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United Way has developed its own hour of power. To help boost their 2009 campaign, organizers for the Central Alberta region are asking workers to donate an hour of their salaries or wages.

he burner of the Air-ristocrat hot air balloon lights up Ross Street during the Santa Claus Parade Tuesday night.

A squirrel chews the seeds from a pine cone in the Red Deer Cemetery Tuesday. Recent warmer than average temperatures have proven a boon for wildlife caching feed for the coming winter.

Bowden prison officials have found a package of marijuana estimated to be worth in excess of $20,000.

Dr. Glynnis Hood, with Augustana University in Camrose, will be speaking about her research findings on beavers and their ecology, how they battled the drought and won during the Red Deer River Naturalists meeting set for 7:30 p.m. on Thursday at the Kerry Wood Nature Centre.

The preparations for the 16th Annual Festival of Trees are in full swing in three different pavilions at the Westerner Grounds as local businesses like Hudson Madison are in the midst of decorating their respective trees.

When it comes to helping people who are homeless, Red Deer means business.Seven weeks ago, Red Deer city council approved a five-year community plan towards ending homelessness.

People waited less than an hour early Monday afternoon at Red Deer’s first H1N1 immunization clinic open to general public.

A lean capital budget focusing more on infrastructure essentials and less on glitzy projects was unanimously approved on Monday.

Three Stettler males, including one aged 15 and one aged 17, have been charged with sexual assault on a girl stemming from a September incident.