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Elvis the police dog trains with Const. Jason Giso of Calgary Police Service. (Photo by LANA MICHELIN/Advocate staff).

Police dogs teams from across Canada train in Springbrook

National police dog training seminar runs in the Red Deer area

Elvis the police dog trains with Const. Jason Giso of Calgary Police Service. (Photo by LANA MICHELIN/Advocate staff).
She Has a Name film is in running for global awards

She Has a Name film is in running for global awards

Winners of Christian media Crown Awards announced on June 28

She Has a Name film is in running for global awards
Cornerstone Youth Theatre brings Peter Pan to life

Cornerstone Youth Theatre brings Peter Pan to life

The musical will be staged over two weekends, starting Friday

Cornerstone Youth Theatre brings Peter Pan to life
Art classes are also held in Gallery on the Alley (contributed photo).

New Red Deer art gallery celebrates opening

Gallery on the Alley is showing works by 12 local artists

Art classes are also held in Gallery on the Alley (contributed photo).

Olds College hires a new president

Stuart Cullum will start July 1

Heather Mones and her family

Red Deer musicians perform benefit for Blackfalds mother with cancer

Friday’s concert will assist Heather Mones and family

Heather Mones and her family
Jordan Bertagnolli (contributed photo).

Rocky man chosen to sail through the Northwest Passage

Jordan Bertagnolli will join Canada C3 project this summer

Jordan Bertagnolli (contributed photo).
Accused Creep Catcher member goes to trial in August

Accused Creep Catcher member goes to trial in August

Judge urges Carl Young to get a lawyer by June 14

Accused Creep Catcher member goes to trial in August
A Prairie view from the Processions West exhibit at the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery (photo submitted).

Love letters to Canada can be seen at June’s First Friday gallery openings

Diverse, insightful, evocative art around Red Deer

A Prairie view from the Processions West exhibit at the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery (photo submitted).
Stu Henry, Red Deer Public School District Superintendent; Dan Lower, Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School principal; and Bruce Buruma, school district director of community releations, speak with protesters Tuesday morning. (File Photo by MURRAY CRAWFORD/Advocate staff)

Red Deer’s welcoming network speaks out against ‘hateful’ protest

The Canadian charter is not a shield against discrimination, says group

Stu Henry, Red Deer Public School District Superintendent; Dan Lower, Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School principal; and Bruce Buruma, school district director of community releations, speak with protesters Tuesday morning. (File Photo by MURRAY CRAWFORD/Advocate staff)
Power of Ideas touring science exhibit to stop in Innisfail

Power of Ideas touring science exhibit to stop in Innisfail

Innovation 150 exhibit is at Innisfail High School on May 31

Power of Ideas touring science exhibit to stop in Innisfail
Brenick Wood and Christina Marcinek fight it out as they clean up after a 20th anniversary celebration at École Notre Dame got halted early due to rain Thursday afternoon. A variety of games and inflatable activities were planned outdoors at the school during the celebration . (Photo by Jeff Stokoe/Advocate staff)

Red Deer’s Notre Dame High School celebrates two decades

Some of the students will be heading to St. Joseph’s in the fall

Brenick Wood and Christina Marcinek fight it out as they clean up after a 20th anniversary celebration at École Notre Dame got halted early due to rain Thursday afternoon. A variety of games and inflatable activities were planned outdoors at the school during the celebration . (Photo by Jeff Stokoe/Advocate staff)
Red Deer Chamber Singers perform (photo Submitted).

Remembering Red Deer’s music maven Sadie Braun

Memorial concert is June 4 at Gaetz Memorial United Church

Red Deer Chamber Singers perform (photo Submitted).
Albertans sickened after eating raw oysters

Albertans sickened after eating raw oysters

Alberta Health Services encourages proper cooking of shellfish

Albertans sickened after eating raw oysters
A chickadee perches on Keith Kline’s hand while birding recently (contributed photo)

Central Alberta’s 150th bird species already sighted

Organizer says the count will go on until end of 2017

A chickadee perches on Keith Kline’s hand while birding recently (contributed photo)
Red Deer artist Galia Kwetny has a new exhibition at the white gallery in Sunworks entitled Evoked Earth. The show will be on display until July 29. (Photo by Jeff Stokoe/Advocate staff)

Red Deer artist finds sense of belonging through Alberta landscapes

Galia Kwetny’s Evoked Earth exhibit is showing at white gallery

Red Deer artist Galia Kwetny has a new exhibition at the white gallery in Sunworks entitled Evoked Earth. The show will be on display until July 29. (Photo by Jeff Stokoe/Advocate staff)
Catholic schools’ mental health program receives funding boost

Catholic schools’ mental health program receives funding boost

Smiles Thru Lindsey Foundation provides $10,000

Catholic schools’ mental health program receives funding boost
Red Deer clarinetist and band leader Eric Allison of the H.O.T. Dixieland Jazz Band plays a solo as his bandmates look on. The Calgary based band performed at the Sylvan Lake Seniors Centre during the 12th Annual Jazz at the Lake in Sylvan Lake in 2014. (File Photo by Jeff Stokoe/Advocate staff)
Red Deer clarinetist and band leader Eric Allison of the H.O.T. Dixieland Jazz Band plays a solo as his bandmates look on. The Calgary based band performed at the Sylvan Lake Seniors Centre during the 12th Annual Jazz at the Lake in Sylvan Lake in 2014. (File Photo by Jeff Stokoe/Advocate staff)
Rocky Mountain House couple rescued from river by police

Rocky Mountain House couple rescued from river by police

Police warn about the danger of not wearing fitted life vests

Rocky Mountain House couple rescued from river by police
Alberta laws will be enforced as campers head to the West Country

Alberta laws will be enforced as campers head to the West Country

Long weekend events include Woody’s Marathon

Alberta laws will be enforced as campers head to the West Country