Storm-prone Central Alberta has drawn the attention of a host of scientists and meteorologists bent on learning more about what spawns such severe weather.

Cloud seeder Steward Van Male had the best seat in the house when a tornado touched down northwest of Airdrie on Sunday afternoon.

John Vogelzang, president and CEO of the David Thompson Health Region, is one of nine Alberta health region CEOs whose jobs are being eliminated.

A Red Deer woman is about to trade in her 28-year-old car for a new 2008 Acura MDX after winning one of the top prizes in the David Thompson Health Region Foundation Hospitals Lottery 2008.

Spitting at an RCMP officer helped land a Sylvan Lake man in jail on Monday.

An infant is in serious condition in an Edmonton hospital after being accidentally run over on Monday in the Rocky Mountain House area.

A rainy June has meant no West Country fire bans so far in July.

The prospect of fighting crime on Red Deer streets is looking bleaker for the cash-strapped and sparsely numbered Guardian Angels.

St. Patrick’s Community School will be getting a facelift.

The Central Alberta landscape will be draped in black and orange during an August motorcycle gathering.

Red Deer’s proposed downtown police station has received a qualified thumbs-up from the city’s municipal planning commission. City council will now ponder the project, including its projected price tag of nearly $30 million.

Martina Vos, 5, left, Chloe Vandenhurk, 3, and Abby Jackson, 3, stop to feed the ducks during a stroll at Bower Ponds, Monday.

Anyone who has driven through British Columbia’s forests lately has seen the devastation caused by the mountain pine beetle.

Educating the public and politicians is a key to securing funding for an Olympic-size indoor swimming pool, attendees at a meeting heard Monday.

Concerned property owners came from all over the area on Monday to enjoy a burger and plan how to convince a municipality that more planning is needed before urban sprawl occurs.

The Odd Job Squad is ready to hit your backyard, house or office.

A new initiative that will give rural residents in Central Alberta access to high-speed Internet and video conferencing will be launched in September.

Summertime isn’t necessarily when you get to turn down the volume on life.

Getting the dish on restaurant food safety online is getting two thumbs up from Central Albertans.