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Thursday Live is back at Red Deer College on Oct. 15, 1 p.m. with a student produced concert of high quality entertainment. Admission is $2 at the door with proceeds from this concert to the RDC United Way campaign. For more information call Berni at 403-342-3536.

Adam Smith of Phoenix Construction smooths a joint between newly poured concrete sidewalk sections outside Hill Plaza at 3301 50th Ave. Friday. Plans for the strip mall’s renovations also include new decorative stone and powder-coated steel features. Businesses located there remain open throughout the renovations.

A judicial recount to help settle a teenager’s battle for a mayoral seat in Newfoundland is unfolding today in a St. John’s courtroom.

Stettler RCMP are still trying to track down the victim of an alleged assault that occurred, south of Buffalo Lake, a week ago.

The public can participate in a question and answer session with filmmaker Paul Manly who will attend the Red Deer screening of his documentary about the Security and Prosperity Partnership. You, Me and the SPP: Trading Democracy for Corporate Rule will screen Tuesday, Oct. 27, 7 p.m., at Red Deer College, Room 1328.

Vendor and patrons of the Red Deer Public Market braved temperatures as low as minus 7 C on Saturday, wearing toques and mitts and carrying cups of steaming coffee.

The first year in a new home is a special time for everyone.But one Red Deer family is all the more appreciative during this time of Thanksgiving.Terina Paré and her husband Shawn Galley moved into one of the Habitat for Humanity Red Deer Region homes in Johnstone Park in March with their son Owen, now age 4. Two months later their daughter Alayna was born and she is now 4 months old.

Susan Thompson readies foreign language books for distribution during the 50th anniversary open house at the Parkland Regional Library’s Lacombe offices this week. The province’s oldest and largest regional library system administers the Alberta Multilingual Book Consortium, which provides adult and juvenile books in 38 languages to all Alberta libraries.

Canadians don’t seem to see the H1N1 virus as a personal threat, and few currently plan to get vaccinated against the virus, a new poll indicates.

It’s safer to watch grizzly bears on the West Coast than in B.C.’s interior and female black bears seldom seriously attack people, although they act like they will.