Roughly 300 Red Deerians gathered at the Golden Circle on Monday for the City's first byelection forum, hearing from the candidates themselves on why they should be the next city councillor. Each of the 10 candidates spoke for 45 seconds at a time, responding to various questions by the public and beginning with their ...

A portion of 55 Street between 47A Ave and 46 Ave will be reduced to one lane in both the east and westbound lanes as City crews work on underground infrastructure.The partial road closure will be in effect from April 16 to April 22. Motorists are advised to obey all signs and to slow down when approaching or driving i...

Emergency crews were called out to a fire outside Red Deer Polytechnic (RDP) over the weekend. RCMP confirm that crews responded to a call for service shortly after 6:00 a.m. on April 14, 2024, but could not provide any further details. Officials with RDP, meantime, provided the following statement: "A fire did oc...

Red Deer home sales saw an increase in March when compared to the month before and the same month last year.According to the latest Market Update from Central Alberta Realtors Association, there were 157 units sold in March, up from 110 units sold in February, and 147 units sold in March 2023.Year-to-date numbers show ...

The Alberta government says it will be investing $8 million in a program to help Albertans access justice services. Officials say the Family Justice Strategy, which was first introduced in Edmonton and Calgary in December 2023, is already making a difference for Alberta families, with initial data showcasing a notable ...

The tourism industry is back and better than ever.Travel Alberta reports that international visitors spent $2.53 billion in the province in just the first three quarters of 2023. In the last year before the COVID-19 pandemic began, international tourism spending totalled $2.28 billion for all of 2019.Minister of Touris...

EDMONTON - A judge is ordering the Alberta government to produce a massive trove of documents concerning its efforts to encourage coal mining in the province's Rocky Mountains. The ruling comes in response to an attempt by the United Conservative government to block the release of the documents to a group of southern A...

OTTAWA - The first instalment of the 2024 Canada carbon rebate will be delivered to some Canadians today as long as they filed their taxes by the middle of March. Canadians living in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, and all four Atlantic provinces will receive the first of four instalments today if they filed ...

At Calgary's Centre for Newcomers, where Kelly Ernst is chief program officer, staff have been - in Ernst's words - "run off their feet."The non-profit organization, which offers services and language training to immigrants and refugees in Alberta's largest city, served an eye-popping 50,000 clients last year...

A non-profit in Lethbridge is being recognized for its work with seniors.Minister of Seniors, Community and Social Services Jason Nixon has announced this year's recipients of the Minister's Seniors Service Awards.He says the winners use their time, talents and resources to protect seniors, improve their quality of lif...

ZEBALLOS, B.C. - A Vancouver Aquarium expert who's been involved in attempts to rescue an orphaned orca says the calf may be feeding on fish in the B.C. lagoon where she's been trapped for more than three weeks. Veterinarian Martin Haulena says he got a good look at the calf during Friday's failed attempt to corral the...

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is set to present the federal budget on Tuesday after a countrywide tour that teased many of the housing and affordability measures to be included in the document. Here's what the federal Liberals have already promised. Housing plan On Friday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau an...

OTTAWA - The federal leader of the New Democrats is insisting his party's position on carbon pricing remains unchanged. But Jagmeet Singh is refusing to say explicitly whether he supports Canadians having to pay it on consumer items like gasoline. Singh met with reporters today for the first time since a speech last w...

OTTAWA - The Federal Court of Appeal says people can be barred from Canada under espionage-related provisions of the immigration law only when their activities have a clear link to Canadian security. The finding comes today in a pair of rulings involving men from Ethiopia who were found inadmissible to Canada for bein...

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says she's urging Israel to de-escalate rising conflicts in the Middle East and not bomb Iran in retaliation for Sunday's thwarted airstrikes. Joly says she told Israel's Foreign Minister Israel Katz to "take the win" of having stopped Iranian airstrikes a...

OTTAWA - The Canadian Dental Hygienists Association is calling out the Liberal government for what it says is a double standard in the payment of services under a new federal plan. Last week, Health Canada released the reimbursement guide for the new federal dental-care plan, which is expected to provide oral health c...

SYDNEY (AP) - Australian police say a knife attack in Sydney that wounded a bishop and a priest during a church service as horrified worshippers watched online and in person was an act of terrorism. Police arrested a 16-year-old boy Tuesday after the stabbing at Christ the Good Shepherd Church that injured Bishop Mar M...

NEW YORK (AP) - Caitlin Clark was selected with the No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft by the Indiana Fever on Monday night. The former Iowa star became a household name among basketball fans during her record-breaking college career, and she will now try and help revive the Indiana franchise along with last season's No. 1 p...

The one thing 9-year-old Cal Clifford wanted more than anything since he was a toddler was a pet octopus. The boy's family in rural Edmond, Oklahoma, humored him with toy versions of an eight-legged mollusk, but as Cal got older it became clear that only the real thing would do. The child's father, 36-year-old dentist ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court is allowing Idaho to enforce its ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth while lawsuits over the law proceed, reversing lower courts. The justices' order Monday allows the state to put in a place a 2023 law that subjects physicians to up to 10 years in prison if they provi...

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's military chief said Monday that Israel will respond to Iran's weekend missile strike, but did not immediately elaborate on when and how. Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi said that Israel is still considering its steps, but he said that the Iranian strike of missiles and attack drones "will be met wi...

DENVER (AP) - The couple who owned a Colorado funeral home - where 190 decaying bodies were discovered last year - have been indicted on federal charges for fraudulently obtaining nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds from the U.S. government, according to court documents unsealed Monday. The new federal charges aga...