Team fundraiser
Innisfail Eagles say tickets are selling fast for 2nd annual Blades & Birdies golf tournament
The Innisfail Eagles senior men's hockey team says tickets for their upcoming second annual Blades & Birdies golf tournament are still available, but are selling fast. The tournament is set for Thursday, July 9, at the Innisfail Golf Club with a shotgun start at 9 a.m. Eagles head coach Ryan Dodd said they've had o...
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19th annual Run/Hike fundraiser for Red
19th annual Run/Hike fundraiser for Red Deer Hospice Society returns June 7
The 19th annual Run/Hike fundraiser in support of the Red Deer Hospice Society is just over two weeks away. On Sunday, June 7, the event, which is presented by RSM Canada, will take place at 9 a.m. Those who register for the event will have the option to run or hike one, three, or five-kilometre routes along the trails...
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19th annual Run/Hike fundraiser for Red
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Check out this bald eagle cam in Red Deer County
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Red Deer and Area
19th annual Run/Hike fundraiser for Red
19th annual Run/Hike fundraiser for Red Deer Hospice Society returns June 7
The 19th annual Run/Hike fundraiser in support of the Red Deer Hospice Society is just over two weeks away. On Sunday, June 7, the event, which is presented by RSM Canada, will take place at 9 a.m. Those who register for the event will have the option to run or hike one, three, or five-kilometre routes along the trails...
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Check out this bald eagle cam in Red Deer County
Melody and Cliff, two bald eagles living in Red Deer County, are proud new parents.The pair hatched two eaglets on May 9, according to the livestream of their nest in Red Deer County.According to a Facebook post by ALUS -- Alternative Land Use Services:Why this matters: Bald eagles depend on clean water, abundant fish ...
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AED installed at Castor school in memory of late 7-year-old
Gus Wetter School in Castor, Alberta is now the proud home of a 24/7 publicly accessible SaveStation AED cabinet.AED stands for Automated External Defibrillator, and one could save your life in the case of a sudden cardiac arrest.The one in Castor, in east-central Alberta, is the eighth donated by Action First Aid in t...
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November 12 at Agri-Trade
Submissions now being accepted for Ag Innovations Competition
Submissions are now open for the Ag Innovations Competition that is set to be held at Agri-Trade in Red Deer next November.The competition, which is presented by the Agricultural Financial Services Corporation, is calling on industry innovators to share their latest advancements that will help farm operations.The Ag In...
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Alberta
Transportation
Alberta eyes downtown-to-airport trains as first key project of passenger rail plan
Alberta's government is eyeing train connections for airports to the downtown cores of its two biggest cities as the first key project of the province's new passenger rail plan. But construction isn't expected to start any time soon, as the government says it will spend $15 million over the next three years to advance ...
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Provincial Politics
First Nations chiefs say civil disobedience an option if Alberta referendum proceeds
Treaty chiefs representing First Nations across the West say they are willing to carry out acts of civil disobedience if necessary to fight Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's separation vote. And Treaty 8 Grand Chief Trevor Mercredi has renewed a call for Smith to put a stop to an upcoming referendum on it. He points to ...
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Province invests in supporting survivors of gender-based violence
The Government of Alberta has invested $2.5 million in the Community Pathways to Justice grant to help support survivors of gender-based violence.The investment also advances the province's 10-year strategy to end gender-based violence."It is critical that survivors receive the support they need to navigate the ju...
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League currently has five Alberta-based teams
BC Hockey League looking to expand further into Alberta markets as part of growth plan
The British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) has come out to say it's looking at supplementing the number of teams it has, and Alberta is one of the markets it's seriously considering.The BCHL, which recently held its Annual General Meeting at Rogers Place in Vancouver, re-affirmed a growth plan established back in Octobe...
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Team fundraiser
Innisfail Eagles say tickets are selling fast for 2nd annual Blades & Birdies golf tournament
The Innisfail Eagles senior men's hockey team says tickets for their upcoming second annual Blades & Birdies golf tournament are still available, but are selling fast. The tournament is set for Thursday, July 9, at the Innisfail Golf Club with a shotgun start at 9 a.m. Eagles head coach Ryan Dodd said they've had o...
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expected to go high at june nhl draft
Lacombe's Daxon Rudolph leaving WHL for University of Denver
It's being reported Wednesday that Lacombe's Daxon Rudolph will leave the Western Hockey League's Prince Albert Raiders to play at the University of Denver next season.Multiple sources, namely the Grand Forks Herald's Brad Schlossman, and The Athletic's Scott Wheeler, are confirming the move.Can confirm this, not that ...
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Rebels search for new HC begins
Rebels owner Brent Sutter says coaching pool could be deeper than ever
The search for a new head coach is officially underway for the Red Deer Rebels, and owner Brent Sutter said he's already begun fielding calls.This comes after former head coach Marc Habscheid resigned from the position after just one season at the helm.Sutter said Habscheid called him on Monday and informed him that he...
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Canada
Unhoused soccer players at Montreal tournament say sport changed their lives
MONTREAL - Fabrice Mugabe says his experience playing for team Canada at the Homeless World Cup in Oslo, Norway, last year changed his life and helped him find stability. Mugabe took part in a panel discussion today at Université de Montréal on ways to...
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World Cup driving spike in counterfeit goods, U.S., Canadian border officials say
OTTAWA - Canadian and U.S. border law enforcement officials say they expect to see an increase in counterfeit goods linked to the World Cup. Officials from the Canada Border Services Agency and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Securi...
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Liberal MP Erskine-Smith confirms plans to leave federal politics in supporter email
OTTAWA - Liberal MP Nate Erskine-Smith has sent an email to supporters confirming he will resign his seat in the House of Commons and inviting volunteers to an event to celebrate his decade of public service. He was elected in Beaches-East York in 2015...
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Texas company to pay B.C. First Nation $12M over 2016 tugboat spill
BELLA BELLA - A British Columbia First Nation says a Texas company has agreed to pay more than $12 million in the first portion of a "multi-part settlement" after a grounded tugboat spilled about 110,000 litres of pollutants in central coast waters in ...
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Arson attempt at Montreal synagogue should be an 'elbows up' moment, rabbi says
MONTREAL - The rabbi at a Montreal synagogue targeted by an attempted arson attack early Friday says the crime should be a rallying call for society to take antisemitism more seriously. Lisa Grushcow says it's not the first time Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sh...
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What you need to know about the federal government's grocery and essentials rebate
OTTAWA - The federal government's new Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit will see its first round of quarterly payments go out today. The benefit was known previously as the GST/HST credit, so people who were eligible for that program likely will ...
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World
Trump says he wants his new acting director of national intelligence to cut the office
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) - President Donald Trump said on Friday that he wants his new acting director of national intelligence, Bill Pulte, to cut the office, which has already been significantly scaled back during his second term. Trum...
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A federal judge strikes down Trump administration immigration policy affecting 39 countries
BOSTON (AP) - A federal judge on Friday struck down a Trump administration policy enacted after the shooting of two National Guard members that made it harder for immigrants from dozens of countries to stay and enter the U.S. In a ruling ...
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Virginia man gets life in prison for double murder scheme in affair with Brazilian au pair
FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) - A Virginia man who was having an affair with the family's Brazilian au pair was sentenced Friday to life in prison without parole for the murder of his wife and a man who was lured to the couple's home as a fall guy. B...
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