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Mardi Gras was alive and well during the Ponoka and District Chamber of Commerce Trade Fair.

The 2008 provincial budget promises improvements to highways, infrastructure, hospitals and schools to manage the growth of Alberta.

It was a hectic week for members of the Rimbey Detachment of the RCMP as they were involved in both the investigation of a bus collision that occurred on Wednesday, April 9 and a suspicious car fire north of the community the following day that has resulted in a homicide investigation.

The dwindling hog industry has caused a reaction from the federal government. Canadian pork producers will be paid $50 million to kill off 150,000 of their pigs by the fall as the industry continues to try and fight against economic collapse.

Three men have been charged in Hobbema after gang related incidents. Hobbema RCMP arrested and charged a 15 year-old male in regards to the shooting of the 23-month old toddler who was shot on April 13 on the Samson Cree First Nation.

The 27th Alberta Legislature was opened with the throne speech on April 15 delivered by Lt.-Gov Norman Kwong.

ne person is dead after a car crash on April 18 that occurred at the Blackfalds overpass on Hwy 2.

You see it almost everywhere - the water bottle. Even children are encouraged and allowed to have a water bottle on their school desk.

Students at Ponoka Composite High School will be working with new and upgraded equipment in the near future thanks to a substantial grant given by Skills Canada Alberta and the Alberta Government.