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The federal government will axe a shelterbelt program which has provided trees to farmers in Western Canada, including Red Deer and Mountain View counties for more than a century.

A man charged with aggravated assault, assault with a weapon and possession of a weapon after another man was slashed and wounded on a rural property outside Sundre has elected to be tried by Queen's Bench judge and jury.

For the first time in 15 years, the provincial Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills constituency will be represented by a member of the legislative assembly from a party other than the Progressive Conservative Party.

A young girl has reportedly died after falling through ice on a rural property southwest of Red Deer.The incident occurred on April 6 in Red Deer County. The sisters, 3 and 5, were discovered by family members.

A Didsbury man charged after another man told police he had been struck in the head with a candle holder in early 2009 has been found not guilty.The accused faced one charge of assault.

More than 80 West Central Alberta health-care workers, police and other stakeholders have taken part in a research project survey examining rural sexual assault medical care and what might be done to make the treatment of victims and the collection o

Future work on the Mintlaw Bridge will require funding from other associations, council heard last Tuesday.

Red Deer County has agreed to a new five-year funding deal with Red Deer Regional Airport.

Preliminary budget calculations were to be going out to Chinook's Edge School Division administrators on Thursday, the board of trustees heard on Wednesday at the board's regular monthly meeting.

An Olds man who forced his daughter to perform a sex act on him last year will be sentenced in August.