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Red Deer RCMP advise of heavy police presence in Clearview Ridge area
Red Deer RCMP are reporting a heavy police presence in the Clearview Ridge area in the community.Police say they're currently on scene and are asking the public to avoid the area and follow the directions of officers on scene.They also ask residents to refrain from posting photos of police on social media until after t...
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$504K projected surplus
Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools approves 2026-27 budget
The Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools Board of Trustees has approved the 2026-27 operating budget, with $135.1 million in expenditures and $136.1 million in projected revenues, resulting in an approximate $504,000 surplus."Trustees discussed enrolment trends, staffing increases, and reserve planning, while also h...
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$504K projected surplus
Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools approves 2026-27 budget
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Red Deer River flowing much stronger than usual
High streamflow advisories in place for spots around central Alberta
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RDCRS reviews new artificial intelligence guidelines for students and teachers
Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools (RDCRS) has approved new guidelines for artificial intelligence use in the classroom designed to improve outcomes for students and teachers. Students will be allowed to use AI to help with their studies. The guidelines allow for the use of tools to review content, create customized st...
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Avoid the area
Red Deer RCMP advise of heavy police presence in Clearview Ridge area
Red Deer RCMP are reporting a heavy police presence in the Clearview Ridge area in the community.Police say they're currently on scene and are asking the public to avoid the area and follow the directions of officers on scene.They also ask residents to refrain from posting photos of police on social media until after t...
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$504K projected surplus
Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools approves 2026-27 budget
The Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools Board of Trustees has approved the 2026-27 operating budget, with $135.1 million in expenditures and $136.1 million in projected revenues, resulting in an approximate $504,000 surplus."Trustees discussed enrolment trends, staffing increases, and reserve planning, while also h...
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Red Deer River flowing much stronger than usual
High streamflow advisories in place for spots around central Alberta
The rainfall warning has ended; however, 'high streamflow advisories' are in effect for several spots around central Alberta.An advisory is impacting the following rivers as of 11 a.m. on Tuesday, June 2, and can be tracked here:Battle River near PonokaBlindman River near Blackfalds, and near BlufftonRaven River (west ...
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Provincial Politics
Former Alberta judge tapped to chair panel re-drawing electoral boundaries
Alberta's governing United Conservative Party has tapped a retired judge to chair the province's new political boundaries panel. Former provincial justice Brian O'Ferrall will head a panel, overseen by a UCP-led committee, to redraw a map marking all electoral ridings across the province. The Opposition NDP questions w...
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Advocacy group says Province is 'failing'
Seniors deserve better care in their golden years: Friends of Medicare
An Alberta health care watchdog says it wants to remind the UCP government that seniors are valued, and its executive director believes those who built this province should be treated better.Chris Galloway with Friends of Medicare made the comments during an interview with Pattison Media Monday, the first day of Senior...
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Provincial Politics
Separatism and energy; Alberta's Smith to meet with counterpart in Quebec this week
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is planning to meet with her counterpart in Quebec City this week, with separatism and energy possible topics of discussion. Smith says she's hoping Quebec Premier Christine Frechette will be open to talking about an east-west energy corridor. Smith says every time she has met with leader...
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Alberta partially rolls out new surgery funding model for public hospitals
Alberta is rolling out a new surgery funding model that ties money to patients, starting in a dozen public hospitals across the province. The government calls it patient-focused funding and says it began last month for the initial group of hospitals. Hospital operators are being funded based on the number and type of p...
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Three-day tournament
NextGen Western Golf Championship comes to Ponoka on Thursday
The NextGen Western Golf Championship is set for Ponoka this week.The three-day tournament put on by Golf Canada will take place from June 4-6 at the Wolf Creek Golf Resort and feature 156 junior boys and girls.They will play 54 holes and compete for the stroke play championship, which will count towards the players' W...
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Due to weather
Sylvan Lake Gulls postpone Tuesday's home game
The Sylvan Lake Gulls have announced that their game against the Energy City Cactus Rats on Tuesday, June 2, has been postponed due to the rain.As a result, they'll play the Cactus Rats on Wednesday, June 3, at 7:05 p.m. at Gulls Stadium.All tickets will be transferred to the rescheduled game.
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City of Red Deer closes community sports fields due to heavy rain
The City of Red Deer reports that all community sports fields are closed today due to wet conditions.This includes Great Chief Park, Setters Field, Woody's Athletic Park, and all other sports fields and ball diamonds.As a result, all scheduled activities at these fields have been cancelled.The City of Red Deer says the...
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Canada
Mountie says 'dishevelled' B.C. murder suspect confessed, said he'd attempted suicide
A Mountie has testified that a "very dishevelled" man later identified as murder suspect Vitali Stefanski appeared by a British Columbia roadside as his bloodstained car was being towed away, telling officers he'd murdered his ex-wife and had tried to ...
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AFN chief rebukes Alberta separation talks in meeting with King Charles
OTTAWA - The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations rebuked the Alberta separation movement during a meeting with King Charles at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday. "The King was there with us in unison, that First Nations are foundational partners...
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Climate advocacy group calls out financial watchdogs on 'voluntary approach' failures
MONTREAL - Attempts to push corporate Canada to reduce emissions have failed to yield the desired results, a climate advocacy group says. Investors for Paris Compliance, which for the past five years has asked companies to honour their voluntary climat...
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Federal government's new AI strategy will emphasize trust, minister says
OTTAWA - The federal government's new AI strategy will look to build trust in artificial intelligence, Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon said Tuesday, just days before he is expected to finally make the plan public. "It'll be lots on trust,...
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Poilievre says Quebec separatism was 'wiped out' under Tories. Polls say otherwise.
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says support for Quebec separatism was "wiped out" under Stephen Harper's government but polls show the movement has had steady support for decades. The Tory leader insists separatist sentiment in both Albe...
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Citing 'institutional resistance,' military police watchdog calls for broader powers
OTTAWA - Canada's military police watchdog is calling on the federal government to change the law to give her office more teeth and greater ability to investigate complaints. Military Police Complaints Commission chair Tammy Tremblay made the call for ...
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World
Massive Russian attack kills 22 people across Ukraine, officials say, as Moscow escalates fighting
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russia launched hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles against Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities overnight, killing at least 22 civilians and wounding 138 others, authorities said Tuesday. Russian President Vladimir ...
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Russian attack on Ukraine capital kills at least 3 and traps others in damaged buildings
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russia attacked Ukraine's capital with a barrage of missiles and drones overnight Tuesday, killing at least three people and trapping others, authorities said. At least 29 people were injured, the head of Kyiv's milit...
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South Carolina jury finds store owner not guilty of murder in killing of Black teen
COLUMBIA, S.C (AP) - A South Carolina jury on Monday found a store owner not guilty of murder in the 2023 shooting of a Black 14-year-old. The jury returned the verdict for Chikei Rick Chow. Chow, 61, who is Asian, shot Cyrus Carmack-Belt...
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