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One person is dead and 15 were injured Saturday after a vicious storm tore through an outdoor country music festival east of Edmonton.

Hobbema RCMP are searching for suspects after seizing marijuana plants and equipment on Thursday night worth $1 million.

Playing like young Vikings, Kristopher Brenner, left, Leanne Hansen and Cameron Litowski play out a sword fight at the Norwegian Laft Hus this week. The three were taking part in an afternoon of Norwegian games, arts and crafts and stories as part of a program called Laughter at the Laft Hus. Every Thursday afternoon through the summer, children have the opportunity to take part in the program, which immerses participants in Norwegian culture.

A recommendation report on whether to approve City of Red Deer’s annexation proposal must still hit the desk of the municipal affairs minister.

Bill Bailey, from Red Deer, peers through the window of an Australian Ute at the 2009 Rock’n Red Deer Cruisin the Dub welcome party at the east Gasoline Alley A&W, Thursday. More then 850 hot rods, custom and classic cars from the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s will be on display at the Westerner this weekend as part of the Alberta SuperRun Associations Rock’n Red Deer car show.

Being a bee is a lot like being a farmer. The harvest season is short, and there’s a lot of work to get done, So every flower that this bee searched out in this city rose bush, it would literally dive bomb itself right into the middle of the flower.

Rocky Mountain House reported the highest crime rate among eight Central Alberta communities last year, according to Statistics Canada figures.

Alberta Health Minister Ron Liepert supports the Alberta Ombudsman’s recommendations to improve quality and fairness of decisions made by the Out-of-Country Health Services Committee and Appeal Panel.

Plans to build a wind farm in the rural area near Trochu and Huxley face objections from residents who are worried about effects on their health.

An oil and gas company is offering one of the largest rewards in Canada for information leading to an arrest in a series of bombings targeting its British Columbia operations, and the $1 million matches what the Mounties offered during the country’s biggest mass-murder investigation.