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Average central Alberta home price up, but Red Deer sees decrease
The average sale price of a home in central Alberta hit its highest point of the year last month at $418,830, according to the later Market Report from the Central Alberta Realtors' Association (CARA). That's up from $407,993 the month prior, and well up from $386,097 in September 2023. It's not quite the $429,931 seen...
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Rare comet wows central Alberta sky-gazers
The Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (C/023 A3) is giving sky-gazers something new to marvel at this week, after several recent opportunities to witness the Aurora Borealis. According to Associated Press, via The Canadian Press, the comet should be visible with the naked eye just above the western horizon and around sunset for ...
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Community builder Val Jensen inducted into LTCHS Hall of Fame
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Lone 2024 Inductee
Community builder Val Jensen inducted into LTCHS Hall of Fame
Community builder Val Jensen has been a staple in Red Deer for decades through her work in the sports community.On Tuesday morning at Lindsay Thurber High School, she received recognition for her tireless efforts at the 32nd annual Lindsay Thurber Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.Jensen was the lone 2024 inductee and si...
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Construction of innovative dairy processing plant moo-ving along smoothly
An innovative dairy processing facility, Dairy Innovation West (DIW), coming to Lacombe County is expected to be up and running by the spring of 2025, and have notable impacts on Canada's western dairy industry.Using ultra filtration and reverse osmosis, raw milk from dairy farmers will be transported to the facility, ...
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more homes being sold
Average central Alberta home price up, but Red Deer sees decrease
The average sale price of a home in central Alberta hit its highest point of the year last month at $418,830, according to the later Market Report from the Central Alberta Realtors' Association (CARA). That's up from $407,993 the month prior, and well up from $386,097 in September 2023. It's not quite the $429,931 seen...
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how you can still see it
Rare comet wows central Alberta sky-gazers
The Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (C/023 A3) is giving sky-gazers something new to marvel at this week, after several recent opportunities to witness the Aurora Borealis. According to Associated Press, via The Canadian Press, the comet should be visible with the naked eye just above the western horizon and around sunset for ...
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Alberta government proposing additional restrictions on wind and solar energy
The Alberta government is proposing additional restrictions on wind and solar farms that conservationists think are more about limiting renewable energy than protecting the environment.Last year the Alberta government imposed a seven-month moratorium on new renewable energy projects, after which Premier Danielle Smith ...
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Alberta government launches $7M ad campaign against incoming federal emissions cap
Alberta's government has launched a national ad campaign targeting the federal government's incoming emissions cap for the oil and gas sector. Premier Danielle Smith says it's a de facto production cap that would kill jobs and stifle the economy. The province's $7 million "Scrap the Cap" campaign also says th...
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Alberta reveals new primary care agency that will launch in the fall
The province's health care system restructuring continued on Tuesday as Health Minister Adriana LaGrange revealed Primary Care Alberta, an agency charged with ensuring all Albertans are supported in their day-to-day health needs. The new organization will launch later this fall, officials said. It's the second of four ...
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SECOND ENGAGEMENT ROUND PLANNED
Ministry of Health shares results of public engagement on health care refocusing
Alberta's health care system is in the midst of a restructuring journey, and as a part of that process, the Alberta government conducted public engagement activities, the results of which are now available online in a What We Heard Report.In an effort to understand what Albertans think about refocusing health care, fro...
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RDP Kings Hockey on the hunt for three consecutive ACAC championships
The Red Deer Polytechnic (RDP) Kings Hockey team is looking to make program history in 2024/2025 with sights on winning its third consecutive Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC) gold medal. "The goal is to have the second, third and fourth year student-athlete's step up and fill the leadership roles,"...
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Oil Kings trip up Rebels 5-1 in Edmonton
It was another tough outing for the Red Deer Rebels (now 4-3-1-0) in a Saturday matinee against the Edmonton Oil Kings (2-3-0-1).The Rebels gave up three first period goals en route to a 5-1 defeat, the club's third straight after rattling off four consecutive wins.The result was also an indicator that Red Deer has som...
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Lacombe's Rudolph to suit up for Canada at 2024 U17 World Challenge
A central Alberta hockey player has been named to one of two Canadian rosters for the upcoming 2024 U17 World Challenge. Daxon Rudolph, 16, of Lacombe, AB, is a defenceman with the WHL's Prince Albert Raiders and will suit up for Team Canada White when the event takes place Nov. 3-9 at Progressive Auto Sales Arena in S...
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Canada
Trudeau appoints Daniel Rogers new head of Canada's spy agency
OTTAWA - A veteran of Canada's national security systems has been named the new head of the national spy agency. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has appointed Daniel Rogers as the new director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. He will take over the role on Oct. 28. Rogers replaces David Vigneault, who retire...
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Bilingual Quebec communities lose bid to suspend application of language law rules
MONTREAL - Bilingual Quebec municipalities have lost their bid to have several parts of the government's French-language reform suspended while their case makes its way through the courts. The communities asked the Quebec Superior Court last month to suspend the application of parts of Bill 96 - as the language reform ...
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Founders of Vancouver club that sold tested illicit drugs file Charter challenge
VANCOUVER - The founders of a Vancouver "compassion club" that sold heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine bought on the dark web and tested for contaminants, have filed a court challenge arguing their Charter rights and the rights of users were violated when the club was shut and they were arrested. Eris Nyx an...
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Quebec government imposes measures to address 'toxic climate' at Montreal school
MONTREAL - Corrective measures are underway to address a "toxic climate" of fear and intimidation at a French-language Montreal primary school. Quebec's Education Department has appointed two monitors who started working today at Bedford school in the city's multicultural Côte-des-Neiges district, who h...
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Canada and U.S. list Samidoun as terrorist group, U.S. adds Canadian to terror list
OTTAWA - Canada is listing the pro-Palestinian group Samidoun as a terrorist group, while the U.S. has added a Canadian citizen affiliated with the organization to its counter-terrorism list. Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc says Samidoun will now be listed under Criminal Code offences that ban people from donati...
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Listeria outbreak linked to plant-based milk seems to be over: PHAC
The Public Health Agency of Canada says a Listeria outbreak linked to several plant-based milks appears to be over with no additional cases reported since August. The federal agency says its investigation is now complete and Listeria was found within the production environment of Silk and Great Value plant-based refrig...
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Idaho revamps execution chamber so docs can access deep veins after failed lethal injection attempt
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Idaho will begin using central veins deep in the groin, neck, chest or arm to execute prisoners by lethal injection if attempts to insert standard IV lines fail, the Idaho Department of Correction announced Tuesday. Injecting a central venous line has long been a backup plan under the state's offici...
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Breanna Stewart and her wife Marta Xargay receive homophobic threats after Game 1 of WNBA Finals
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - New York Liberty star Breanna Stewart and her wife Marta Xargay received threatening homophobic anonymous emails after Game 1 of the WNBA Finals. The emails went directly to Xargay's account, which was a bit unnerving for the couple, Stewart said at practice on Tuesday. "The fact it came to Mart...
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US warns Israel to boost humanitarian aid into Gaza or risk losing weapons funding
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration has warned Israel that it must increase the amount of humanitarian aid it is allowing into Gaza within the next 30 days or it could risk losing access to U.S. weapons funding. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin warned their Israeli counterpart...
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