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Red Deer's outdoor pool to host World's Largest Swimming Lesson
A free swimming lesson for kids aged 6 - 17 years will be held at the Recreation Centre Outdoor Pool Thursday, June 20 as part of the World's Largest Swimming Lesson.This event, founded in 2010, aims ...
Jun 12, 2019
Father tells B.C. judge that happy, loving girl, 8, taken for no reason
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - The father of an eight-year-old girl who was smothered by her mother says a happy, empathetic, sensitive and loving child was taken away from the world for no re...
Jun 12, 2019
Olds College receives $1.2M land donation
OLDS- Olds College has received a gift of 316 acres of agricultural land located near Carstairs, from the estate of Willem Pitstra. Valued at $1,200,000 the land will be used to expand the Olds Colleg...
Jun 12, 2019
City announces mulch and plant rebate programs
The City of Red Deer is offering a limited number of rebates of 50% (up to $50) of the purchase price for permeable mulch, and 50% (up to $50) of the purchase price of plants that are native to the ar...
Jun 12, 2019
Federal hate crime charges filed in black church fires
NEW ORLEANS - The U.S. Justice Department says hate crime charges have been filed against a Louisiana man in connection with three fires that destroyed African American churches earlier this year. A n...
Jun 12, 2019
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney seeks alliance with Quebec's Francois Legault
MONTREAL - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he and Quebec Premier Francois Legault are natural allies in the fight to defend provincial autonomy in the face of federal interventions. H...
Jun 12, 2019
Openly gay legion member presses ahead with discrimination complaint
HALIFAX - A Cape Breton man who says he faced discrimination at his local Royal Canadian Legion because he is gay is pressing ahead with a human rights complaint. Jason McDonald wa...
Jun 12, 2019
Helicopter crashes on roof of NYC skyscraper, killing pilot
NEW YORK - A helicopter crashed on the roof of a rain-shrouded midtown Manhattan skyscraper Monday, killing the pilot and briefly triggering memories of 9-11, after an erratic trip across some of the ...
Jun 12, 2019
Chief military judge's court martial hears about friendship with presiding judge
GATINEAU, Que. - The court martial of Canada's chief military judge kicked off Monday with testimony about Col. Mario Dutil's close professional and "familial" relationship with the judge presiding ov...
Jun 12, 2019
Local school boards lobbying for mental health funding
Trustees for Red Deer Public Schools and Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools are teaming up to press the province for more funding for mental health initiatives.They will be doing so by sending a lette...
Jun 12, 2019