Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School has honoured Dr. Heather Cowie, a former student, for her international impact.Her career in eye care and community development earned her a spot in the school's Hall of Fame."I am completely floored at this honour," said Heather, as she addressed the Class of 2027 at...

Among the recipients of this year's provincial Community Justice Awards is Red Deer's Shawna Wyatt. Wyatt is program manager with an organization called HomeFront, which has been based in Calgary for 26 years, but expanded programming into Red Deer in May 2024. In her work and that of the organization, Wyatt has helped...

Beginning this Saturday, Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools will celebrate Catholic Education Week from Oct. 17-23.This years theme is is: "The Power of the Holy Spirit", inspired by Romans 15:13: "May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the pow...

The Community Foundation of Central Alberta announced that longtime Penhold residents Stewart and Eileen Ford have contributed once again to the Ford Family Endowment Fund.More specifically, they added $500,000 to the scholarship fund for a total of $1.5 million, which will go to students in Penhold pursuing post-secon...

Prime Minister Mark Carney and Premier Danielle Smith joined forces at a Red Deer brewery to make a last-ditch plea for Albertans to vote to stay in Canada. Carney, standing with Smith and other politicians, channelled author Charles Dickens in saying Monday's referendum comes at the best and worst of times. He says th...

Federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he understands separatist disillusionment with the state of affairs in Canada but that quitting isn't the answer. Poilievre says quitting is the easy way out and Albertans are not quitters. He says the solution is to restore the greatness of a country that has been defe...

Alberta's former top election official says he has effectively lost his right to vote in the province's upcoming separation referendum, and he's pointing the finger at his successor. Glen Resler says he applied to vote by special ballot but was unable to get it back in the mail last week, when Canada Post could still g...

The silence from many Alberta business leaders on the upcoming provincial referendum comes as no surprise to one corporate leadership expert. Monday's vote includes 10 questions; one on whether Alberta should remain in Canada or move toward a binding separation referendum; five on immigration and four on constitutional...

A pair of central Alberta athletes have been named to the Canadian selection camp roster ahead of the upcoming 2026 WBSC Americas U-18 Pan American Championship.On Wednesday, Baseball Canada announced that first baseman and pitcher Zach MacDonald from Lacombe and outfielder Daril Rodriguez from Red Deer will attend the...

Eckville-area cowboy Ben Andersen capped off a storybook week in Edmonton, winning his first Canadian saddle bronc riding championship at the 52nd Canadian Finals Rodeo (CFR). His 2026 victory ended a six-year run of titles by rodeo superstar Zeke Thurston. The 27-year-old Andersen entered the final round at Rogers Pla...

A pair of players with central Alberta ties will be suiting up for Team Canada at the 2026 U17 World Challenge.Red Deer product Madden Daneault and Red Deer Rebels forward Chace Turchak were named to the Team Canada White roster on Wednesday.They are just two of 44 players who will don the maple leaf for Canada Red and...

WINNIPEG - The federal government confirmed at a meeting of Canadian health ministers that it is extending a funding deal on rare disease research, while wider questions on health-care funding remain unanswered. Federal Health Minister Marjorie Michel ...

OTTAWA - The European Investment Bank has applied for an exemption from foreign bank status in Canada, a move that would bring the lending arm of the European Union one step closer to operating here. The request was published today in the Canada Gazett...

One of the ringleaders of the thwarted Toronto 18 terror plot has been granted full parole after the Parole Board of Canada found he no longer showed "any signs of holding onto extremist beliefs or radical ideologies." Zakaria Amara, who helped recruit...

OTTAWA - International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu said trade talks between Canada and India advanced over the past week as he led a major trade mission to New Delhi, Bengaluru and Mumbai. A statement from his office said the mission included represe...

British Columbians have started voting in the provincial election without the release of a costed platform from the B.C. Conservatives, whose leader says it will be announced "imminently." Interim leader Lorne Doerkson said at a Metro Vancouver campaig...

CALGARY - Police were working Friday to determine the cause of a fiery bus crash in Calgary that killed three passengers and injured 16 others, including a police officer who helped save a child. Two transit buses and several other vehicles were involv...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration is escalating its fight with California ahead of next month's midterm election, warning that local officials who process and tabulate ballots submitted by suspected noncitizen voters are putting themselves at ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - A fast-moving fire burned at least four homes in Southern California as hot, windy weather gripped the region Friday, prompting evacuations and power outages. TV footage showed homes burning in San Juan Capistrano in Orange Cou...

ADEN, Yemen (AP) - Two missiles struck the airport in Yemen's port city of Aden on Friday night, police said, blaming Iran-backed Houthi rebels for the second such attack on the airport in less than 10 days. Police said no casualties were...