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City Chicken Coops to Stay For Now |
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Tuesday, 21 February 2012 22:14 |
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Backyard
hens will be allowed to stay for now as part of a city pilot project. Red Deer
City Council has decided to allow current urban chicken operations to continue
while spending the next year drafting a bylaw to deal with the animals. The city
will continue to engage with the community to identify concerns with allowing
chickens in city backyards. A draft bylaw will come back before council within
12 months.
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No Licences for Secondary Suites |
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Tuesday, 21 February 2012 22:14 |
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Secondary
suite owners will not have to get a licence after City Council voted down a
proposed licencing bylaw. The bylaw would have introduced a yearly fee that
owners would have had to pay in order to legally operate. Councillor Lynne
Mulder says she was initially in favour of a fee, but that she changed her mind
after so many people spoke in opposition at a public hearing last month. Illegal
suites will continue to be enforced by the city on a
compaint-basis.
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City Landfill to Accept Bowden's Garbage |
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Tuesday, 21 February 2012 22:14 |
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series of unfortunate events in Bowden means their garbage will now be coming to
Red Deer. Councillor Lynne Mulder says the town's garbage truck broke down
recently so she recommended that they come to the city for help. Mulder says it
will be a relatively small amount of garbage that won't have much impact on the
landfill and that it is only an interim solution until a greener solution for
garbage disposal is realized. The Central Alberta Waste Commission announced
recently that they had stopped negotiations with Plasco to develop a waste to
energy plant in Red Deer County.
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Crash South Of Red Deer Sends One To Hospital |
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Tuesday, 21 February 2012 14:41 |
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two vehicle collision south of Red Deer has sent one person to hospital with
life threatening injuries. The crash took place on Highway 2A between
Springbrook and Red Deer early yesterday morning when a northbound pick-up truck
crossed into the southbound lane and struck a garbage truck. The driver of the
pick-up was taken to hospital while the garbage truck driver wasn't hurt. Drugs
and alcohol aren't considered factors in the crash. Blackfalds RCMP is
continuing to investigate.
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Spandy Andy A Youtube Sensation |
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Tuesday, 21 February 2012 14:40 |
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Red Deer's own Spandy Andy is making another splash, this time on
Youtube. The performer, who has also appeared on "So You Think You Can
Dance Canada" and "Wipeout Canada", is getting attention for a new video of him
dancing on the beach in Australia wearing a sparkling Speedo. The video
was ranked in the top 30 Most Viral Videos on Saturday and has more than 2.5
million views so far. |
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Monday, 20 February 2012 10:49 |
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A
family skate, ice sculpturing, and bingo are just some of the activities taking
place in Blackfalds today. The Fifth Annual Winterfest is underway at the
Blackfalds Multi-Plex. Sue Penner with the Town of Blackfalds says there will be
more excitement at noon when the Penguin Dip takes place with 10 brave souls
jumping in an ice-cold pond to raise money for community groups of their
choosing. There is also a family skate in the arena, pond hockey games, and the
night wraps up with a fireworks display at All-Star Park at around 7
o'clock.
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