Red Deer Advocate

3 days ago | reddeeradvocate.com | Sean McIntosh

Hockey Alberta has named the 160 athletes who will compete at the 2025 Prospects Cup. Eight teams will compete in the modified round-robin tournament at Red Deer's Gary W. Harris Canada Games Centre from May 7-11. The participating squads are comprised of the top male hockey players from across the province, born in 2012, with each of the eight rosters including two goaltenders, six defencemen and 12 forwards.

5 days ago | reddeeradvocate.com | Sean McIntosh

Hundreds of young Red Deerians spent part of their long weekend searching for Easter eggs around Sunnybrook Farm Museum. On Saturday, April 19 ,an annual Easter Egg Hunt was held at the museum, which aims to celebrate the early days of Alberta farming. "A few years ago we decided we wanted to do more activities around the wintertime, when the general exhibits are closed," explained Ian Warwick, executive director of Sunnybrook Farm Museum. "This was a volunteer-driven initiative.

5 days ago | reddeeradvocate.com | Sean McIntosh

Lacrosse players from Central Alberta will represent Alberta at the 2025 Canada Summer Games. Innisfail's Luc Catudal, Red Deer's Kian Siemens and Blackfalds' Tyrell Strauss, who all play for the U17A Red Deer Chiefs, will head to St. John's, Nfld. for the national competition from Aug. 8-25. Catudal and Siemens are officially part of the Team Alberta roster, and Strauss was selected as an alternate goalie who will train with the team in preparation for the Games.

5 days ago | reddeeradvocate.com | Byron Hackett

In the middle of a health care crisis and health reorganization, what better position to leave open than the Chief Medical Officer of Health? Alberta’s government, which routinely likes to argue that it uses little or no intervention in the workings of Alberta Health Services, let Dr. Mark Joffre’s contract casually expire on Monday without hardly a word. Joffre had seemingly been a good soldier for the province, taking over a tumultuous position in November of 2022. And yet, he’s out of a job.

1 week ago | reddeeradvocate.com | Paul D. Cowley

Residents of Red Deer's oldest neighbourhood are launching a legal battle to protect their community from unwanted development. A Parkvale Community Association resident and lawyer plans to file an injunction in Red Deer Court of King's Bench next week as part of the community's effort to prevent new developments residents fear will threaten the unique character of the 120-year-old neighbourhood.