Red Deer (Alberta)

Joyriders rough up diamonds

RANDY FIEDLER/THE CANADIAN PRESS A Mountie walks through a baseball diamond torn up by truck-driving vandals in Red Deer, Alta., Nov. 14, 2008. Vandals take 161-tonne dump truck out for a spin in Red Deer, Alta., destroying...

The National Ballet of Canada's The Nutcracker Live in High-Definition Returns Exclusively to 79...

TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 11/18/08 — Due to the tremendous success of last year's first-ever presentation of The National Ballet of Canada's The Nutcracker, The Nutcracker live in High-Definition (HD) returns...

Ferguson scores shootout winner as Red Deer outlasts the Tigers 6-5

RED DEER, Alta. - Brett Ferguson beat Medicine Hat netminder Ryan Holfeld through the pads in the third round of the shootout to give the Red Deer Rebels a 6-5 victory over the Tigers in Western Hockey League action Saturday...

Multiple-murderer David Shearing granted escorted leave

The family of the victims of killer David Shearing say they were shocked to learn the convicted murderer has been granted a four-hour escorted pass from the Bowden Institution, near Red Deer, Alberta on this coming Wednesday....

High Arctic Announces Third Quarter Results

RED DEER, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Nov. 10, 2008) - NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO U.S. NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES. ANY FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THIS RESTRICTION MAY CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF U.S....

Canadians finish 1-2 in World Cup speedskating

Christine Nesbitt of Canada reacts after winning the women's 1,000 metres on Sunday. (Markus Schreiber/Associated Press) Canadians Christine Nesbitt and Shannon Rempel claimed the top two spots in the women's 1,000-metre race...

Man, 61, dies in plane crash near Red Deer, Alta.

Updated Sun. Nov. 9 2008 1:29 PM ET The Canadian Press INNISFAIL, Alta. -- A pilot is dead after his small plane crashed after taking off from a regional airport near Red Deer, Alta. RCMP say the man, 61, from the Spruceview...

Wotherspoon crashes at World Cup, suffers broken arm

World Champion Jeremy Wotherspoon of Red Deer, Alta., suffered a broken upper left arm after crashing at a World Cup speedskating event in Berlin on Saturday. Wotherspoon, the world record-holder in the 500 metres, was carried...

Hockey Alberta makes helmet use mandatory for coaches

RED DEER, Alta. -- In response to numerous close calls and a preventable tragedy, helmet use has become mandatory in minor hockey in Alberta, even for coaches. Hockey Alberta announced Thursday that anyone on ice or an inline...

Oilfield worker killed at a job site near Elnora in central Alberta

RED DEER, Alta. -- An oilfield construction company worker has been killed at a job site near Elnora in central Alberta. The man, who has not been identified, died on Tuesday while trying to load a backhoe onto a truck with...

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