News

Al-Qaida head bin Laden dead
Red Deer Advocate • May-01-2011
WASHINGTON — Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the deadly Sept. 1… more
Student’s gun threat forces lockdown at PCHS
Ponoka News • Dec-21-2012
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By Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye and Amelia Naismithmore

Inquest finds Mounties acted ‘appropriately’ in Mayerthorpe killings
Red Deer Advocate • Mar-28-2011
STONY PLAIN — A fatality inquiry into the deaths of four Alberta Mount… more
Japan suspends work at stricken nuke plant
Red Deer Advocate • Mar-15-2011
FUKUSHIMA, Japan — Japan suspended operations to keep its stricken nuc… more
Japan says new radiation leaks harmful to health
Red Deer Advocate • Mar-14-2011
SOMA, Japan — Radiation is spewing from damaged reactors at a crippled… more
Cancer battle inspires fundraiser
Red Deer Advocate • Aug-09-2010
Battling lung cancer hasn’t deterred Mavis Goss from helping sick chil… more
Olymel closed pending test results
Red Deer Advocate • Jun-22-2010
Operations at the Olymel hog processing plant in Red Deer could resume… more
Prairie flooding forces evacuations, Trans-Canada Highway closure
Red Deer Advocate • Jun-18-2010
Stranded residents had to be rescued from their flooded homes by boat … more
Deafening roar warned residents to flee ahead of landslide
Red Deer Advocate • Jun-13-2010
OLIVER, B.C. — A wall of mud, water and rocks roared down a mountain i… more
Gulf Coast oil spill starts washing ashore
Red Deer Advocate • Apr-29-2010
VENICE, La. — An oil spill that threatened to eclipse even the Exxon V… more
Activist says meeting with Avatar director may spawn oilsands visit
Red Deer Advocate • Apr-25-2010
NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. — “Avatar” director James Cameron’s recent criticism of Alberta’s oilsands indus… more
Alberta cities dial down wattage
Red Deer Advocate • Mar-28-2010
Albertans dialed down their lust for wattage during Earth Hour celebra… more
Earth Hour’s shadow moves across Canada
Red Deer Advocate • Mar-28-2010
Earth Hour’s dark shadow moved across the country Saturday night as mi… more
Obama’s historic health-care reform to become law
Red Deer Advocate • Mar-21-2010
WASHINGTON — Congress extended health care to tens of millions of unin… more
RCMP say almost everyone accounted for after deadly B.C. avalanche
Red Deer Advocate • Mar-14-2010
REVELSTOKE, B.C. — What many feared would be one of the worst death to… more
No charges after stack of 30 dead pigs found in ditch
Red Deer Advocate • Mar-07-2010
VERMILION — Provincial agriculture investigators say that nobody will be charged after officials rec… more
Hostage-taking at Calgary school ends
Red Deer Advocate • Mar-04-2010
CALGARY — A 13-year-old boy huddled alone in an office, furtively talk… more
Families choose privacy for Mayerthorpe memorial
Red Deer Advocate • Mar-03-2010
MAYERTHORPE — The tiny community of Mayerthorpe paused for a few minut… more
Bilodeau’s historic win makes for marketing gold
Red Deer Advocate • Feb-15-2010
Even before Alexandre Bilodeau had Canada’s first home-made gold medal… more
7.0 earthquake hits Haiti
Red Deer Advocate • Jan-12-2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The Haitian capital has largely been destroyed… more
New U.S.-bound flight restrictions cause ‘very significant’ delays
Red Deer Advocate • Dec-27-2009
New restrictions on U.S.-bound flights caused “very significant” delay… more
Cross-Canada protests aimed at oilsands
Red Deer Advocate • Sep-15-2009
The oilsands were the target Tuesday of environmental activists in Nia… more
Bosco Homes say it will keep group homes for troubled youth open, except for one
Red Deer Advocate • Sep-13-2009
EDMONTON — Bosco Homes has reached an agreement with the Alberta government to continue providing se… more
Tories mulling EI benefits extension
Red Deer Advocate • Sep-08-2009
OTTAWA — The Harper government appears poised to extend the duration o… more
Driver found guilty in fatal collision
Red Deer Advocate • Aug-26-2009
RIMBEY — A gravel truck driver involved in a school bus accident that … more
Flaherty fires back on deficit
Red Deer Advocate • Jun-13-2009
OTTAWA — Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has dismissed a prediction of deeper, longer-term deficits fr… more
Horses found shot
Red Deer Advocate • Apr-29-2009
Police and wildlife officers are investigating the shooting deaths on … more
Crash cause not related to malfunction
Red Deer Advocate • Feb-14-2009
Investigators have found no malfunctions prior to impact that would have contributed to an airplane … more
City needs project help
Red Deer Advocate • Jan-20-2009
Look out, Red Deer— it’s time to chart a new course. Mayor Morris Flewwelling and city manager Crai… more
A matter of balance
Red Deer Advocate • Nov-22-2008
As the festive season approaches, a number of homeowners are slowly st… more
Second lives with Terry Evanshen
Red Deer Advocate • Jul-05-2008
Canadian football great Terry Evanshen loves throwing a softball durin… more
Stampede racing
Red Deer Advocate • Jun-28-2008
The finish of the fourth heat of the Alberta Pro Chuckwagon Associatio… more
Sylvan bars comply with order
Red Deer Advocate • Jun-28-2008
It should be business as usual this weekend for Sylvan Lake bars ordered to comply with a bylaw to s… more
A bit more change for parking
Red Deer Advocate • Jun-03-2008
Starting this week, people using metered parking in the downtown core … more
Power-saving lights
Red Deer Advocate • Jun-03-2008
While Can Traffic Services Ltd. (Sherwood Park) worker Eric Marchand, … more
Police nab armed carjacker
Red Deer Advocate • May-26-2008
CALGARY — Police in Calgary spent Sunday afternoon chasing a suspect who appeared to be playing a re… more
Calgarian latest soldier to die in Afghanistan
Red Deer Advocate • May-06-2008
CALGARY — The life-sized photo that now haunts the hallway of Calgary’… more
From trees to totems
Red Deer Advocate • Apr-29-2008
Darren Jones puts the finishing touches on a face on a tree stump near… more
Hotel ordered to restore tenants' heat, hot water
Red Deer Advocate • Apr-18-2008
A public health inspector intervened Friday to get the heat and hot wa… more
Teen fears death if drug trial ends
Red Deer Advocate • Mar-30-2008
INNISFAIL — An Alberta teenager fears he could die within six months if he cannot get an experimenta… more
Carolina signs Brandon Sutter to three-year deal
Red Deer Advocate • Mar-26-2008
RALEIGH, N.C. — The Carolina Hurricanes have signed first-round draft … more
Bullish on bison
Red Deer Advocate • Mar-18-2008
In the summer of 2004, the future for Alberta bison producers was abou… more
Homeless man's blog lays bare his struggles
Red Deer Advocate • Feb-02-2008
Thomas Francois enjoys blogging. He dreams of getting his master’s de… more
Satellite office eyed for Olds
Red Deer Advocate • Jan-18-2008
The welcome mat is out for highway sheriffs to set up a satellite office in Olds. Town council appr… more
Business resumes after blaze
Red Deer Advocate • Jan-07-2008
Owners of a historic Sylvan Lake spa ravaged by fire are determined to continue the once thriving bu… more