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In a country with 2.4 million orphans, it can seem like every story about a school, hospital or orphanage is one of struggle and hardship.

Band-aid solutions just don’t cut it anymore, say Sundre citizens who worry every year about whether high water will wash their homes and businesses into the Red Deer River.

Taryn O’Reilly, 4, relaxes in her sled while her dad Shannon gets a good work out as the two go for a run along the trails at Three Mile Bend. The sunshine and warmer temperatures encouraged many Red Deer residents to make use of the city’s parks over the weekend.

Kathy Bayne, left, leads a group through line dance steps at the Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre. Line dance lessons are held every Friday from 10 to 11 a.m. for those interested in learning.

Tracy Ball tries to convince her doberman Pharaoh, to let go of his Air Kong toy on Monday. Ball and Pharoh, along with Christina Carlyle and her border collie cross, Cede, played catch at Three Mile Bend.

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.