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WASHINGTON — Toyota Motor Corp. faces a maximum penalty of more than $16 million, a record civil penalty against an automaker, for failing to promptly notify the U.S. government about defective gas pedals among its vehicles.

You don’t call the West Country’s wild horses an invasive species and hope to ride away unscathed.

Documentary and Discussion takes place on April 8 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Kerry Wood Nature Centre. View a documentary film followed by refreshments and candid debate. Cost is $3 per person at the door. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Phone 403-346-2010.

Tara Rogers and her daughter Alyssa, centre, race with other children and parents at the start of the Easter egg scavenger hunt at the Kerry Wood Nature Centre Sunday. The Easter Spring Fling featured three nature-themed egg hunts for children of various ages where they had to answer nature-themed questions plus Easter- and spring-related crafts and activities.

From the Western blue flag to the rattlesnake plantain, Red Deer resident Tony Blake has tracked down plants from the exotic to the ordinary, as part of a hobby that has him travelling around his own community and the province each summer.

Breaking up could be hard to do.Provincial Electoral Boundaries Commission members might well be advised to tread lightly when divorcing the southern stretches of Red Deer from the Red Deer South riding,

A new piece of legislation making it mandatory for medical staff to report stab wounds and gunshots to police has been greeted with open arms by the officer in charge of Red Deer City RCMP.

Relatives of some soldiers killed in Kandahar openly questioned Saturday whether the Canadian military should withdraw entirely from Afghanistan next year and suggested a premature retreat calls into question the sacrifices of their sons.

The Diamonds will entertain during an old time dance to be held Saturday, April 17, at the Ponoka Moose Lodge.

Easter Sunday Service at Mirror United Church will be celebrated on April 4 at 9:30 a.m. Phone 403-352-3837.