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The sound of the artist at work sounds like the set of the Red Green Show.

A pair of Red Deer College students make their way down College Gate to classes through fog Thursday morning. The murky conditions covered much of Central Alberta, aggravating motorists both within and bound for the city.

Two of numerous goalies share in a save during a rousing lunch hour game of snow soccer at Central Middle School this week. The weekend promises plenty of sun and temperatures of at least 5C are expected by early next week.

Gunshots were fired in Blackfalds on Thursday after a reported scuffle between two groups of people on a residential street.

A Red Deer area man dedicated to enriching people’s lives through sport is this year’s recipient of the City of Red Deer’s Lifetime Sport Achievement Award.

Anton Beukes and Dan Wilson are mulling over Sudan. At a time when many foreigners are leaving the country, the pair are deciding whether it’s worth it for Red Deer’s CrossRoads Church to set up shop there.

Arashi-Do Martial Arts and Fitness owner and instructor Gary Vig leads a mixed fighter/fitness group through a warmup during a class at the Red Deer gym this week. Tia Gabruch is in the background. Arashi-Do recently moved into a new location in what was the All Sports Fitness building at 5233 54th Ave. and is offering fitness kickboxing classes for all levels of athletes. Along with the karate, Brazilian Jiu-Itsu, mixed martial arts and Muay Thai Kickboxing.

A 51-year-old Rocky Mountain House woman was killed Thursday morning when her car collided with a tractor trailer just south of the town.

An untitled painting of poplar trees is part of the show Sanctuary in the City: Portraits of the Urban Forest by Janet Cole on display until May 2 in the Red Deer Public Library downtown branch’s Kiwanis Gallery. The public is welcome to attend a meet-the-artist party on April 26 from 2 to 4 p.m., where Cole will talk about her art and the city’s urban forests.

Ambulances in Central Alberta will be dispatched by an Edmonton dispatch centre, but what constitutes “Central Alberta” has not yet been announced.