Red Deer real estate sales slow in July

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff Real estate —— Paul has story—— An abundance of for sale signs along Lancaster Drive in Red Deer indicates there are a number of real estate options in the south east of the City of Red Deer.
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Ali Hedieloo cuts a piece of wood at his furniture workshop in the southern suburbs of Tehran, Iran, Friday, July 30, 2021. New legislation proposed by Iran's hard-line lawmakers that is designed to restrict access to social media applications in Iran has sent a wave of panic through society, stirring concerns among young Iranians, social media users and business owners. Like an estimated 1 million other Iranians, Hedieloo uses social media to find customers. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

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Ore is dropped into a dump truck to be brought to the surface at the 610 foot level of Vale SA garson mine in Sudbury, Ont., Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010. Unionized workers at the Sudbury Vale mine have voted 85% to accept a collective agreement, ending the first strike at the Sudbury mine in more than a decade. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Gino Donato

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Money is removed from a bank machine in Montreal, Monday, May 30, 2016. A long-awaited government report on the sharing of personal financial data recommends a cautious, tiered approach that would at first allow only limited use of the data by third-party service providers. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

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Financial numbers flow on the digital ticker tape at the TMX Group in Toronto's financial district on May 9, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese

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Alberta's chief medical officer of health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, updates media on the COVID-19 situation in Edmonton, Friday, March 20, 2020. Hinshaw is apologizing for causing "confusion, fear or anger" after communicating the province's plan to eliminate remaining public health measures in the province. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

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The 64 students who graduated from Reading College this summer throw their graduation caps in the air at the end of the ceremony at Red Deer Polytechnic Friday. (Photo by Sean McIntosh/Advocate staff)

VIDEO: 64 students graduate from Reading College in Red Deer

Montreal artist Caitlin McDonagh used a hydraulic lift to help her paint a mural on Wednesday in downtown Red Deer. (Photo by SUSAN ZIELINSKI/Advocate staff)

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Three sisters from the Fakeley family, of Red Deer, finished in a top-three position within their age category for strings at the annual Canadian Music Competition. Kathryn (right) finished first, Clare (second from right) finished third, and Sofia (third from right) finished first. Emily was not in the competition. (Contributed photo)

Red Deer sisters put on a show at Canadian Music Competition

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Zeke Thurston, of Big Valley, Alta., rides Lunatic Party during saddle bronc rodeo semi-final action at the Calgary Stampede in Calgary, Sunday, July 14, 2019. Thurston is among five Canadians competing in the 2020 world championship of rodeo Dec. 3-12 in Arlington, Texas. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

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Long-time Red Deer Rebels assistant GM and director of player personnel was named the club’s new associate general manager on Wednesday. (Contributed Photo)

Shaun Sutter named Rebels associate GM

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Canadian composer Cristobal Tapia de Veer had about a month to make music for the Hawaii-set HBO series “The White Lotus.” (Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS)

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Meg Calkins and her husband Steve Badger appear in the Florida Keys on Feb. 6, 2021. Calkins and Badger rekindled their relationship years after dating in college. (Meg Calkins via AP)

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A justice symbol monument is seen in front of towering grain silos that were gutted in the massive August 2020 explosion at the port that claimed the lives of more than 200 people, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021. A year after the deadly blast, families of the victims are consumed with winning justice for their loved ones and punishing Lebanon’s political elite, blamed for causing the disaster through their corruption and neglect. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Mired in crises, Lebanon marks 1 year since horrific blast

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This Thursday, July 29, 2021 image provided by NASA shows the 20-metric-ton (22-ton) Nauka module, also called the Multipurpose Laboratory Module as it approaches the International Space Station space station. Russia’s long-delayed lab module successfully docked with the International Space Station on Thursday, eight days after it was launched from the Russian space launch facility in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. (NASA via AP)

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FILE — In this July 30, 2021 file photo, Bradley Sharp, of Saratoga, N.Y., gets the Johnson & Johnson vaccine from registered nurse Stephanie Wagner, in New York. Sharp needs the vaccination because it is required by his college. Hundreds of college campuses across the country have told students that they must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 before classes begin in a matter of weeks. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Pushback challenges vaccination requirements at US colleges

Pushback challenges vaccination requirements at US colleges

House Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, D-N.J., left, and House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters, D-Calif., go over their notes at the House Rules Committee as they prepare an emergency extension of the eviction moratorium, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, July 30, 2021. President Joe Biden called on "Congress to extend the eviction moratorium to protect such vulnerable renters and their families without delay." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

CDC can’t stop evictions, as Biden calls on states to act

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Family Picnic and Fall Fest will run on Sept. 4 from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. and it is free to enter the Sylvan Lake Centennial Park grounds. (File photo by Black Press news services)

New Family Picnic and Fall Fest event planned for Sylvan Lake

Family Picnic and Fall Fest will be on Sept. 4 from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

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