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More than 50 oilfield workers took part in a daylong oil spill containment and recovery exercise on the Little Red Deer River at Westward Ho campground last week.

Enrolment projections are on target for Chinook's Edge School Division, with a total of 946 kindergarten students so far this year replacing 1,011 Grade 12 students that attended CESD schools last September.

A former Central Alberta Rural Electrification Association (CAREA) customer was voicing concern after the group removed its power poles once he switched to FortisAlberta as a power distributor.

Two confirmed cases of clubroot have been found in Red Deer County so far this year, according to Art Preachuk, agriculture fieldman for the county.“We do have two confirmed cases of clubroot in Red Deer County to date,” said Preachuk.

The mayor of Didsbury and reeve of Mountain View County want a review of the agreement between the municipalities that prevents the town's animal control officer from going onto county lands to rescue a distressed cat.

A Mountain View County woman who threatened to blow up a well site and shoot at workers last spring will be sentenced next month.Kimberly Mildenstein, 40, has pleaded guilty to a charge of uttering a threat.

More than 100 people attended an information open house at the Sundre Legion Hall on Thursday to discuss the possible construction of an upgraded flood protection berm on the Red Deer River upstream of Sundre.

The City of Red Deer and Red Deer County agreed to update the Intermunicipal Development Plan directly following a public hearing at the Sheraton on Sept. 10.

A recent outbreak of Parvovirus in the district has prompted a call for owners to ensure their dogs are fully immunized.Dr.

John Vallance's most sacred possession is a battered old brown trunk.It was given to him in 1939. The trunk was for his clothes, a Bible and a little household kit containing a spool of thread, needles and buttons.Vallance is 87 years old today.