A funeral service was held Saturday in Drumheller after a 19 year old Orkney woman died in Calgary last week after contracting the mosquito-borne Murray Valley encephalitis virus, the first case found in Alberta.
No major flooding is expected as water levels start to fall in the Red Deer River downstream of Dickson Dam, Alberta Environment reported on Tuesday after maintaining their high streamflow advisory for the river.
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