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EDMONTON Nearly one thousand people have signed a petition calling on the Red Deer Public School Division to reverse a decision not to host a district-wide Pride week in favour of a diversity week. You send them to school hoping that there s these adult role models there advocating for them, as trustees should be doing, and I think it s obvious that that s not what s happening considering their decision to vote against Pride week, Jennifer Prevost, petition author, told CTV News Edmonton in an interview on Sunday. Although her children aren t yet part of the central Alberta public school system, Prevost called rallying support the least she could do to make the community more accepting. ....
RED DEER The Red Deer Rebels are going to have a short commute in the upcoming 24-game season. Players are going to live inside their home arena, the Westerner Park, instead of with their billet families. “I just thought and the players thought that this would be the best scenario for them from a mental standpoint,” said Brent Sutter, the team s owner, general manager and head coach. “They’re all jacked. It’s like kids in a toy store. They’re pretty excited about it all.” Rebels and Westerner Park staff set up an activity area with a basketball hoop and ping pong tables, a cafeteria, and all the players get their own personal suite. ....