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Red Deer Catholic Region Schools celebrate Canada’s 150th

Red Deer Catholic Region Schools celebrate Canada’s 150th

From a student recording of O Canada to a flower plot with…

Red Deer Catholic Region Schools celebrate Canada’s 150th
Street Tales: Residential school and beyond

Street Tales: Residential school and beyond

Many have been our conversations about choices we make in life, (both…

  • May 27, 2017
Street Tales: Residential school and beyond
College Beat: Applied learning prepares Red Deer College graduates for future success

College Beat: Applied learning prepares Red Deer College graduates for future success

The foundation of RDC’s success comes from our passion for teaching and…

  • May 27, 2017
College Beat: Applied learning prepares Red Deer College graduates for future success
Hay’s Daze: My drone is a pet rock

Hay’s Daze: My drone is a pet rock

So I went flying the other day. Well, more to the point,…

  • May 27, 2017
Hay’s Daze: My drone is a pet rock
The Stache owner and operator Michelle Tam, right, and Stache employees Teresa Durette and Natassia Wright work in the small but efficient trailer kitchen. File Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Food Truck Friday off to a good start

  • May 26, 2017
The Stache owner and operator Michelle Tam, right, and Stache employees Teresa Durette and Natassia Wright work in the small but efficient trailer kitchen. File Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff
Food Truck Friday off to a good start

Food Truck Friday off to a good start

Food Truck Friday off to a good start
Video: Red Deer RCMP and students play soccer

Video: Red Deer RCMP and students play soccer

Video: Red Deer RCMP and students play soccer
2017 Alberta Sports Hall of Fame inductee Ryan Smyth of the Edmonton Oilers speaks after being introduced at a press conference at the sports hall on Friday. (Photo by Jeff Stokoe/Advocate staff)

Alberta Sports Hall of Fame introduces inductees

2017 Alberta Sports Hall of Fame inductee Ryan Smyth of the Edmonton Oilers speaks after being introduced at a press conference at the sports hall on Friday. (Photo by Jeff Stokoe/Advocate staff)
About 75 of the 150 registered fiddlers plays the final set of a 25 hour non-stop fiddling marathon in Lacombe on Saturday. The Alberta Society of Fiddlers hosted the event at the Memorial Centre over the weekend to celebrate the society’s 25th anniversary and to coincide with Canada’s National Fiddling Day. (Photo by Jeff Stokoe/Advocate staff)

25 hour non-stop Fiddling in Lacombe

About 75 of the 150 registered fiddlers plays the final set of a 25 hour non-stop fiddling marathon in Lacombe on Saturday. The Alberta Society of Fiddlers hosted the event at the Memorial Centre over the weekend to celebrate the society’s 25th anniversary and to coincide with Canada’s National Fiddling Day. (Photo by Jeff Stokoe/Advocate staff)
Aiden Olley serves a customer from inside the Traptow’s Cool Beans Coffee mini-bus at the Red Deer Market on Saturday. Now operating in the parking lot at the Memorial Centre, the market has been running for 47 years. (Photo/video by Jeff Stokoe/Advocate staff)

47th Red Deer Market opens for the season

Aiden Olley serves a customer from inside the Traptow’s Cool Beans Coffee mini-bus at the Red Deer Market on Saturday. Now operating in the parking lot at the Memorial Centre, the market has been running for 47 years. (Photo/video by Jeff Stokoe/Advocate staff)
Aspire Special Resource Centre’s decadent desserts

Aspire Special Resource Centre’s decadent desserts

Aspire Special Needs Resource Centre presented the 23rd annual Evening of Decadent…

Aspire Special Resource Centre’s decadent desserts
RCMP Cpl. Joseph Stubbs holds a counterfeit $20 bill with Const. Keiner Mestre and Bank of Canada senior analyst Michelle Marselle in the background. The RCMP hosted a public presentation Wednesday on counterfeit currency at the City of Red Deer RCMP detachment to help the public recognize fake Canadian bills. (Photo by Jeff Stokoe/Advocate staff)

Police school public on fake money

RCMP Cpl. Joseph Stubbs holds a counterfeit $20 bill with Const. Keiner Mestre and Bank of Canada senior analyst Michelle Marselle in the background. The RCMP hosted a public presentation Wednesday on counterfeit currency at the City of Red Deer RCMP detachment to help the public recognize fake Canadian bills. (Photo by Jeff Stokoe/Advocate staff)
Bull Skit closes its season with Best Of show

Bull Skit closes its season with Best Of show

Bull Skit closes its season with Best Of show
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Childhood roots go deep

Childhood roots go deep

I read somewhere that it takes a community to raise a child.…

Childhood roots go deep

Central Alberta Sexual Assault Support Centre thanks community

Watch: Red Deer Advocate week in pictures

Watch: Red Deer Advocate week in pictures

Advocate photos May 6-13

Watch: Red Deer Advocate week in pictures
Photo and video by Jeff Stokoe/Advocate staff

Touch-A-Truck in Red Deer

Hundreds get up close to rigs big and small

Photo and video by Jeff Stokoe/Advocate staff
Decadent Desserts

Decadent Desserts

23rd Annual Aspire Evening of Decadent Desserts

Decadent Desserts
File photo by ADVOCATE STAFF Justice Minister Kathleen Ganley provided some details about the Red Deer Justice Centre at a press conference outside the Red Deer Courthouse with Premier Rachel Notley, Red Deer Mayor Tara Veer and other dignitaries.

Let’s Talk: Courthouse

Thank you for the opportunity to submit a monthly column for the…

File photo by ADVOCATE STAFF Justice Minister Kathleen Ganley provided some details about the Red Deer Justice Centre at a press conference outside the Red Deer Courthouse with Premier Rachel Notley, Red Deer Mayor Tara Veer and other dignitaries.