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City school districts pleased with new seclusion room guidelines
Red Deer's two largest school districts are welcoming the new standards announced Wednesday regarding the use of seclusion rooms, time-outs and physical restraints in Alberta classrooms.The standards ...
Oct 24, 2019 Red Deer Public Schools Superintendent Stu Henry

More used oil round-ups coming in 2020
Red Deerians will have more opportunities to recycle their used oil in 2020.A recent meeting between The City of Red Deer and the Alberta Recycling Management Authority (ARMA) has yielded an agreement...
Oct 24, 2019 (Contributed)

Rocky RCMP Report: Oct. 10-17
This is a report released to the media from the Rocky Mountain House RCMP giving a brief description of various crimes and call-ins, both solved and unsolved throughout the community between the dates...
Oct 24, 2019

Contractor work caused massive power outage Wednesday: City official
A City of Red Deer official says work that was being performed by a contractor at a main substation downtown was the cause of a large power outage that affected roughly one-third of the city during ru...
Oct 24, 2019 (City of Red Deer)

Victim speaks out for first time about 'Slender Man' attack
MILWAUKEE - A Wisconsin girl who was lured into the woods by two friends and stabbed 19 times in an effort to please a fictional horror character called Slender Man said she's come to terms with aspec...
Oct 24, 2019

'Human error' blamed for long delay reporting results in Ontario riding
OTTAWA - Elections Canada is blaming "human error" for having left federal candidates in one southern Ontario riding waiting the better part of a day to find out who garnered the most votes there in M...
Oct 24, 2019

'Human error' blamed for long delay reporting results in Ontario riding
OTTAWA - Elections Canada is blaming "human error" for having left federal candidates in one southern Ontario riding waiting the better part of a day to find out who garnered the most votes there in M...
Oct 24, 2019

Raptors guard Fred VanVleet day-to-day headed to Boston after tripping on camera
TORONTO - Raptors guard Fred VanVleet says he's day-to-day after tripping over a cameraman in Toronto's 130-122 overtime win against the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday in the NBA's sea...
Oct 24, 2019

Jimmy Carter out of hospital after treatment for fall
ATLANTA - Former President Jimmy Carter is out of the hospital where he was treated after fracturing his pelvis in a recent fall at his home, a spokeswoman said Thursday. Carter Center spokeswoman Dea...
Oct 24, 2019

'Havoc and chaos:' Alberta separatist group gains support as Liberals re-elected
CALGARY - There's been a surge of support for an Alberta separatist group since the Liberals secured a minority government Monday night, and while political scientists say a split from ...
Oct 24, 2019