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A Penhold mother wants to warn others after her 14-month-old son suffered second-degree burns to his hand when a child’s projection flashlight overheated.

Large flakes of hoarfrost stick to the face of the bronze statue outside of the Rotary Recreation Centre on Monday. A feathery layer of frost covered virtually everything outdoors the Red Deer area Monday morning following a thick ice fog that settled over much of our area, Sunday night and early Monday morning.

As weary U.S.-bound travellers queued up to face heightened security measures at airports in Toronto, Calgary and Edmonton on Monday, the federal government called in the Mounties to help screen passengers travelling south of the border.

Bottles for a Brighter Christmas in support of Red Deer Christmas Bureau continues until Jan. 3 at Cosmos I and Cosmos II Bottle Depots. Make a donation of bottles or cash to the Christmas Bureau and enter to win one of two gift certificates from Parkland Mall merchants.

Rick Hjertaas leads Henry Czarnota on a cross country ski through River Bend Recreation Area Wednesday. The recent cold snap is forecast to end with a chinook’s arrival just in time to drive Christmas and Boxing Days’ temperatures to -3 and 0 C.

Decked out in goose-down jackets, Sorel boots and long johns, hundreds of Central Albertans stood in line overnight and then headed into the stores on Boxing Day.

From capturing pirates to rescuing refugees, Lieut. Nicole Robichaud’s job definitely doesn’t count as a nine to five gig.

It was after a camping trip in July when Tracy and Chris Pusey first realized something wasn’t right with their three and a half month old son Carter.

The cost of creating a municipal police force was much too big for one British Columbia city, which, like Red Deer, pondered the merits of replacing the Mounties.

People with developmental disabilities will suffer the effects of an unexpected funding cut by the province, say some of the agencies serving them.