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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.

There were no shortages of lost wanderers like Melissa Knelson, left, and Chelsea Palman at the Lacombe Corn Maze recently as they opened the gates to the public for their 10th year of operation. Throughout the summer, the maze runs Monday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and is closed Sunday.

Two 21-year-old rabbis are finding how easy it can be to say “shalom” in Red Deer.Yossi Matusof of Calgary and Moshe Raices of Iowa are the “Roving Rabbis”, bringing Judaism in a suitcase to Central Alberta and beyond this summer.

Plans to strengthen and revamp Alberta’s electric highway were unveiled to a small group of interested Olds and area residents Wednesday.

An elderly woman was sexually assaulted and robbed in a wooded area west of the Save On Food Store in north Red Deer on Wednesday morning.

A Red Deer man charged with murder in the death of an 18-month-old baby last October has elected to go to trial.

RCMP believe an accident caused the death of a Stettler woman whose body was found in her Main Street apartment early Monday morning.

During the recent heatwave, the downtown Red Deer splashpool at 48th Street and 52nd Avenue has attracted a horde of visitors looking to chill out. The pool is surrounded by about six single stream fountains, which turn into a fine mist if stepped upon. Aided by the backlight of early evening sun, Rayden Shopa is making it look like he has watery screen in front of him every time he steps on the stream of water.