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Carol Chapman’s painting titled Sunshiny Day is one of about 60 paintings on exhibit at the Red Deer Museum Parkland Mall location from now until Sept. 27. The 30th annual Alberta Wide Juried Exhibition features many artists from across the province competing in five categories. The museum location at the mall is open to the public 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday.

A man wanted in connection with an alleged sexual assault of a Red Deer woman in her 70s has turned himself in to police.

Red Deer College’s new head of security and emergency response will be wrestling with a new job, a new book and ongoing wrestling matches.

Transit service will roll into Gasoline Alley and Springbrook Monday, providing a much-anticipated link with the fast-growing Red Deer County communities.

Donald Muddy Bull Johnson of Bentley finishes setting up a small scale teepee inside the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and Museum Wednesday. The traditional Cree structure, complete with poles signifying respect, humility, honesty and faith as well as other noble attributes, will be part of the museum’s new Lasting Tradition exhibition about aboriginal games and sports.

A physician who played a lead role in pandemic planning for Central Alberta is leaving for a top job with Alberta Health and Wellness.

RIMBEY — A gravel truck driver involved in a school bus accident that killed a Rimbey girl has been convicted of careless driving and driving at an unreasonable rate of speed.

Flying in formation, three white pelicans make their way towards the Red Deer River, near the Riverside Heavy Industrial Park in Red Deer, Tuesday. The unmistakable birds, with their large bills, are often seen soaring along the river.

Appollo Landscaping employees Tory Wilson in the skid steer and Spencer Hachey work to complete grading work near a new floating dock at Three Mile Bend on Tuesday. Along with new trails at the off leash dog park the addition of the floating dock will make it easier for canoe and kayak lessons to launch their boats into the ponds.

Set to take their first rides on a school bus Kash, left, and Reno Dolphin and their mother Stephanie take part in the first program of its kind in Red Deer.