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Home Front - September 30

Home Front - September 30

Get ready to run, walk, donate or fundraise as part of the CIBC Run for the Cure event on Sunday at Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School.
Reining in the rabble rousers

Reining in the rabble rousers

Heavily-armed police packing full body armour have descended upon Springbrook and the adjoining training centre.

Second suspect in Ponzi scheme arrested

A second man has been arrested more than two weeks after he was charged in an alleged Ponzi scheme that police say bilked investors around the world out of up to $400 million.
Dummies with heart

Dummies with heart

The nursing program at Red Deer College has added two eerily human-like pieces of technology to help train new nurses.
Home Front - September 29

Home Front - September 29

Learn how they can help save endangered wild mountain gorillas of Uganda, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Dead Bowden inmate identified

A Medicine Hat father who sexually assaulted and murdered his 15-year-old daughter has been found dead in his Bowden Institution prison cell.
Red Deer Tennis Memorial Tournament

Red Deer Tennis Memorial Tournament

Nigel Smith plays a game of tennis with 80-year-old Irma Francis during the Red Deer Tennis Memorial Tournament held inside the new Red Deer Tennis Bubble on Saturday. The tournament was held in honour OF Smith’s mother Thelma Smith, as well as several other former members. Several of Smith’s siblings and children played in the tournament, along with a mix of tennis players in a variety of age ranges.
Central Alberta African Choir

Central Alberta African Choir

Members from the Central Alberta African Choir sing during the grand opening celebration of the Central Alberta African Centre, at the Festival Hall, on Saturday. The centre in downtown Red Deer works to provide immigrants in Central Alberta with help as they adjust to living in a new country.
$5,000 word score

$5,000 word score

Pat Hughes and Lois Eaton play a game of scrabble at the Golden Circle, Saturday, during the second annual Red Deer Scrabble Fundraiser to support the Stephen Lewis Foundation’s Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign to help Africa’s grandmothers. Over 40 players took part and organizers expect to raise $5,000 from the event.

Fires banned in parks

A toasty campfire on a crisp autumn night is off limits at provincial campgrounds in Central Alberta after a fire ban was issued on Friday.