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Charity was seven years old when she was found in Nakuru National Park in Kenya. She was severely malnourished, didn’t speak and behaved more like an animal than a human.

Tiny dots that protect vehicles from theft, software that prompts a stolen computer to reveal its whereabouts, a system that safeguards online transactions — such technology might sound like the jurisdiction of Silicon Valley.

After some encouragement from her mom Deanna, three-year-old Grace Reiswig reaches out to pet Otis the Owl.

Safety officers are investigating the death of an oilfield worker southwest of Edmonton.

People with mental illness or brain injury will have twice the space to join in activities when the Gathering Place relocates to the former Club Café building on Wednesday.

The 2.5-by-2.5-metre quilt has been residing at the head office for Doctors Without Borders in Toronto and this is the last opportunity for the public in Red Deer to see it up close, she said.

Nationally acclaimed Red Deer quilter Patti Morris used over 1,000 pieces of hand-painted cloth to portray the work of Doctors Beyond Borders in her quilt Hands of Humanity.Patterned from actual photos of children in need in developing countries and doctors who respond, it makes a serious statement.

Proposed legislation to abolish two-for-one credit often given convicted criminals for time spent in pre-trial custody is “draconian” and won’t help solve crime, Red Deer lawyers say.

John Willock of Highline Electrical Constructors checks the operation of a street light and gets a high-angle view as a vehicle comes the wrong way down the Gasoline Alley east side service road Thursday. Willock’s crew is moving up and down Hwy 2 conducting spring maintenance of lights around overpasses and interchanges.

Salvation Army operations in Red Deer may run out of money because of an unanticipated increase in need.