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Grad Service Project raises $50,000 for Child Advocacy Centre
As of June, this year's grad service project "Be the Voice" at cole Secondaire Notre Dame High School has raised a total of $50,000 for the Central Alberta Child Advocacy Centre. Over the past seven m...
Jun 12, 2019 Students at École Secondaire Notre Dame High School and St. Francis of Assisi Middle School in Red Deer have raised $50,000 through their annual Grad Service Project, to this year go towards the Central Alberta Child Advocacy Centre.
Red Deer missing out on gas price wars in Calgary, Edmonton
You may have noticed by now that gas prices in Red Deer are around 15 cents per litre higher than in Alberta's two biggest cities.Price wars are being identified as the reason Edmonton and Calgary mot...
Jun 12, 2019
Vice-Admiral Mark Norman acknowledged during navy change of command ceremony
HALIFAX - Vice-Admiral Mark Norman was acknowledged publicly by the chief of the defence staff during a navy ceremony today in Halifax. Questions have swirled around the future of Norman, who has expr...
Jun 12, 2019
Lawyer: Cuba Gooding Jr. will turn self in on groping charge
NEW YORK - Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. will turn himself in to New York City police on Thursday to face allegations he groped a woman at a Manhattan night spot, his lawyer said. Gooding, the Oscar-winning ...
Jun 12, 2019
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