Red Deer Advocate

The Red Deer Advocate is a daily newspaper in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. It publishes Tuesday through Saturday and is owned by Black Press. History The newspaper was first established in 1901 as the Red Deer Echo, changing its name to Alberta Advocate in 1903 and Red Deer Advocate in 1906. Originally it was a weekly newspaper issued on Fridays. The Advocate now publishes daily, from Tuesday to Saturday as the Monday edition was dropped late in 2016, along with the slogan "Central Alberta's Daily Newspaper". In 2019, 25 people were laid off from the Red Deer Advocate. The paper's pressroom and mailroom were closed July 1 and those operations were moved to other Black Press operations. The weekly newspaper Red Deer Express also ceased.