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DECEMBER 2011 NEWS HEADLINES
Dec. 21, 2011
Red Deer County Passes 2012 Budget
Dec. 14, 2011
Red Deer County Defines Protected Natural
Areas
Dec. 13, 2011
Hotel Marketing Fund Reaches $400,000
Dec. 10, 2011
Improvements Made at Highway Intersection
Dec. 2, 2011
Location Sought for
Heritage Destination Project
Dec. 2, 2011
CAEP Recognizes Regional Economic
Initiatives
NOVEMBER 2011 NEWS HEADLINES
Nov. 30, 2011
Access Prosperity
Launches New Project
Nov. 28, 2011
Good Crowds for 18th Festival of Trees
Nov. 26, 2011
Sports Tourism
Encouraged for City
Nov. 22, 2011
Robco Cabinets Ceases Operations
Nov. 19, 2011
Bowden Refinery
Retrofitted for Storage
Nov. 19, 2011
Jack Donald Honoured by Junior Achievement
Nov. 17, 2011
Interest in Local Industrial Land Growing
Nov. 17, 2011
Heliport Consulting Service Sets Up at Airport
Nov. 17, 2011
Chamber Survey Indicates Business Optimism
Nov. 16, 2011
New Red Deer to Kelowna Flights Postponed
Nov. 14, 2011
Agri-Trade Has Biggest Attendance Ever
Nov. 14, 2011
Feedback Sought for New Penhold High School
Nov. 10, 2011
Russian Farmers
Impressed With Agri-Trade
Nov. 9, 2011
Local
Chamber Credited With CWB Reform
Nov. 7, 2011
Corridor Groundwater Atlas to be Released
Nov. 3, 2011
Red
Deer Airport Rebrands Itself
OCTOBER 2011 NEWS HEADLINES
Oct. 28, 2011
Doomed Jewish Settlement Remembered
Oct. 21, 2011
Changes at Dangerous
Highway Intersection
Oct. 19, 2011
New Air Passenger
Service Considered
Oct. 19, 2011
Municipalities Negotiate
New Plasco Contract
Oct. 19, 2011
County Residents Happy with Quality
of Life
Oct. 18, 2011
Northwestern Air Lease Returns to Red Deer
Oct. 15, 2011
Regional Home Sales Up From Year Ago
Oct. 13, 2011
Housing Starts Up in
Region, Down in City
Oct. 7, 2011
Enrolment Decreases in Two Rural School
Districts
Oct. 1, 2011
Deadly Highway 11 Intersection to be
Modified
SEPTEMBER 2011 NEWS HEADLINES
Sept. 29, 2011
Gasoline Alley
Holiday Inn Opens
Sept. 26, 2011
Terry Fox Statues Cast by Red Deer Area
Foundry
Sept. 24, 2011
Penhold Regional High School May Modify
Grades
Sept. 24, 2011
Red Deer Hotel Group Plans to Raise
City's Profile
Sept. 22, 2011
Economic Development
Project Recognized
Sept. 21, 2011
Changes to City and County
Plan Anticipated
Sept. 17, 2011
Study Finds Red Deer
Industrial Market Healthy
Sept. 14, 2011
Large Wetland
Protected Near Pine Lake
Sept. 13, 2011
Province Provides Disaster Recovery Funds
Sept. 7, 2011
County and City Support Westerner Float
Plan
Sept. 2, 2011
Sylvan Lake Water Level Highest in
Decades
AUGUST 2011 NEWS HEADLINES
Aug. 31, 2011
Airline to Terminate Red Deer Passenger
Service
Aug. 31, 2011
Study Identifies
Regional Tourism Gaps
Aug. 18, 2011
Area Home Sales Activity Up Over Last
Year
Aug. 17, 2011
City and County Support Memorial Cup Bid
Aug. 15, 2011
Central Music Festival
Continues to Grow
Aug. 10, 2011
Gasoline Alley
Sees Commercial Expansion
Aug. 10, 2011
New Chatters Warehouse
Progressing
Aug. 6, 2011
