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A young boy’s drowning death at an Olds pool three years ago has prompted a judicial recommendation for provincial pool standards, a fatality inquiry report released on Thursday says.

Red Deer RCMP officers opened fire after a man they were trying to arrest tried to run them down in a pickup early Thursday morning in the city’s north end.

Country music fans hold onto your hats.

Red Deer Express writer and Canada’s Worst Handyman 4 participant Johnnie Bachusky strikes a pose at the premier party and Habitat For Humanity fundraiser, at the Boston Pizza South recently. He was one of five participants chosen from across Canada to compete in the reality TV program which airs on Discovery Channel. The winner will be announced on June 15, and Bachusky hopes to be the first Western Canadian participant to win.

At the start of each day, Red Deer Emergency Services personnel do a check of all the equipment that could potentially come into use. Here, Carlos Casado, left, and Greg Adair check out a backpack that contains about 300 metres of hose used to reach remote areas during a brush or grass fire.

City RCMP fired shots at a vehicle when the driver took a run at them while they were attempting to arrest a man early this morning.

An early morning fire Thursday in an Anders on the Lake home caused an estimated $100,000 damage.

An aspiring medical student and a woman running point on a long list of committees have been named Red Deer’s newest Young Citizen and Citizen of the Year.

A Filipino woman who thought she was playing by the rules is being kicked out of Canada after immigration officials ruled she was only authorized to care for one person, not several, in a Red Deer group home.

Working from the 30-metre platform on the City of Red Deer Emergency Services articulated platform truck, Steve Scanland from the Sylvan Lake Fire Department and Jamin Bryan of Red Deer EMS maneuver the platform up to an open third storey window. They were taking part in a rescue exercise at the fire training grounds in the Riverside Industrial Area on Wednesday.