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Rural community fearful of bears Red Deer Advocate • Oct-11-2008 ELKTON VALLEY — Fear, curiosity and above all a strong desire to gain more information about bears h… more	Plastic bag targeted Red Deer Advocate • Oct-11-2008 One and a half million bags That’s how many plastic grocery bags Louise Bruns figures are handed ou… more
Wildlife officers kill mother grizzly who fatally mauled hunter Red Deer Advocate • Oct-10-2008 SUNDRE — Alberta wildlife officers have killed a female grizzly bear who fatally mauled a hunter nea… more	Lake future examined Red Deer Advocate • Oct-10-2008 A proposed plan to guide development around Buffalo Lake could sterilize lakeshore areas within Laco… more
Buffalo Lake access allowed Red Deer Advocate • Oct-10-2008 Lacombe County has lined up a much-needed access point to Buffalo Lake despite concerns from a neigh… more	Gold bricks stolen from downtown casino Red Deer Advocate • Oct-10-2008 Police are looking for two suspects who lifted a number of gold bars from a downtown casino early Th… more
Tiring task Red Deer Advocate • Oct-10-2008 It takes Ben Kuipers (above) of Royal Hill Dairy Farm and one helper a… more	MRI clinic violating act: report Red Deer Advocate • Oct-10-2008 A private magnetic resonance imaging clinic in Red Deer is among a number of private, for-profit cli… more
Thursdays at church a big draw for youth Red Deer Advocate • Oct-10-2008 The kids are dressed in hoodies and skinny jeans, sporting skate shoes… more	Local briefs - October 9 Red Deer Advocate • Oct-09-2008 Stabber guilty A 25-year-old man pleaded guilty in Red Deer provincial court on Wednesday to… more
Sun sets on Lacombe corn maze Red Deer Advocate • Oct-09-2008 Seen from one of three bridges on the Lacombe Corn Maze site Jarred Ro… more	Police lay charges in shooting death on reserve Red Deer Advocate • Oct-09-2008 After a series of gang-related shootings that left one man dead, Hobbema RCMP have arrested a suspec… more
Honouring excellence Red Deer Advocate • Oct-09-2008 An amazed crowd stood and applauded, some wiping back tears, as a tiny… more	Flyin’ Bob goes the distance in walk of a lifetime Red Deer Advocate • Oct-09-2008 A Sylvan Lake wire walker didn’t win the world title but he did accomp… more
Mother-daughter reunion leads to citizenship Red Deer Advocate • Oct-09-2008 The friendship between a Canadian woman and her Filipino caregiver is … more	Bower Ponds upgrades Red Deer Advocate • Oct-09-2008 Chris Tribble, left, and Steve Arsenault of Alberta Landscape Construc… more
Public market moving? Red Deer Advocate • Oct-09-2008 Major downtown development plan attractions may be 20 years away, but … more	Sylvan sign destroyed by motorist Red Deer Advocate • Oct-09-2008 A $120,000 landmark Sylvan Lake sign that was months in the making too… more
Arrest, charges in Hobbema shootings Red Deer Advocate • Oct-08-2008 After a pair of related gang-related shootings that left one man dead, Hobbema RCMP have arrested a … more	Red Deer park dedicated to local environmentalist Red Deer Advocate • Oct-08-2008 Michael O’Brien was the kind of person who would do whatever it took t… more
Will health care improve, seniors wonder Red Deer Advocate • Oct-08-2008 Central Alberta seniors wonder whether lengthy waits for some health care procedures will improve un… more	No room for gangs in our city Red Deer Advocate • Oct-08-2008 Youth gang violence is the top concern flagged in an online survey of … more
More time, more staff added for surgeries Red Deer Advocate • Oct-08-2008 Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre has added more operating room time for emergency surgery and conti… more	Catholic board revokes decision on HPV vaccine Red Deer Advocate • Oct-08-2008 Red Deer Catholic Regional School Division won’t offer a vaccine that has stirred up controversy aro… more