Some Regional Rural Trail
Sections Delayed
Aug. 6, 2011
Historic Markerville
Icelandic Church Restored
Aug. 5, 2011
Dangerous Highway 11 Stretch to be
Reviewed
Aug. 4, 2011
New Holiday Inn Expected to Open in
September
JULY 2011 NEWS HEADLINES
July 30, 2011
Springbrook to Penhold Trail Stalls
July 21, 2011
Canyon Ski Resort
Preparing for 44th Season
July 20, 2011
Jarvis Bay Summer Village
to Get Lakefront Park
July 19, 2011
Bowden Institution
Expansion Under Way
July 16, 2011
Improvements to Wildlife Centre Progressing
July 12, 2011
Province to Study
River Spring Runoff Diversion
July 11, 2011
700 Cadets Descend on
Springbrook
July 7, 2011
Three Vintage Aircraft at Airport for Two Days
July 7, 2011
Sylvan Lake
Intermunicipal Plan Gets First Reading
July 6, 2011
Dickson Recreation
Centre to be Expanded
July 6, 2011
Delburne Planning New
Recreation Park
July 1, 2011
Residential Grave Markers Presented to
Museum
JUNE 2011 NEWS HEADLINES
June 29, 2011
Alternatives to Area
Freeways Suggested
June 27, 2011
Power Line Upgrades Needed for New Generation
June 27, 2011
Summer Village of Norglenwold Eyes
Annexation
June 25, 2011
Four New Schools
Expected to Start in 2012
June 23, 2011
Airport Looks to Attract
More Passenger Carriers
June 18, 2011
Four Recipients for Red
Deer Heritage Awards
June 17, 2011
Westerner Receives Grants for Centrium
Upgrade
June 17, 2011
Off the Creek Landowners Receive Award
June 6, 2011
Power Line Upgrades
Slated for Red Deer Region
June 6, 2011
Proposed Plasco Plant Still in Limbo
June 3, 2011
City Recommends Modifications for
Interchange
June 1, 2011
River Valley Park Plan Receives Award
MAY 2011 NEWS HEADLINES
May 27, 2011
Regional High School to be
Built in Penhold
May 26, 2011
Red Deer County Plants
25,000 Tree Seedlings
May 25, 2011
New Schools Announced for
Red Deer Area
May 25, 2011
Business Groups Network in
Kansas City
May 19, 2011
Future Use of Mintlaw Trestle
to be Studied
May 18, 2011
Tourist Season Begins This
Coming Weekend
May 17, 2011
Alberta Chamber Adopts
Several Local Policies
May 16, 2011
Group
Plants 200,000 Trees in 10 Years
May 14, 2011
Westerner Park Plans Major Centrium
Expansion
May 12, 2011
Gasoline Alley Mazda Dealership Expanding
May 11, 2011
City Businessman Named to Calgary Hall of
Fame
May 6, 2011
Railway Police Remind Public of Train
Hazards
May 6, 2011
Summer Music Festival to Expand to Three
Days
May 5, 2011
Air Transports Visit Airport for
Exercise
APRIL 2011 NEWS HEADLINES
Apr. 27, 2011
Province Provides Funds for Regional
Water Line
Apr. 23, 2011
Airport Plan Focuses on Future Land Development
Apr. 21, 2011
Economic Partners Plan Opportunity
Company
Apr. 13, 2011
Red Deer County Property Taxes Up 2%
Apr. 12, 2011
New Tourism Director Wins Rural Champion
Award
Apr. 9, 2011
Rural RCMP Moving Soon to Blackfalds
Building
Apr. 5, 2011
Work Begins on Future City
Ring Road
Apr. 5, 2011
Innisfail Biofuel Project Up Against
Timeline
Apr. 5, 2011
Plasco Claims Commitment to Gasification
Plant
Apr. 2, 2011
