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MARCH 2008 NEWS HEADLINES
Mar. 28, 2008
College Develops
Biodiesel Processing Unit
Mar. 13, 2008
Christian High School Proceeds While Waiting for River Glen
Mar. 6, 2008
Sports Academy Offered by Notre Dame High
School
FEBRUARY 2008 NEWS HEADLINES
Feb. 28, 2008
Travelling National
Health Survey Stops in Red Deer
Feb. 22, 2008
Red Deer College Offers
Improved Truck Training Program
Feb. 16, 2008
Author to Speak at
College in March
Feb. 13, 2008
Bank Donates $450,000 to Red Deer College
Feb. 4, 2008
Lacombe College to Grant Education Degrees
Feb. 1, 2008
Author Discusses Positive Geography of Hope
JANUARY 2008 NEWS HEADLINES
Jan. 28, 2008
Penhold Grade 7 Students to Build Hovercraft
Jan. 26, 2008
CollegeSide Care Home Expansion Gets Funding
Jan. 18, 2008
Olds Bell E-Learning Centre Ready to Open in April
Jan. 17, 2008
River Glen School Land May be Sold
Jan. 12, 2008
Dawe School Upgrades Coincides with Recreation Upgrades
Jan. 12, 2008
Rethink Red Deer Creating Public Awareness
DECEMBER 2007 NEWS HEADLINES
Dec. 18, 2007
Another Half Million Donated to Red Deer College Project
Dec. 7, 2007
Confluence High School Suggested for Ponoka
Dec. 6, 2007
Olds Learning Centre Will Have Major Economic Impact
NOVEMBER 2007 NEWS HEADLINES
Nov. 26, 2007
New Farm Safety Display Opens at Safety City
Nov. 21, 2007
Red Deer College Names Nova Partner of Year
Nov. 16, 2007
Movie Has World Premier in Red Deer
Nov. 14, 2007
College Expansion Progressing Well
Nov. 14, 2007
New Catholic School Opens in Sylvan Lake
OCTOBER 2007 NEWS HEADLINES
Oct. 24, 2007
Two Women Added to LTCHS
Wall of Fame
Oct. 24, 2007
Concert Society Changes
Name, Moves to Innisfail
Oct. 22, 2007
Parkland Invests
at College for Transportation
Oct. 19, 2007
Transportation
Minister Announces Road Safety Plan
Oct. 18, 2007
Nobel Prize Nominee Warns
of Climate Change Threat
Oct. 15, 2007
Red Deer College Adds Millions to Local Economy
Oct. 12, 2007
Growing Support for Proposed New College Entrance
Oct. 5, 2007
Urban Student Numbers Up, Rural Down
Oct. 4, 2007
Research and Innovation Opportunities Offered at College
Oct. 3, 2007
Donalds Donate $3 Million to Red Deer
College
SEPTEMBER 2007 NEWS HEADLINES
Sept. 4, 2007
Orchestra Outgrowing Current Facility
AUGUST 2007 NEWS HEADLINES
Aug. 31, 2007
Two Aging City Schools
Get Provincial Funding
Aug. 28, 2007
Water Conservation Strategy
Approved by City Council
Aug. 24, 2007
Red Deer College Expansion Gets Another
$18 Million
Aug. 22, 2007
Wildlife Centre Owl Star of TV and Film
Aug. 15, 2007
Board Game Teaches Water
Preservation
Aug. 2, 2007
Red Deer College Explores Residential Expansion
JULY 2007 NEWS HEADLINES
July 27, 2007
Next Stage of College Expansion Ready to Proceed
July 23, 2007
Lacombe Research
Centre Marks 100 Years
July 12, 2007
Springbrook Hosts Annual
Summer Cadet Training
JUNE 2007 NEWS HEADLINES
June 30, 2007
Dawe Centre Upgrade Gets School Board Blessing
June 30, 2007
Olds Community Learning Campus Progressing Well
June 25, 2007
Wolf Creek School Division Reviews Challenges
June 15, 2007
Initial Part of College Expansion Completed
