rocky Mountain House over the weekend.

Those who want to help Red Deer achieve bragging rights in the Active Living Challenge Day can participate on Thursday. Participants get active for 30 minutes or more and register their activities online at

Tourists and locals have 16 weekends to have some summer fun in Central Alberta, from the May long weekend to Labour Day.