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The Red Deer airport is one of 32 prospective choices for WestJet to call home. Announced in May, West Jet chose the Montreal-based Bombardier Inc. to supply aircraft for its new regional airline expected to launch in June of 2013.

Alberta wheat farmers are now united under one banner with the creation of Alberta Wheat Commission last week.

No matter what security precautions Jeremy Tookey invests in his business the copper thieves come back.For the past three years Tookey, the owner of Olds Electric & Lighting Ltd., has been victimized at least five times.

An annual symposium that draws sculptors from all over the world to Bergen is taking a hiatus this summer.“This year I'm sort of having a break,” said founder Morton Burke.

An Olds auto dealer is giving a big boost to the Netook Crossing Business Park.

Linden Lonsberry, safety manager with the Chinook's Edge School Division, has been elected to the position of chair of the Alberta Education Health and Safety Association (AEHSA).

Two groups that are part of a coalition that called for an independent pipeline review would like to see the pipeline safety review announced by the provincial government have a broader scope and be more independent.

For one week they're just kids swinging from the ropes and singing by the campfire on 160 green acres of land surrounded by forest and overlooking Silver Creek in Water Valley.“They've all had this horrific thing happen to them in their life.

Reeve Bruce Beattie will offer to meet with Mayor Annette Clews in an effort to break an impasse between Mountain View County and the Town of Sundre over shared service agreements.

When Bob Mastin goes to the Seed Expo he is like a kid in a candy store.“My eyes literally pop open. This is really good,” said the Eagle Valley seed supplier who has been in the pedigree seed business in Mountain View County for more than 30 years.