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City opens registrations for final year of Composting at Home program
The City of Red Deer is helping residents dig in and make compost for their yards and gardens one more time with the Composting at Home program.Starting today, The City of Red Deer is enrolling 90 hou...
Mar 05, 2020
Alberta woman on cruise ship first presumptive case of new coronavirus
EDMONTON - The Alberta government says the province's first presumptive case of the novel coronavirus involves a woman from the Calgary area. Dr. Deena Hinshaw, the province's chief medical offic...
Mar 05, 2020
Cabinet approves $240M Mohawk settlement for 132-year-old land claim
OTTAWA - The federal cabinet has approved an agreement that will see Canada pay nearly $240 million in compensation to the Mohawks of Akwesasne to settle a land claim. The agreement is the result...
Mar 05, 2020
Red Deer cadet gets hands-on experience as a Cadet Official
Cadet Warrant Officer First Class (WO1) Connor Evans from 24 Red Deer joined cadets from across the country in Valcartier, Quebec as a cadet official for the National Cadet Biathlon Championship from ...
Mar 05, 2020 Connor Evans (Photo: Second Lieutenant Ann Simard, Unit Public Affairs Officer)
Local realtor tops in the world for Century 21
In 2018, Red Deer's Gavin Heintz was named Century 21's best-selling realtor in Canada.He followed up the next year by doing one better - becoming Century 21's number one producer in the world by unit...
Mar 05, 2020 Century 21 Advantage realtor Gavin Heintz of Red Deer was recently acknowledged as being the company's #1 producer in the world by units.
Column: Fear of unknown looms in sports as virus spreads
So far, at least, spring training ballparks are drawing good crowds and NBA and NHL arenas are mostly full. There's little sign of coronavirus panic among U.S. sports fans, even if the team store does...
Mar 05, 2020
Local stakeholders react to province's supervised consumption sites report
A growing risk to safety and increased needle debris are front and centre in the newly-released report on the social impacts of supervised consumption sites in Alberta.The report, which Associate Mini...
Mar 05, 2020 Red Deer's temporary overdose prevention site (rdnewsNOW file photo)
Democrats: Judge extends Tennessee voting in storm-hit area
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A judge has extended voting hours in a Nashville-area county after four Democratic presidential candidates sued to keep Super Tuesday polls open after tornado damage there, a Democrat...
Mar 05, 2020
Virus ripples through travel, energy, financial markets
The economic affects of the coronavirus have preceded the spread of the virus itself, with financial markets swinging wildly, companies closing offices or asking employees work from home in affected a...
Mar 05, 2020
Alberta reports first presumptive case of novel coronavirus
Alberta's chief medical officer of health has confirmed the province's first presumptive case of novel coronavirus, officially known as COVID-19.The individual is a woman in her fifties who lives in t...
Mar 05, 2020 The Grand Princess cruise ship passes the Golden Gate Bridge as it arrives from Hawaii in San Francisco Feb. 11, 2020. A Calgary area woman believed to have contracted novel coronavirus was aboard the ship and is now recovering at home. (Scott Strazzante/The Associated Press/San Francisco Chronicle)