RESPONDING TO DRAFT BUDGET
Red Deer District Chamber calls for reduced city expenses ahead of budget debate
The Red Deer District Chamber is responding to the City of Red Deer's 2025 Draft Budget with a call to reduce tax supported operational expenses by three per cent.Chamber representatives say this recommendation represents a balanced approach that acknowledges the "significant" amount of work the city could do...
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School bus catches fire after collision on Highway 2A, no students on board
A small school bus caught on fire following a three-vehicle collision Tuesday morning at the intersection of Highway 2A and Township Road 400. At 7:50 a.m. Blackfalds RCMP received a report of the collision and their investigation revealed a vehicle crossed the road where it was struck by an oncoming vehicle. Mounties ...
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RESPONDING TO DRAFT BUDGET
Red Deer District Chamber calls for reduced city expenses ahead of budget debate
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Red Deer RCMP arrest two after drug trafficking investigation
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RESPONDING TO DRAFT BUDGET
Red Deer District Chamber calls for reduced city expenses ahead of budget debate
The Red Deer District Chamber is responding to the City of Red Deer's 2025 Draft Budget with a call to reduce tax supported operational expenses by three per cent.Chamber representatives say this recommendation represents a balanced approach that acknowledges the "significant" amount of work the city could do...
A few moments ago
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Drug related charges
Red Deer RCMP arrest two after drug trafficking investigation
The Red Deer RCMP General Investigation Section along with assistance from the Red Deer RCMP Crime Reduction Team, arrested two residents following a drug trafficking investigation.As a result, Red Deer residents Destiny Green, 26, and Tyler Bye, 31, have been charged with possession of a controlled substance for the p...
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RCMP respond
School bus catches fire after collision on Highway 2A, no students on board
A small school bus caught on fire following a three-vehicle collision Tuesday morning at the intersection of Highway 2A and Township Road 400. At 7:50 a.m. Blackfalds RCMP received a report of the collision and their investigation revealed a vehicle crossed the road where it was struck by an oncoming vehicle. Mounties ...
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$18 MILLION DEFICIT
Red Deer releases draft 2025 budget
The City's administration team has released a draft of the 2025 Tax Supported Operating and Capital Budgets, which residents are encouraged to review on the City's website ahead of budget debates taking place Nov. 18-22.Administration is proposing a 2025 Capital Budget plan totalling $93,384,000 and is recommending a p...
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Alberta
DANIELLE SMITH AND DEVIN DREESHEN
Premier and minister of transportation comment on B.C. port work stoppage
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Minister of Transportation and Economic Corridors Devin Dreeshen have issued a joint statement regarding the West Coast ports work stoppage.The BC Maritime Employers Association locked out employees on Nov. 4, in response to strike activity by the International Longshore and Warehouse...
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NOVEMBER 7
Alberta Legislature hosts service of remembrance
A public service of remembrance will take place on Nov. 7 at 11 a.m. at the Alberta Legislature Building rotunda, hosted by the Honourable Nathan Cooper, speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. "The service of remembrance honours those lost in conflicts, those who returned home and those in active duty. I ...
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Provincial Politics
Premier Smith travelling to United Arab Emirates to promote Alberta energy and sustainability
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is travelling to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) today to discuss potential investment and economic development opportunities for Alberta. While there, Smith will also attend the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC), a global energy event, where she is expec...
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Alberta
Alberta adding two electoral districts
EDMONTON - Alberta's surging population has the provincial government planning to add more seats to the legislature.Justice Minister Mickey Amery has introduced a bill that calls for the creation of two additional electoral districts to bring the new total to 89 ahead of the 2027 general election.Amery says the decisio...
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Going for Gold
RDP Queens to host 2025 CCAA Women's Soccer Nationals
Red Deer Polytechnic Athletics announced Tuesday that they'll welcome Canada's top female collegiate soccer teams to the city next fall.After a successful bid, the RDP Queens soccer team will host the 2025 Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) Women's Soccer National Championship from Nov. 5-8, 2025."We ...
