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Yesterday | Red Deer Advocate

RCMP Red Deer charity checkstop delayed by winter storm

In the interest of safety, the Red Deer City RCMP are postponing the Charity Check Stop due to extreme winter weather and poor road conditions.

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Related Topix: Canada, Life, Charity

Thu Dec 03, 2009

The Victoria Star

Alberta judge rules anti-gay letter not hate speech, overturns ruling

A Court of Queen's Bench judge has ruled an anti-gay letter written by a former Alberta pastor in 2002 was not a hate crime and is allowed under freedom of speech.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Canada, North America, World News,

Wed Dec 02, 2009

Red Deer Advocate

Red Deer RCMP searches turn up $250,000 in stolen property

Red Deer City RCMP have recovered $250,000 in stolen property - including numerous vehicles - after search warrants were executed in Central Alberta on Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Canada,

Tue Dec 01, 2009

Golden Star

Alberta man perishes in Hwy# 1 collision

On November 28, 2009, at approximately 16:30 hours, members of Golden RCMP Traffic Services, Parks Canada, CVSE and Field Fire Department were called to a two vehicle collision.

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Related Topix: Canada,

Mon Nov 30, 2009

Red Deer Advocate

Lindhout release has Advocate newsroom hopping

The surprise release of Amanda Lindhout is arguably the biggest Central Alberta news story of 2009, proving that big news doesn't always mean bad news.

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Related Topix: Canada, Somalia, World News, Africa, North America, Opinion

Sat Nov 28, 2009

Calgary Sun

Pals await freed journalist

As Amanda Lindhout received medical care in Nairobi yesterday, those close to the recently freed Alberta journalist were buzzing over her release and her imminent return home.

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Related Topix: North America, Canada, World News, Somalia, Africa, Stephen Harper

Fri Nov 27, 2009

CTV.ca

Lindhout was nearly rescued 'several times:' Somali PM

Home : Top Stories : Lindhout was nearly rescued 'several times:' Somali PM Lindhout was nearly rescued 'several times:' Somali PM Viewer CTV News Video CTV News Channel: Somalian prime minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke says police came close to rescuing Lindhout and Brennan but were unsuccessful.

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Related Topix: Piracy News, Somalia, World News, Africa, North America, Canada, Kenya,

Thu Nov 26, 2009

Coast Reporter

Alberta journalist kidnapped in Somalia freed after 15 months in captivity

Canadian journalist Amanda Lindhout, freed after 15 months of captivity in war-torn Somalia, said Wednesday she was isolated, beaten and tortured, and dreamed of walking through Vancouver's Stanley Park to stay sane and not lose hope.

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Related Topix: North America, Canada, World News, Somalia, Africa, Stephen Harper,

Wed Nov 25, 2009

CBC News

Canadian journalist Amanda Lindhout freed

Amanda Lindhout, 28, a freelance journalist who has reported from war zones in the Middle East and Africa, was abducted in August 2008 in Somalia.

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Related Topix: North America, Canada, World News, Somalia, Africa,

The Victoria Star

Ottawa, Alta. to spend $560 million on carbon capture project

A large-scale carbon capture and storage project planned for Alberta's industrial heartland could be a "bright light" for a region hit hard by woes in the petroleum refining sector, the head of a local economic development group said Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Canada, North America, World News,

Tue Nov 24, 2009

Edmonton Journal

Province warned against water sale

Alberta's latest step toward selling more water rights in a market system has prompted warnings that the province could lose control of a vital resource.

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Related Topix: Canada,

Sun Nov 22, 2009

Red Deer Advocate

Pork producers hope for better times

Albertaa s beleaguered pork producers are looking ahead to better times, says the head of an industry association after a series of meetings across the province.

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Related Topix: Canada,

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Red Deer Advocate

On Friday, flu clinics to include families with children under 18

By Susan Zielinski - Red Deer Advocate Published: November 19, 2009 6:10 AM Updated: November 19, 2009 6:25 AM Starting on Friday, families with children under 18 can get vaccinated for H1N1 and the general public could be eligible a few days later.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Red Deer Advocate

LOOKBACK: Two seniors found dead in Red Deer home

Staff at Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School handed out a dozen suspensions last week, after a Facebook campaign encouraging kids to Kick a Ginger on Nov.

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Related Topix: Canada, Family, Kids, North America, World News

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Red Deer Advocate

Hospice offers alternative

Hospice and palliative care advocates are speaking out as Parliament gets ready to continue its debate on a bill that would legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Palliative Care, Canada, North America, World News,

Sun Nov 15, 2009

Edmonton Sun

Stelmach questions employability of unskilled workers

Premier Ed Stelmach speaks during an evening rally at the Capri Hotel in Red Deer, AB on November 6, 2009 during the Alberta PC party convention.

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Related Topix: Canada, Sports

Fri Nov 13, 2009

Edmonton Journal

Axe man on the hunt for bandmates

Greg Wood: 'you have to be more than a one-trick-pony' Photograph by: Supplied, edmontonjournal.com Two years ago, Greg Wood was a guitarist without a full-time band.

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Related Topix: Canada, North America, World News

Wed Nov 11, 2009

Leamington Post

Remembrance Day Means So Much More

Remembrance Day means different things to different people. To mark Remembrance Day 2009, the Leamington Post sat down with four veterans, all with different perspectives, but the same common thread.

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Related Topix: Canada, North Korea, World News, Asia, North America, US Military, US Air Force,

Mon Nov 09, 2009

Red Deer Advocate

Tories must accept blame

According to Wikipedia, a oe a Mistakes were madea is an expression that is commonly used as a rhetorical device, whereby a speaker acknowledges that a situation was handled poorly or inappropriately but seeks to evade any direct admission or accusation of responsibility by using the passive voice.a So far, Alberta Health Minister Ron Liepert and ...

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Related Topix: Canada, Opinion

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Coast Reporter

Roughly 700 union protesters rally outside the Alberta Tory meeting in Red Deer

Hundreds of protesters have gathered outside the hotel in Red Deer, Alta., where Progressive Conservative delegates are voting on Premier Ed Stelmach's leadership.

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Related Topix: Canada,

 

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