Economic Partnership Seeks Input on its
Future
MARCH 2011 NEWS HEADLINES
Mar. 30, 2011
Proposed Liberty Junction Project
Gets Extension
Mar. 26, 2011
Deadline Set for Proposed
Plasco Plant Fate
Mar. 24, 2011
Plasco Gets Equity
Financing But Waits for Grant
Mar. 9, 2011
Future Ring Road to Include Walking,
Bicycle Paths
Mar. 8, 2011
Historic Rail Bridge
Gets Emergency Repairs
Mar. 2, 2011
Highway 2 Barriers
Prove to be Effective
FEBRUARY 2011 NEWS HEADLINES
Feb. 23, 2011
Several Electric
Transmission Projects in Works
Feb. 23, 2011
New CEO Hired for Airport
Feb. 22, 2011
Province Cuts Funds to Economic
Partnership
Feb. 3, 2011
Repairs to Begin on
Historic Rail Trestle
Feb. 2, 2011
Benalto
Former Rail Land Development Delayed
Feb. 2, 2011
Heavy Equipment Operator School Set to
Open
JANUARY 2011 NEWS HEADLINES
Jan. 28, 2011
Central Alberta
United Way Raises $1.88 Million
Jan. 28, 2011
Product Expansion Planned
at Evraz Pipe Plant
Jan. 27, 2011
City Raises Concerns Over
Hwy 2 Redesign Plan
Jan. 27, 2011
Quality of Red Deer
River Watershed Discussed
Jan. 26, 2011
Tourism Red Deer Releases New Visitor
Guide
Jan. 25, 2011
Airport Gets Funds for De-Icing Equipment
Jan. 19, 2011
Plasco Tops Red Deer County's 2011 Priorities
Jan. 19, 2011
County Applies to Fund Increased Transit Service
Jan. 19, 2011
Train Derailment Closes Highway
Jan. 11, 2011
Flight Discount Triples Airline's Business
Jan. 8, 2011
Tourism Healthy In Spite of Lower Numbers
DECEMBER 2010 NEWS HEADLINES
Dec. 27, 2010
Motorsports Shop
Moves to Gasoline Alley
Dec. 15, 2010
Concerns Raised Over
Highway 2 Plan
Dec. 15, 2010
Concerns Raised Over
Highway 11 Plan
Dec. 15, 2010
Red Deer County
Examines Affordable Housing
Dec. 15, 2010
Red Deer County Adopts
2011 Budget
Dec. 14, 2010
Major Highway 2
Improvements Set for 2014
Dec. 9, 2010
Preferred Power
Transmission Route Chosen
Dec. 8, 2010
Chinook's Edge Begins
Visioning Process
Dec. 3, 2010
Crossroads Gas Relocates to New Rural
Building
Dec. 1, 2010
Red Deer County 2011 Budget Has Few
Surprises
Dec. 1, 2010
Red Deer Airport
Meets 2010 Passenger Target
NOVEMBER 2010 NEWS HEADLINES
Nov. 15, 2010
Agri-Trade Exhibition Boosts Area
Business
Nov. 10, 2010
County Authorizes Repairs to Mintlaw Trestle
Nov. 9, 2010
Flights to Calgary or Edmonton for Ten
Bucks
Nov. 3, 2010
Report Highlights Rural Impact of
High Speed Rail
OCTOBER 2010 NEWS HEADLINES
Oct. 30, 2010
Agri-Trade Exhibit Space Completely
Exhausted
Oct. 28, 2010
Forth Junction
Plan
Gets Tourism Board Support
Oct. 27, 2010
Preliminary Work Begins on Plasco Site
Oct. 22, 2010
Area Real Estate Market Stabilizing
Oct. 19, 2010
New Mayor in Red Deer
County, 3 New Councillors
Oct. 18, 2010
Penhold Chosen for Regional High School
Oct. 7, 2010
Optimism in the Oilpatch
Oct. 4, 2010
Canyon Ski Resort Gets New Lease on Life
SEPTEMBER 2010 NEWS HEADLINES
Sept. 28, 2010
Badlands Tourism Initiative a National
Finalist
Sept. 28, 2010
Paintball Park Approved East of Red Deer
Sept. 23, 2010
Watershed Alliance Begins Public
Consultation