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undefeated season
Notre Dame Cougars win first league football title since 2016
The Notre Dame Cougars are Central Alberta High School Football League champions.On Saturday they defeated the Hunting Hills Lightning 34-24 in the league championship to win their first title since 2016.They also finished undefeated at 8-0 for the first time since 2009.Thomas Barrett had two rushing touchdowns for the...
Nov 05, 2024
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comeback kids
Rebels overcome deficit in third period to beat Hitmen
The Red Deer Rebels scored two goal's in the third period to beat the Calgary Hitmen 3-2 on Monday night.Rookie forward Jaxon Fuder scored the game winner at the Scotiabank Saddledome with under four minutes to go and netminder Chase Wutzke posted 38 saves on 40 shots.The Rebels got on the board first, two minutes and ...
Nov 05, 2024
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Canada
B.C. court allows police to apply to dispose of evidence at serial killer's property
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Supreme Court says it has jurisdiction to order the disposal of thousands of pieces of evidence seized from Robert Pickton's pig farm decades ago, whether it was used in his murder trial or not. The court says in a ruling issued online today that the RCMP can apply to dispose of some 15,000 pieces ...
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A look at potential fresh faces around Premier David Eby's next B.C. cabinet table
British Columbia Premier David Eby's new cabinet will be sworn in on Nov. 18, and it will have to feature a significant number of new ministers after last month's election saw several incumbents defeated while others didn't run. Eby will also have to figure out how the cabinet will represent rural regions, given that t...
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Canadian Press NewsAlert: Ottawa orders TikTok's Canadian arm to be dissolved
OTTAWA - The government says it's ordering the dissolution of TikTok Technology Canada, the Canadian arm of the app's owner ByteDance, after a national security review. It says the move will not block Canadians' access to the TikTok app. More coming. The Canadian Press
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Ontario man with indeterminate prison sentence dies at 47 of 'natural causes' in B.C.
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - The Correctional Service of Canada says Angel Jones, who was serving an indeterminate sentence in a British Columbia prison for biting a woman's nose off, has died of natural causes at the age of 47. Jones was declared a dangerous offender by an Ontario court in 2007 and jailed indefinitely for the c...
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'Should never have ended like that': Inuk man killed by police in Quebec's Far North
MONTREAL - A remote northern Quebec community is demanding justice after a man was shot and killed and his twin brother seriously injured by police responding to a drunk driving call. Joshua Papigatuk was killed and his twin, Garnet, is recovering in a Montreal hospital following an altercation with the Nunavik Police ...
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No talks scheduled in standoff between employers, union in B.C. port lockout
VANCOUVER - British Columbia port employers say they may be "required to reassess" their position on a current offer to more than 700 unionized workers as a lockout shuts down most shipping on the West Coast. The BC Maritime Employers Association says there has been no engagement with International Longshore ...
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World
Republican Jen Kiggans keeps House seat in Virginia while 7th District race remains a close contest
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Incumbent U.S. Rep. Jen Kiggans won her bid for reelection Wednesday in Virginia's 2nd District race, defeating her Democratic challenger in a victory for Republicans aiming to keep the congressional seat in their battle to control the House. Democrats had backed candidate Missy Cotter Smasal in ho...
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Democrat Elissa Slotkin wins Michigan's open Senate seat, defeating the GOP's Mike Rogers
DETROIT (AP) - Democratic U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin has won Michigan's open U.S. Senate seat, giving Democrats a bittersweet victory in a swing state that also backed Republican President-elect Donald Trump in his successful bid to return to the White House. Slotkin, a third-term representative, defeated former Republic...
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Special counsel evaluating how to wind down two federal cases against Trump after presidential win
WASHINGTON (AP) - Special counsel Jack Smith is evaluating how to wind down the two federal cases against Donald Trump before he takes office in light of longstanding Justice Department policy that says sitting presidents cannot be prosecuted, a person familiar with the matter said Wednesday. Smith charged Trump last y...
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