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The Hub (on Ross Street) will host Bob Evans and Steve Fisher on Oct. 28 from 6 to 8 p.m. Tickets, $15 at 53rd Street Music and Parkland Audio and Music Centre. For more information, call 780-340-7804.

The southbound lanes of Hwy 2 near Millet have reopened following a fatal two-vehicle collision this morning.

Central Alberta got its first taste real winter weather for the season on Thursday morning.

Rising Together by Sam Dwyer is a print currently on display in the Red Deer College Library. It’s part of the retrospective Restrike of student printmaking that runs until Oct. 22.

Local author Sigmund Brouwer will be at Chapters in Red Deer on Saturday promoting his latest book, Oil King Courage, from 1 to 2 p.m. Brouwer is a prolific writer and his latest book is part of his WHL series.

Tony Scholton, left, lays sod as Ray Taylor readies more outside a Parkvale home while snow falls Wednesday morning. The pair, from Land Escapes, were none too excited about working in the snow, but were happy the snowfall wasn’t worse. While snow isn’t forecast by Environment Canada over the Thanksgiving long weekend, cold nightly lows of down to -11C are.

Two search and rescuers returned home on Tuesday after spending a full day scouring for earthquake survivors in Indonesia.

A Red Deer man says he is frustrated by the lack of help given to his homeless plight after the City of Red Deer bought the now-demolished Arlington Inn where he and 23 others lived.

Fear that a young woman alleged to have been attacked near Stettler on Tuesday may be in “grave danger” has prompted police to take the unusual step of releasing a composite drawing of her.

A local teacher is one of 15 across the country to be honoured with a national award for teaching.