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A Taber man wanted on historical sexual assault charges had a less-than-celebratory return home. Jorden VanVoorthuizen, 50, was extradited back to Taber from Greece Wednesday night and is set to face two counts of sexual assault in Lethbridge court this afternoon.

Alberta seniors may qualify for a $500 incentive to keep active in the community. Premier Alison Redford announced the refundable tax credit during a campaign stop Wednesday in Lethbridge.

The Alison Redford Progressive Conservatives made health care a priority Tuesday with a campaign stop in Taber. Speaking in front of Johnson's Drugs downtown, Redford announced a plan which she said would help pharmacists and Albertans.

Hundreds of disappointed southern Alberta residents have fired back over the cancellation of one of the region's most popular fireworks displays. They've written angry letters to their local newspapers, set up online petitions - one even calling for a legal inquiry - and vocally protested the decision to halt Thunder in the Valley, which had been drawing crowds nearing 25,000 to the Crowsnest Pass each summer for 18 years.

Hundreds of disappointed southern Alberta residents have fired back over the cancellation of one of the region's most popular fireworks displays. They've written angry letters to their local newspapers, set up online petitions - one even calling for a legal inquiry - and vocally protested the decision to halt Thunder in the Valley, which had been drawing crowds nearing 25,000 to the Crowsnest Pass each summer for 18 years.

On Monday around 4:15 p.m., four motocross riders from the Crowsnest Pass were riding on mountainous backcountry trails near Lake Koocanusa, 75 kilometres southwest of Fernie, B.

Work is expected to start by June, on a $7 million project which will widen the right-of-way across Six Mile Coulee to four lanes and lay down the foundation for what would ultimately become a six-lane road.

RCMP say they are searching for an armed, dangerous man who is wanted for a string of crimes across the Prairies. In the latest incident, a man driving a truck rammed a police cruiser northeast of Calgary, injuring an officer.

Bob Dawe turned over a heavy stone in his hands, feeling the grooves that ancient peoples had carved into the rock to use as a hammer. Jack Brink peered over his colleague's shoulder at the artifact.