Red Deer News

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 ...

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