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Alfio Truant was awarded the G.H. Dawe Memorial Award from RDC (photo by LANA MICHELIN/Advocate staff).

Two community-minded RDC alumni receive awards

Alfio Truant and Rod Kennedy are honoured for their contributions

Alfio Truant was awarded the G.H. Dawe Memorial Award from RDC (photo by LANA MICHELIN/Advocate staff).
Construction delays along Red Deer’s Taylor Drive

Construction delays along Red Deer’s Taylor Drive

Crews create access for new commercial development

Construction delays along Red Deer’s Taylor Drive
Dean Brody brings his Beautiful Freakshow to Red Deer

Dean Brody brings his Beautiful Freakshow to Red Deer

Country singer to perform May 23 at the Centrium

Dean Brody brings his Beautiful Freakshow to Red Deer
Gwen Marshall frees a trapped skunk in Red Deer (photo by LANA MICHELIN/Advocate staff).

Handle with Care: Red Deer skunk responds to soft talk

Wildlife specialist deals with another skunk complaint

Gwen Marshall frees a trapped skunk in Red Deer (photo by LANA MICHELIN/Advocate staff).
The Bull Skit crew gets ready to perform three Best Of shows this week at the Scott Block Theatre in Red Deer (photo by LANA MICHELIN/Advocate staff).

Red Deer’s Bull Skit gang trucks out its best material

Best of Bull Skit shows run Thursday to Saturday at Scott Block

The Bull Skit crew gets ready to perform three Best Of shows this week at the Scott Block Theatre in Red Deer (photo by LANA MICHELIN/Advocate staff).
Firebird concert promises a rousing end to RDSO season

Firebird concert promises a rousing end to RDSO season

Stravinsky, Bruch, Brahms pieces to be performed

Firebird concert promises a rousing end to RDSO season
More blood donors needed in Central Alberta

More blood donors needed in Central Alberta

Canada’s blood bank is lower than usual

More blood donors needed in Central Alberta
Notre Dame High School student Kenzie Armitage won bronze for hairstyling, intermediate, at the Skills Canada Alberta challenge (photo submitted).

Red Deer students win big at Alberta skills challenge

Preparing the province’s future workforce

Notre Dame High School student Kenzie Armitage won bronze for hairstyling, intermediate, at the Skills Canada Alberta challenge (photo submitted).
Shawn Moore, owner of Trimmed Line Tree Service, talks to Central Middle School students Alex Potter, left, and Jenna Salls from the Sawing For Schools program, about the flowering plum tree they are about to move. (Photo by LANA MICHELIN, Advocate staff).

Memory of a Red Deer friendship lives on with transplanted tree

Don Koenig honours his promise to look after neighbour’s tree

Shawn Moore, owner of Trimmed Line Tree Service, talks to Central Middle School students Alex Potter, left, and Jenna Salls from the Sawing For Schools program, about the flowering plum tree they are about to move. (Photo by LANA MICHELIN, Advocate staff).
Red Deer photographer ponders what it means to be Canadian

Red Deer photographer ponders what it means to be Canadian

Tim Van Horn’s To Canada With Love exhibit opens at Red Deer museum

Red Deer photographer ponders what it means to be Canadian
From left, Mohammed, 12, Ghayth, 10, and their dad, Yasser Badawi, pose in Mountie outfits with Jeff Johnson and his son Jack, 7, at a C.A.R.E. Christmas party.

Two Red Deer families overcome differences and bond over being Canadian

Central Albertans help Syrian refugees get footing in Alberta

From left, Mohammed, 12, Ghayth, 10, and their dad, Yasser Badawi, pose in Mountie outfits with Jeff Johnson and his son Jack, 7, at a C.A.R.E. Christmas party.
Red Deer RCMP investigate local theft of heavy steel tubing

Red Deer RCMP investigate local theft of heavy steel tubing

Break-in happened at Alberta Industrial Metals on the weekend

Red Deer RCMP investigate local theft of heavy steel tubing
Solar project approved in Blackfalds

Solar project approved in Blackfalds

Abbey Centre will get PV panels this summer

Solar project approved in Blackfalds
Vandals damage a Sylvan Lake water main

Vandals damage a Sylvan Lake water main

Police seek the public’s help

Vandals damage a Sylvan Lake water main
A horse team plows a field at the 2016’s event (photo submitted).

Horse teams will be used to plow and seed fields near Joffre

Spectators welcome at old-fashioned farming demo this weekend

A horse team plows a field at the 2016’s event (photo submitted).
Sherman the police dog practises grappling with a “suspect” during a previous drill at the RCMP Police Service Dog training facility near Innisfail. (File Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate Staff)

Police dog teams from across Canada to gather in Red Deer

Police canine seminar runs May 29-31

Sherman the police dog practises grappling with a “suspect” during a previous drill at the RCMP Police Service Dog training facility near Innisfail. (File Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate Staff)
Photographer Rob Michiel is shown using his old-school process (photo by Rob Pohl).

Two Alberta photographers use Victorian-era process to record a visual journey

Procession West exhibit shows the glorious results of non-digital photography

Photographer Rob Michiel is shown using his old-school process (photo by Rob Pohl).
Contributed photo                                Bare-tailed wooly opossum.

Opossums purchased as pets, then dumped in Red Deer garbage bin

Wildlife shouldn’t be pets, says local animal advocate

Contributed photo                                Bare-tailed wooly opossum.
Toni Saik (left) with her son Elliot, Serenity Brown and her mom Sabrina Brown attend a rally in support of midwifery. (Photo by Lana Michelin, Advocate staff).

Midwifery supporters rally in Red Deer for better access to the birthing service

Alberta Health promises “under-served” Alberta communities will get more midwives

Toni Saik (left) with her son Elliot, Serenity Brown and her mom Sabrina Brown attend a rally in support of midwifery. (Photo by Lana Michelin, Advocate staff).
Federal Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities, Carla Qualtrough

Red Deer’s 2019 Canada Winter Games gets $11-million federal boost

Federal sports minister announces funding at Red Deer’s Mountview School

Federal Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities, Carla Qualtrough