Sept. 9, 2010
Brand to Attract Foreign Investment
Revealed
Sept. 8, 2010
Recession Takes Toll on Red Deer Airport
Sept. 1, 2010
Bowden Institution to Get Major Expansion
Sept. 1, 2010
Wettest Summer in a Decade
AUGUST 2010 NEWS HEADLINES
Aug. 31, 2010
Future Red Deer Annexation Raises Concerns
Aug. 30, 2010
Proposed Aviation Museum Gathers
Artifacts
Aug. 18, 2010
Springbrook-Penhold Trail Makes Progress
Aug. 17, 2010
Summer Cadets Get Glider Rides Near Olds
Aug. 16, 2010
Good Music and Weather at Central Music
Festival
Aug. 14, 2010
Sales Down, Prices Up for Area Real
Estate
Aug. 12, 2010
100th Anniversary of Sir Wilfrid Laurier
Visit
Aug. 11, 2010
Work Starts on Former County Building
Site
Aug. 4, 2010
Red Deer County Adopts
River Valley Plan
Aug. 4, 2010
County and Innisfail Enter Joint
Agreement
JULY 2010 NEWS HEADLINES
July 31, 2010
Rail Tourist Attraction Concept
On Track
July 31, 2010
B.C. Family Hikes
Trans Canada Trail
July 29, 2010
Plasco Gets Multi-Million
Dollar Investment Boost
July 27, 2010
Ambitious River Park
Expansion Plan Adopted
July 16, 2010
Several Schools Being Upgraded in Region
July 15, 2010
Problems Scuttle Historic River Journey
July 15, 2010
Gasoline Alley Hotel Nears Completion
July 12, 2010
Concerns Raised About Sylvan Lake
Shoreline Plan
July 12, 2010
Modern Regional
Multiplex Opens in Penhold
July 10, 2010
Pine Lake Tornado Remembered After 10
Years
July 8, 2010
Police Dog Training Centre Unique in
Canada
July 8, 2010
New Development Being Built in Gasoline
Alley
July 6, 2010
Transportation
Study to Include High Speed Rail
July 5, 2010
Skydiving Championships Held at Innisfail
July 3, 2010
Benalto Man Builds Working Model
Locomotives
July 2, 2010
Residential School
Graves to be Preserved
July 1, 2010
Native Residential
School Children Honoured
JUNE 2010 NEWS HEADLINES
June 29, 2010
Dramatic Electoral
Boundary Changes Gone
June 29, 2010
Wildlife Centre Concerned
About Feral Cats
June 26, 2010
Land Near Pine Lake
Acquired for Nature Preserve
June 22, 2010
Jungle Farm Honoured by Governor General
June 19, 2010
Local
Centre Trains Workers in Power Industry
June 17, 2010
Plasco
Garbage-to-Energy Plant Gets Boost
June 17, 2010
New Cafe Opens at Red Deer Airport
June 15, 2010
Industrial School Children to be Honoured
June 14, 2010
Enthusiasts to Preserve Transportation Heritage
June 11, 2010
Expert Says Urgency Needed
on High Speed Rail
June 10, 2010
Highway Reopens After
Train Derailment
June 9, 2010
County
Extends Proposed Ethanol Plant Permit
June 7, 2010
New
Blindman Pedestrian Bridge Officially Opens
June 5, 2010
Four Winners at Annual Heritage
Awards
June 5, 2010
Inland Cement Opens New Modern
Facility
June 3, 2010
New Canyon Ski Hill Owners
Continue Operation
MAY 2010 NEWS HEADLINES
May 28, 2010
Several Highway 2
Improvement Projects Proceed
May 28, 2010
Interchange Upgrade Planned at Red Deer
South
May 21, 2010
CAEP Initiates Video Marketing for the
Region
May 20, 2010
Alberta Chamber Adopts Several Red Deer Policies