Catholic school board won't offer HPV vaccine Red Deer Advocate • Oct-07-2008 RED DEER — The Red Deer Catholic Regional School Division won’t offer a vaccine that has stirred up … more	Strengths and concerns highlighted in Red Deer report card Red Deer Advocate • Oct-07-2008 A report card looking at Red Deer’s strengths and areas of concern was… more
Local briefs - October 7 Red Deer Advocate • Oct-07-2008 Grow-op bail set at $2,000 A Calgary man charged in connectio… more	Thousands raised for stab victim Red Deer Advocate • Oct-07-2008 A benefit concert raised nearly $15,400 for the family of a Red Deer y… more
Device keeping water clean Red Deer Advocate • Oct-07-2008 The water at Three Mile Bend is to get much cleaner thanks to a solar-… more	Ship the gangsters out: Tory candidate Red Deer Advocate • Oct-07-2008 The Conservative candidate in Wetaskiwin said it’s time to get offenders out of Hobbema to keep comm… more
City signs on with Plasco Red Deer Advocate • Oct-07-2008 Despite some trepidation over financial impacts, the City of Red Deer will join a Central Alberta bo… more	Timberlands youth detox program gets temporary home at Michener Centre Red Deer Advocate • Oct-06-2008 The three-bed youth detox program operating in an Oriole Park duplex will move to Michener Centre te… more
Industrial park booming Red Deer Advocate • Oct-06-2008 Excavation takes place on the new Mustang Helicopter building’s east s… more	City to get third Pizza 73 outlet Red Deer Advocate • Oct-06-2008 Pizza 73 is hoping to carve out a bigger piece of the pizza market. And expansion in Red Deer is par… more
Camp improvements Red Deer Advocate • Oct-06-2008 Holes are dug and some footings are poured for four new cabins at the … more	Grain in the bank Red Deer Advocate • Oct-06-2008 The smell of diesel and freshly cut wheat drifted into the air as 15 g… more
Relatives mourn death of Hobbema man Red Deer Advocate • Oct-05-2008 HOBBEMA — Relatives who tried and failed to revive a young man who had been fatally shot on a violen… more	Learning fire safety Red Deer Advocate • Oct-04-2008 City of Red Deer fire medic John Gelinas holds a mask to the face of C… more
RCMP probe another Hobbema fatality Red Deer Advocate • Oct-04-2008 HOBBEMA — RCMP say a 20-year-old man has died in a shooting on an Alberta reserve. Cpl. Darrel Brun… more	Co-workers mourn bear-attack victim Red Deer Advocate • Oct-04-2008 Colleagues of a Didsbury man killed by a grizzly are struggling to keep going with the loss of a goo… more
Youth detox program gets temporary home at Michener Centre Red Deer Advocate • Oct-03-2008 The three-bed youth detox program operating in an Oriole Park duplex will move to Michener Centre te… more	Assisted living project Red Deer Advocate • Oct-04-2008 Steel workers erect a crane-suspended pillar as masons take delivery o… more
Water project moves ahead despite costs Red Deer Advocate • Oct-04-2008 A $45-million regional waterline in east Central Alberta is about two-thirds complete and on schedul… more	Red Deer traffic disruptions - October 3 Red Deer Advocate • Oct-03-2008 Road race From 8 a.m. until 12 p.m. on Sunday, October 5 the area of 59 Street and 45 Avenue… more
Welcome home Red Deer Advocate • Oct-03-2008 Lane Forsythe and his mother Genevieve tie yellow ribbons to a tree in… more	Schools ready for the worst Red Deer Advocate • Oct-03-2008 The process of preparing will help limit the panic when a pandemic hit… more
Safe Communities awards Red Deer Advocate • Oct-02-2008 Safe Communities Central Alberta presented their annual awards on Wedn… more	Pumpkin peek-a-boo Red Deer Advocate • Oct-02-2008 Keily Wilson, seven, peers out from between racks of pumpkins in the L… more
Speaking up on mental illness Red Deer Advocate • Sep-30-2008 It has been more than a decade since Jesse Wallin’s father Brian — suf… more	Alberta builds new model for health Red Deer Advocate • Sep-29-2008 Alberta continued its shakeup of the health system on Monday, announcing the province’s chief medica… more

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