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Three City of Red Deer Public Works graders with the help of a front end loader clear the dead end Edgar Industrial Bend of accumulated snow this week. Drivers are encouraged to exercise patience, keep a safe distance from the machines and not try to pass since deep slush is causing the equipment to back up without notice.

Dressed as a court jester in a pink tutu, Eastview Middle School Grade 8 teacher Jeremy Spink ducks under a ribbon held by fellow teacher Rachelle Haggarty as they perform a May Pole Dance for students on Thursday. As part of the Social Studies curriculum, all Grade 8 classes joined together for a morning of Renaissance studies.

A Canadian University College student in Lacombe is doing his part to help Haiti.

Dipping into municipal reserves was a main factor in the City of Red Deer’s ability to reduce the property tax increase to its lowest in 10 years.

Doctors and search dogs, troops and rescue teams flew to this devastated land of dazed, dead and dying people Thursday, finding bottlenecks everywhere, beginning at a main airport short on jet fuel and ramp space and without a control tower.

Violin Sonata by Red Deer artist Elena Rousseau hangs above the doorway to the Alberta Art and Drafting Supplies Wall 2 Wall gallery. Located at 4711 49th Ave. in Red Deer, Wall 2 Wall features the ever changing art of local artists in a venue open to all artists who want to display their creations.

A 74-year-old Stettler-area man died overnight Wednesday after being crushed by a section of wall at a small manufacturing business in Red Willow.

On Friday, it’s Red Deer’s turn to bask in the glow of the Olympic flame.The Olympic torch departs Red Deer College at 6:15 p.m. via 32nd Street and Gaetz Avenue and arrives at 7 p.m. at Westerner Park , where festivities will be underway.The Olympic Torch Relay Community Celebration at Westerner Park is a free, outdoor event that runs from 5 to 9 p.m.

An ambulance takes the most seriously injured of three sport utility vehicle’s occupants to hospital as Red Deer firemedics put away their extrication equipment at the scene of a Sec. Hwy 595 collision Wednesday night.

Central Alberta aid organizations with strong ties to Haiti are in an anxious wait and see mode following the earthquake devastation that has brought the already impoverished nation to its knees.