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Town rallies around mom

Town rallies around mom

Mothers in the Olds area are rallying around a 23-year-old mom receiving treatment for cancer as she waits for one of her five-month-old twins to have heart surgery this summer.

‘No chill’ in Bill 44

Alberta Education Minister Dave Hancock says he will work with the human rights commission and school boards on policy to ensure that a new bill doesn’t put a chill on classroom discussions.

Council endorses study of six-lane expressway

Red Deer civic leaders have endorsed a study touting 20th Avenue as the best route for heading south along a six-lane expressway to be fully built in 30 years.
DELBURNE ROAD OSPREY

DELBURNE ROAD OSPREY

A male osprey scans a cow pasture off Secondary Hwy 595, about 30 km east of the city, looking for prey Saturday.
Campsites trashed

Campsites trashed

The site looks as if someone upended a couple of big dumpsters and then hauled them away, leaving only the trash.If only it was a random act

Kidnap suspect faces more charges

A Red Deer man charged with kidnapping and sexually assaulting a teenage girl faces more charges.
Topping trees

Topping trees

A City of Red Deer urban forester is concerned with the practice of tree topping.Also known as stubbing or dehorning, it involves cutting down all limbs into little stubs in order reduce the height of a tree.
Bartender makes daring rescue

Bartender makes daring rescue

Dustin Harper was with friends at Original Joe’s, in downtown Red Deer, when someone told them the building next door was on fire.

Innisfail building big

What recession?Officials in Innisfail’s planning department might be asking this question as plans for a pair of multimillion-dollar projects move across their desks.

Hearing ordered in shooting charges

A farmer who wounded a man for allegedly stealing his ATV will have a trial in November.