June 15, 2007
Red Deer College Explores Regional Expansion
MAY 2007 NEWS HEADLINES
May 31, 2007
Equine Program at Olds College Expanding
May 26, 2007
Federal Biofuel Grant Goes to Olds College
May 23, 2007
Major Upgrade to Dawe Centre Approved
May 14, 2007
Schools Market to International Students
May 9, 2007
Catholic School Division Develops Wish List
May 5, 2007
New Alberta Book Features Regional Attractions
May 3, 2007
Olds College Opens New BioFuel Technology Centre
May 1, 2007
Olds College to Pick Up Dropped Costume
Program
May 1, 2007
Catholic School Division to Build Bus
Barns
APRIL 2007 NEWS HEADLINES
Apr. 26, 2007
Pines School Switching to Christian School
Apr. 9, 2007
Costume Making Comes to End at Red Deer College
Apr. 6, 2007
Red Deer College Considers Bus Service
MARCH 2007 NEWS HEADLINES
Mar. 20, 2007
Sky Wings Aviation Academy Celebrates 25 Years
Mar. 19, 2007
Parents Propose Science School to Keep Pines Facility Open
Mar. 15, 2007
Arar Tells Audience to Value Freedom
Mar. 10, 2007
Bell Invests $3 Million For Name on Olds Facility
Mar. 7, 2007
Boost in Funding for College Trades Programs
Mar. 3, 2007
Three Hills Bible Institute Expands
FEBRUARY 2007 NEWS HEADLINES
Feb. 22, 2007
College and City Explore
Challenges of Foreign Workers
Feb. 15, 2007
Olds College Hosts
Canadian Beef School
Feb. 6, 2007
City and College Release Study on Attracting Immigrants
JANUARY 2007 NEWS HEADLINES
Jan. 29, 2007
Olds College Receives Million
Dollar Donation
Jan. 27, 2007
Stettler Town and School
Division May Share Office Space
Jan. 22, 2007
Red Deer College Offers Courses in
Rocky Mountain House
DECEMBER 2006 NEWS HEADLINES
Dec. 15, 2006
Provincial Award Won by Rocky
Historian
NOVEMBER 2006 NEWS HEADLINES
Nov. 28, 2006
Research Grant for Olds College
Nov. 28, 2006
Practical Arts Building Approved
for Spruce View School
Nov. 25, 2006
Cost of College Expansion Escalates
Nov. 22, 2006
Schools For Tomorrow Plan
Includes New Schools For Region
Nov. 16, 2006
Red Deer and Olds College
Expansions Get Provincial Funds
Nov. 16, 2006
Symposium on the Future of Farming Held at Westerner Park
Nov. 15, 2006
Clarkson Chooses Red Deer for
Citizenship Institute
Nov. 9, 2006
Initiative Launched for Young
Entrepreneurs
Nov. 2, 2006
College Joins Red Deer Corridor
Economic Partnership
Nov. 2, 2006
Olds College Expands Animal Health Technician Program
OCTOBER 2006 NEWS HEADLINES
Oct. 23, 2006
Greenspace Displays
Environmental Initiatives
Oct. 23, 2006
Blindman River a Bonanza for Fossil Hunters
Oct. 16, 2006
Modernized Sundre School Completed
Oct. 14, 2006
Sod Turns for Start of Major
College Expansion
Oct. 6, 2006
Red Deer Vital Signs Project
Under Way
Oct. 2, 2006
Artist, Former
Ballerina to be Featured Speaker at College
SEPTEMBER 2006 NEWS HEADLINES
Sept. 23, 2006
High Speed Rail Market Study to
be Released Next July
Sept. 15, 2006
Composite High School Renewal Now Complete
Sept. 1, 2006
Only One Central Alberta School Announced by Province
AUGUST 2006 NEWS HEADLINES
Aug. 30, 2006
Red Deer County Bypassed
on Location of Police College
Aug. 30, 2006
Olds College Plans Horse Racing Training
Aug. 26, 2006
