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Speeding through a stop sign at 104 km/h coupled with ignoring six previous warning signs resulted in a dangerous driving causing bodily harm conviction against a university student this week.

Katheryn Richards, 12, front, and some of her classmates glide down a hill as they cross-country ski Wednesday. The group of Eastview Community School Grade 7 students were having plenty of fun taking part in a morning physical education class.

A town hall-style meeting was held Wednesday night at the Red Deer Lodge to help shed some light on the justice system.

The Crown wants a two-year sentence for an Edmonton man who lured a 13-year-old girl to a motel before sexually assaulting her.

Go straight for dessert. Jest for Fun offers dessert theatre and a glass of wine served with medieval mirth and magic by Lothar at the Golden Circle Seniors Resource Centre in Red Deer on Tuesday, Feb. 23.

Medicine River Wildlife Centre has a last-minute chance at $370,000 in federal funding to upgrade its facility, but it needs to raise $100,000 in matching funds by Monday.Executive director Carol Kelly said a corporate sponsor, who has donated money to the centre in the past, may contribute the $100,000.

Mallard ducks take off from the open water on the Red Deer River beneath the Dickson Dam Tuesday. Warm water from the power plant just upstream of the dam’s spillway ensures the river stays open, drawing hundreds of ducks and other waterfowl each winter.

Brad and Krista Howe were devoted and caring parents who will be greatly missed, say family members who have rallied to care for the five children the Red Deer couple left behind after they were killed in a weekend car crash.

Alberta’s Progressive Conservative government plans to run a record deficit and deplete its savings account in a budget that forgoes the kind of deep spending cuts that fiscal hawks have been screeching for.

On Tuesday, Google added Red Deer to a long list of Canadian communities now visible on Street View Google Maps.