May 18, 2010
Sweet 16 Highlights an
Attraction Each Week
May 13, 2010
Memorial Forest Being Developed in Gasoline Alley
May 11, 2010
Trails Society Experiences Success
May 3, 2010
Civil Air Search Teams Stage Simulated Search
APRIL 2010 NEWS HEADLINES
Apr. 29, 2010
Changes to Some Area
Provincial Campgrounds
Apr. 28, 2010
Campaign Promotes Local
Economy
Apr. 27, 2010
Divisions Collaborate on
New Schools in Region
Apr. 22, 2010
Median Barriers Being Installed on
Highway 2
Apr. 17, 2010
Local
Wetland a Major Migratory Bird Pit Stop
Apr. 14, 2010
Manufacturers Like Region's Quality of Life
Apr. 10, 2010
Airport
Passengers Double in a Year
Apr. 8, 2010
Regional Home Sales Moving
Up
MARCH 2010 NEWS HEADLINES
Mar. 30, 2010
Proposed Innisfail
Bioenergy Plant Still Alive
Mar. 27, 2010
Airport to Get New
De-Icing Facility
Mar. 25, 2010
Rail Spur Planned for
Bowden Refinery
Mar. 24, 2010
High Speed Rail Study
Prompted by Rural Groups
Mar. 23, 2010
Two New Hotels Under
Construction South of City
Mar. 19, 2010
Military Reservists Finish
Pedestrian Bridge
Mar. 11, 2010
No Provincial Decision Yet
on Regional High School
Mar. 6, 2010
Funds Committed to $36
Million Sewer Project
Mar. 4, 2010
City and County Plan to
Extend Waskasoo Park
Mar. 4, 2010
Local Family Intends to
Purchase Canyon Ski Area
Mar. 4, 2010
Feast & Ceremony to Honour
Native Children
FEBRUARY 2010 NEWS HEADLINES
Feb. 20, 2010
Local Service Company
Doubling in Size
Feb. 19, 2010
Airport Reports Increase in Passenger Traffic
Feb. 19, 2010
Local Manufacturer Expands Presence Six-Fold
Feb. 18, 2010
County
Reviews Environmentally Sensitive Areas
Feb. 8, 2010
Red Deer Tourism to
Study Economic Impact
Feb. 6, 2010
Red Deer Chamber Adopts
Nine Policies
Feb. 4, 2010
Major Attractions Proposed for Red Deer
Area
Feb. 4, 2010
Chamber
Hears Progress Report by RDRED
Feb. 4, 2010
New
Video Promotes Central Alberta
Feb. 3, 2010
Red Deer County
Heritage Plan Approved
Feb. 2, 2010
Public Input Sought
for Electricity Delivery Plans
JANUARY 2010 NEWS HEADLINES
Jan. 30, 2010
Economic Groups Partner to Attract
Investment
Jan. 29, 2010
Regional Trail Bridges to be Completed by
March
Jan. 27, 2010
Red Deer Tourism Releases 2010 Visitors
Guide
Jan. 20, 2010
Plasco Energy Claims It's Still on Track
Jan. 20, 2010
Canyon Ski Hill Could Close at End of
Season
Jan. 6, 2010
Visitors to Red Deer Area Increased 4% in 2009
Jan. 6, 2010
Former Benalto Railway Lands to be Developed
DECEMBER 2009 NEWS HEADLINES
Dec. 23, 2009
County to Purchase Historic Mintlaw Trestle for $1
Dec. 23, 2009
County Transit Service Exceeds Expectations
Dec. 23, 2009
Regional Airport Qualifies for More Improvements
Dec. 23, 2009
Red Deer County Passes 'Good News' Budget
Dec. 19, 2009
Wildlife Centre Seeks
Corporate Partner
Dec. 15, 2009
City and Area Home Sales
Rebounding
Dec. 9, 2009
Airport Looks to 2010
Major Improvements
Dec. 7, 2009
Canyon Ski Hill Off to
Great Season Start
News Headlines Red Deer County
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