Art Collection Growing at Red
Deer College
Aug. 25, 2006
National Website Features Central Alberta Historical Sites
Aug. 24, 2006
Construction Begins on Major
Expansion of Red Deer College
Aug. 5, 2006
Olds Learning Centre Gets Underway
JULY 2006 NEWS HEADLINES
July 25, 2006
New Red Deer College Building Gets Approval
July 20, 2006
Farm Safety Added to Safety City
July 19, 2006
Construction Cost of College Complex Increases
July 18, 2006
Upgrades Funded at Lacombe High School
July 18, 2006
City Approves Design Stage of Dawe Centre Upgrades
July 14, 2006
Springbrook One of Four Still in
Running for Police College
July 14, 2006
Historic Arches Proposed for Downtown Red Deer
July 12, 2006
Bio-Fuel Initiatives to be
Discussed
July 3, 2006
Olds School Project Discussed at Oxford
JUNE 2006 NEWS HEADLINES
June 17, 2006
Red Deer College Has Ambitious
and Varied Plans
June 17, 2006
School Division
Confirms Expansion and Upgrade Priorities
June 14, 2006
Olds College Expands Apprenticeship Training
June 1, 2006
Red Deer's Pines School Parents Protest Closure
MAY 2006 NEWS HEADLINES
May 31, 2006
Five Regional Communities Still in Running for Police College
May 26, 2006
Olds High School Project Officially Starts Construction
May 25, 2006
Plan Calls For Reorganizing,
Closure and Building of Schools
May 16, 2006
Planning Commission Approves
Projects at Red Deer College
May 12, 2006
Project Encourages Stories from Recent
Arrivals to Region
May 5, 2006
Lacombe County Approves Tees
Drug Treatment Centre
APRIL 2006 NEWS HEADLINES
Apr. 25, 2006
Red Deer College Expansion Attracts No Opposition
Apr. 24, 2006
Regional Artists Open Gallery in Red Deer
Apr. 22, 2006
Red Deer College Board Approves Expansion Plans
Apr. 17, 2006
Private College Opens in Red
Deer for Trades Training
Apr. 14, 2006
Decision on Police Academy
Expected by Mid-May
Apr. 12, 2006
Red Deer Public School Board Studies Growth Options
MARCH 2006 NEWS HEADLINES
Mar. 31, 2006
Local Business Contributes to
Red Deer College Expansion
Mar. 29, 2006
Red Deer College and Olds
College Increase Student Spaces
Mar. 20, 2006
Red Deer Diversity Group
Launches Fund to Fight Racism
Mar. 15, 2006
Arts and Business Degrees
Planned for Red Deer College
Mar. 2, 2006
Red Deer College Expansion Slated for
Construction This Spring
FEBRUARY 2006 NEWS HEADLINES
Feb. 22, 2006
Pilot Project Focuses on First
Nations Entrepreneurship
Feb. 21, 2006
Market
Feasibility Study For High Speed Rail to Proceed
Feb. 11, 2006
Constructed Should Start Soon on
Red Deer College Expansion
JANUARY 2006 NEWS HEADLINES
Jan. 13, 2006 Nova Contributes $1 Million to Expansion of Red
Deer College
DECEMBER 2005 NEWS HEADLINES
Dec. 17, 2005
Better Labeling of Anhydrous Ammonia Urged for Rail Cars
Dec. 17, 2005
43 Derailments in Central Alberta in 10 Years
Dec. 16, 2005
Police College Being Pursued by Six Communities in Region
Dec. 10, 2005
Olds College Announces Jockey School
NOVEMBER 2005 NEWS HEADLINES
Nov. 21, 2005
Alberta Hockey Hall of Fame Relocated to Red Deer
Nov. 18, 2005
Red Deer College Announces Multi-Million Dollar Expansion Plan
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