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Environment Canada issues heat warnings, says record-high temperatures loom for B.C.
VANCOUVER - Some B.C. communities are setting up cooling centres and distributing water bottles ahead of a sweltering heat wave that is expected to blanket most of the province. Environment Canada has...
Jun 24, 2021
Chamber to administer shop local campaign
The Red Deer & District Chamber of Commerce is set to launch a shop-local campaign in central Alberta.The effort is thanks to a federal shop local funding initiative created through a partnership ...
Jun 24, 2021
City recreation centres to open for public use July 1
Recreation centres in the City of Red Deer are returning to regular operations on July 1.Officials say the move is in line with the lifting of most COVID-19 provincial public health measures. Indoor r...
Jun 24, 2021
Canadian basketball player may be forced to choose between daughter, Olympics
Canadian basketball player Kim Gaucher says she's being "forced to decide between being a breastfeeding mom or an Olympic athlete." Gaucher says COVID-19 rules prevent her from bringing her daughter S...
Jun 24, 2021
For the Love of Nature: Kiwanis Gallery exhibition
The Red Deer Arts Council is pleased to present For the Love of Nature: Paintings by Elaine Funnell and Cindy Barratt which runs from June 14 to August 15, 2021 in the Kiwanis Gallery.Using the struct...
Jun 24, 2021
Groups challenge decision allowing judge involved in U of T controversy to keep job
OTTAWA - Complainants are challenging a review body decision that allowed a federal judge to keep his job after he was accused of bias against Palestinians over his views on a proposed university appo...
Jun 24, 2021
CPL set for third season kickoff but will it be an even playing field to start?
The Canadian Premier League kicks off its third season this weekend under the bubble in Winnipeg, with more than a few questions to be answered after a pandemic-disrupted buildup. "We're trying to fig...
Jun 24, 2021
Former RDC engineering technology students win Alberta award for renewable energy project
A former team of Red Deer College engineering technology students have been recognized for modernizing a centuries-old device and transforming it into a source of renewable energy.Officials with the A...
Jun 24, 2021
Canadian Vasek Pospisil loses quarterfinal match at Wimbledon tune-up event
EASTBOURNE, United Kingdom - Canada's Vasek Pospisil lost 6-4, 6-4 to No. 2 seed Alex de Minaur of Australia in quarterfinal play at the Viking International on Thursday. The 66th-ranked Pospisil, fro...
Jun 24, 2021
Blackfalds Bulldogs hosting first development camp this weekend
The Blackfalds Bulldogs will hold an on-ice event for the first time this weekend.The team's first development camp runs Friday through Sunday at the Penhold Multiplex, with nearly 70 players attendin...
Jun 24, 2021