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Supportive living facility at Gasoline Alley celebrates ribbon cutting
Representatives from Alberta Health Services and H&H Total Care Services Inc. celebrated the ribbon cutting on Red Deer's newest supportive and independent living space.Officials say The Hamlets o...
Jun 07, 2019
Disciplinary probe of Quebec judge in hijab case on hold after bias alleged
MONTREAL - The disciplinary case against a Quebec judge who refused to allow a Muslim woman appear before her wearing a hijab has been put on hold again. Quebec court Judge Eliana ...
Jun 07, 2019
Red Deer seniors take in pancakes and visit from provincial minister
Alberta seniors have a lot on their plate, but at the top of the list is housing, according to one local advocate.Jane Grenier-Frank, president of the Central Alberta Council on Aging, spoke to rdnews...
Jun 07, 2019 Rita Schuetz (left) receives breakfast from Seniors and Housing Minister Josephine Pon on Friday at the Golden Circle in Red Deer. (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)
Ottawa's spring floods put last round of repairs to the test
OTTAWA - A new round of repairs is in store for pathways around Parliament Hill, after the second major flood in three years. Water levels on the Ottawa River remain a metre above normal and crews wor...
Jun 07, 2019
Judge: Spacey accuser's phone must be turned over to defence
NANTUCKET, Mass. - A Massachusetts judge says a phone used by a young man who says Kevin Spacey groped him at a bar must be turned over to the defence. The actor's lawyer told the judge at a hearing M...
Jun 07, 2019
'The Buffalo Hunt' seeks to show tribe in a new light
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - "The Buffalo Hunt," a new documentary on the homeland of the Oglala Lakota, attempts to shun clichs around the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota involving poverty and a...
Jun 07, 2019
Red Deer Sport Leadership Society seeks board members
A new group seeking to continue the legacy established by the 2019 Canada Winter Games is seeking board members. The volunteer-based Red Deer Sport Leadership Society is to be a sport-focused, indepen...
Jun 07, 2019 (2019 Canada Winter Games/Susan Judge)
RDC presents Lyn Radford with honourary degree
Hundreds of students walked across the stage Friday as the newest graduates of Red Deer College.RDC held its 55th Convocation featuring 606 of its 1,668 eligible graduates. The ceremonies at 9:30 a.m....
Jun 07, 2019
Meet the taxidermist who's building a bigger rack for Mac the Moose
MOOSE JAW, Canada - Moose Jaw's Mac the Moose isn't looking quite like himself. His antlers were removed Wednesday in order for bigger ones to be built so that he can reclaim the title of wo...
Jun 07, 2019
NDP MP Christine Moore decides not to seek re-election this fall
OTTAWA - NDP MP Christine Moore says she will not run for re-election in the fall. In a release Friday, the representative for Abitibi-Tmiscamingue said she will continue to advocate for progress...
Jun 07, 2019