Tag Archives: Provincial Politics

Hunting Hills modernization, addition remains top capital priority for Red Deer Public Schools
Modernization and expansion at Hunting Hills High School remains the number one capital priority for Red Deer Public Schools.The Board of Trustees has approved the 2021-2024 Three Year Capital Plan.Of...
Feb 20, 2020 Hunting Hills High School in Red Deer. (Red Deer Public Schools)

Province to appeal court ruling forcing oilsands project decision
CALGARY - The Alberta government says it will appeal a ruling that gives the province 10 days to make a decision on a bitumen recovery project in the oilsands.Prosper Petroleum Limited had asked a jud...
Feb 18, 2020

City seeks hospital expansion, shelter funding, Crown prosecutors from provincial budget
Hospital expansion, a 24/7 permanent shelter and additional Crown prosecutors are The City of Red Deer's top three wishes of the provincial government. City officials will be watching closely for news...
Feb 18, 2020

WATCH: Province announces new K-12 education funding model
EDMONTON - The Alberta government says it is changing the way it will fund kindergarten and grade schools starting this fall.The plan announced Tuesday by Education Minister Adriana LaGrange includes ...
Feb 18, 2020

Government silent on Red Deer hospital expansion: NDP
A year after the former NDP government promised Red Deer hospital expansion, central Albertans continue to await word from the current UCP government on if and when that will happen. NDP Health Critic...
Feb 18, 2020 (rdnewsNOW file photo)

Albertans crushed by cap lift on auto insurance rates
Thirty per cent.That's how much auto insurance rates skyrocketed by for some Albertans at the end of this year, after Premier Jason Kenney and the UCP removed the five per cent cap on rate increases t...
Feb 18, 2020

Convoy rolling out again in support of Teck oil mine project
The United We Roll Convoy is hitting the road again this Saturday through parts of central Alberta.Last year, United We Roll led a convoy from Red Deer to Parliament Hill in Ottawa to promote the need...
Feb 14, 2020 (rdnewsNOW file photo)

School districts concerned with government funding changes
Red Deer's two largest school districts are dipping into reserves this year to offset government funding cuts.The reductions were revealed this week through a Freedom of Information request by the Alb...
Feb 13, 2020

Nurses rally in Red Deer during province-wide demonstration
Nearly 90 local union members took their health care and bargaining concerns to the constituency office of Red Deer-South MLA Jason Stephan on Thursday.The noon hour information walk that began at Cit...
Feb 13, 2020 (rdnewsNOW/Sheldon Spackman)

CTF: Time to unmask the American health-care boogeyman
When anyone proposes tinkering with health care delivery in Canada they are usually met with a loud and incessant "Canadians don't want American-style health care!"Canada officially recognizes 195 cou...
Feb 13, 2020