Year: 2015
The Advocate team wishes you a Happy New Year! All the best in 2016. Wire Service / December 31, 2015
I give up when things start to feel uncomfortable. I overestimate the amount of stretching I do in a given day.
Oh the struggle of a recreational runner is real. Advocate Staff / December 31, 2015
The lure of the 2016 Memorial Cup and the ensuing NHL entry draft was enough to draw forward Taden Rattie to the Red Deer Rebels while bidding adieu to his NCAA athletic scholarship.
The Airdrie native, who committed to Western Michigan while a member of the Alberta Junior Hockey League’s Whitecourt Wolverines last season, joined the Rebels Tuesday and will make his Western Hockey League debut tonight against the Kootenay Ice at Cranbrook. Advocate Staff / December 31, 2015
His ability to stickhandle while walking a tightrope now well known around the NHL, Johnny Gaudreau gets special attention from opposing teams in his second year in the league.
The enemy’s alarm bells go off when the 22-year-old Calgary Flames forward has the puck on his stick. Gaudreau receives more chops to his gifted hands and the back of his speedy legs than last season, when he was a finalist for the NHL’s rookie award. Advocate Staff / December 31, 2015
Francesca Cicuto Tietzsch can’t stop smiling. Advocate Staff / December 31, 2015
There may be no family in Red Deer as focused as this particular one on the promise and possibilities that a new year can bring. Advocate Staff / December 31, 2015
It’s been a busy two years for Red Deer city council. Advocate Staff / December 31, 2015
Police are investigating Red Deer’s second murder of the year. Advocate Staff / December 31, 2015
Some screwy things are happening in the world, but nobody needs any more complaining, said MonkeyJunk frontman Steve Marriner.
The Ottawa-based musician, therefore, recorded some upbeat songs on his band’s latest album, Moon Turn Red. Advocate Staff / December 31, 2015
A man who robbed a Sylvan Lake bank on Tuesday afternoon escaped with an undisclosed amount of money. Advocate Staff / December 30, 2015
MCFARLANEHelen Beth1923 - 2015Beth McFarlane passed away at Extendicare Michener Hill in… Wire Service / December 30, 2015
When a deadly earthquake hit Nepal in April, there were two Central Albertans on location, one attempting to climb Mount Everest, the other in a nearby village, they both had very different perspectives of this disaster. This is the second part of a two-part series on their experiences. Advocate Staff / December 30, 2015
Any day now at least two government-sponsored Syrian refugee families will arrive in Red Deer for a fresh start. Advocate Staff / December 30, 2015
HELSINKI — Canada’s world junior team has learned a valuable lesson about respecting its opponent.
Matt Barzal scored the shootout winner as Canada edged Switzerland 3-2 at Helsinki Ice Hall on Tuesday to avoid a big preliminary-round upset at the world junior hockey championship. Advocate Staff / December 30, 2015
Police in Edmonton say a gunshot that pierced a home and hit a woman while she slept appears to have been a "very serious random act of violence." Advocate Staff / December 29, 2015
About 100 skiers and snowboarders at ski hill near Banff had to rescued from a chairlift that broke down over the weekend. Advocate Staff / December 29, 2015
Relatives have confirmed that an eight-month-old southern Alberta girl who was at the centre of a battle to keep her on life support has died. Advocate Staff / December 29, 2015
Several people have been hurt in a chain reaction crash southwest of Edmonton that forced RCMP to close part of Highway 39. Advocate Staff / December 29, 2015
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The most popular comment ever made on the New York Times website was penned by a Calgary man. Advocate Staff / December 29, 2015