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Planning continues for Red Deer Dream Centre
One of the people behind the Red Deer Dream Centre - a proposed 49-day treatment facility - hopes the community will recognize how badly the project needs to happen.The proposed centre is described as...
Sep 12, 2019 (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)
Green party's Pierre Nantel calls for Quebec independence 'as fast as possible'
MONTREAL - A prominent federal Green party candidate told an internet radio show Tuesday he wants Quebec to separate from Canada as soon as possible. Pierre Nantel, who won his riding south ...
Sep 12, 2019
United Way Central Alberta kicks off 54th annual fundraising campaign
Over 400 local supporters of United Way Central Alberta gathered at the Cambridge Red Deer Hotel and Conference Centre on Thursday to help kick-off the organization's 54th annual fundraising campaign....
Sep 12, 2019 Amanda Burt, 20, this year's inspirational guest speaker at the 54th Annual United Way Central Alberta kickoff luncheon held at the Cambridge Red Deer Hotel & Conference Centre on Thursday. Burt is a United Way Central Alberta client ambassador.
Young moose crashes through the front door of a B.C. school board office
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. - A moose that may have had a yearning for learning smashed its way into the Peace River North School District office in Fort St. John, B.C. Jarrod Bell, a director of instruction ...
Sep 12, 2019
Snuffing out vaping at Red Deer schools
The City of Red Deer, in partnership with Red Deer Public Schools, Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools and cole La Prairie, is enforcing vaping at Red Deer high schools. Officials say local schools are...
Sep 12, 2019 (Photo: Associated Press)
New players add depth, raise expectations for Vancouver Canucks
VANCOUVER - After spending a season with a rotating cast of wingers, Vancouver Canucks centre Bo Horvat is looking forward to a little consistency. "Last year, with injuries and stuff, playing with pr...
Sep 12, 2019
'SNL' adds 3 to its cast, including an Asian American comic
LOS ANGELES - "Saturday Night Live" is adding three new cast members for its upcoming 45th season, including the show's only Asian American performer. Bowen Yang, who joined NBC's "SNL" last season as...
Sep 12, 2019
Construction of Trans Mountain pipeline expansion still faces hurdles
VANCOUVER - Barbara Gard calls her three-hectare property, nestled below the forested peak of Sumas Mountain, a "miniature Stanley Park." Its lush trees and flowing creek reminded her of Vancouver's m...
Sep 12, 2019
Former Canada international Carmelina Moscato take job with Canada Soccer Business
TORONTO - Former Canadian international Carmelina Moscato has been appointed manager of women's professional football development for Canadian Soccer Business. CSB represents a collection of soccer pr...
Sep 12, 2019
'Radio silence': Leafs' Dubas done discussing Marner contract talks publicly
TORONTO - Kyle Dubas stepped to the podium and welcomed reporters to the start of training camp. The general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs then drew a proverbial line in the sand. ...
Sep 12, 2019