Water Not Coal
Alberta musician Corb Lund to be in Red Deer next week for last-minute petition push
Alberta musician Corb Lund is set to be in Red Deer next week in an effort to gain enough signatures for his "Water Not Coal" citizen initiative petition that opposes coal mining in Alberta's eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains.The deadline to meet the threshold of 178,000 signatures is approaching on Wedne...
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Podcast: The beautiful game takes over Fairview Elementary
Learn more about this story by listening to Episode 73 of The Everything Red Deer Podcast!--For one day, the most popular sport in the world brought student-athletes from around Red Deer to Fairview Elementary -- a place where, fittingly, there are 42 countries represented and 39 languages spoken.But if you ask Fairvie...
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Central Alberta Children's Festival on Saturday
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Water Not Coal
Alberta musician Corb Lund to be in Red Deer next week for last-minute petition push
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May 13 Incident
Ponoka RCMP charge two males following rural break and enter
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Red Deer and Area
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Central Alberta Children's Festival on Saturday
The 20th annual Central Alberta Children's Festival is this weekend at Recreation Centre Park in Red Deer's downtown.Hours Saturday are 9-4:30.Tickets are $10 for all, except for infants under one-year-old.A family pass (four people) is $35.Entertainment includes:Box CityPancake SaturdayJojo's Magic CircusAmanda PandaP...
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Water Not Coal
Alberta musician Corb Lund to be in Red Deer next week for last-minute petition push
Alberta musician Corb Lund is set to be in Red Deer next week in an effort to gain enough signatures for his "Water Not Coal" citizen initiative petition that opposes coal mining in Alberta's eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains.The deadline to meet the threshold of 178,000 signatures is approaching on Wedne...
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May 13 Incident
Ponoka RCMP charge two males following rural break and enter
Two Ponoka men are facing charges after a break-in at a rural lease site last month.On May 13, 2026, shortly before 1:30 p.m., Ponoka RCMP responded to a report of a break and enter at a rural lease site in Ponoka County. According to Mounties, the complainant reported locating a truck in the lease site with two males ...
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Last Seen June 2, 2026
Missing: Dominic Morson, 13, of Red Deer
Red Deer RCMP are requesting the public's assistance in locating 13-year-old Dominic Morson. Mounties say Dominic was last seen on June 2, 2026, in Red Deer, Alta. Police are concerned for his well-being and would like to speak to him. Dominic Morson is described as: 5 feet 11 inches tall,132 pounds,Medium-length brown...
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Alberta
Rise in full-time work, drop in part-time
May labour force survey numbers unveiled by Alberta government
Alberta labour figures for the month of May have been released. According to the Province, there were 2,670,500 people employed Alberta-wide last month, up almost 14,000 from April, and an increase of 104,400 or 4.1 percent from May 2025.Across the country, there was an additional 87,800 jobs created last month.Alberta...
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Provincial Politics
Alberta's Smith says law will be enforced if separation vote spurs civil disobedience
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the law will be enforced if First Nations communities engage in civil disobedience over her government's separation referendum. But at an unrelated news conference today, the premier says she hopes it doesn't come to that. On Oct. 19, Albertans will vote on whether they want to stay ...
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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 ...
Jun 04, 2026
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Local Sports
Season opener this weekend
Youth movement injects energy into Central Alberta Buccaneers heading into AFL season
The Central Alberta Buccaneers are optimistic about the upcoming season, and a big reason for that is the recruitment efforts to bring in more youth to the club.They were able to recruit approximately 20 new players, many of whom have recently played at the high school level in central Alberta, while also returning a c...
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at fairview school, everyone is cool
Podcast: The beautiful game takes over Fairview Elementary
Learn more about this story by listening to Episode 73 of The Everything Red Deer Podcast!--For one day, the most popular sport in the world brought student-athletes from around Red Deer to Fairview Elementary -- a place where, fittingly, there are 42 countries represented and 39 languages spoken.But if you ask Fairvie...
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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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Canada
Stéphane Dion says Canada needs more diplomats to build ties with Europe
OTTAWA - Former foreign affairs minister Stéphane Dion says Canada needs to substantially staff up its embassies in Europe and set deadlines for following through on the flurry of agreements Brussels has signed with Ottawa. Dion's comments come after C...
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Canada temporarily blocking livestock from Texas due to New World screwworm
OTTAWA - Canada is temporarily restricting the import of livestock from Texas over concerns about a parasitic fly with flesh-eating larvae. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said animals that are from Texas or were present in the state within 21 days...
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Eby says Canada's not-criminally-responsible system re-victimizes families
The provisions in the Criminal Code related to people found not criminally responsible by reason of mental disorder have resulted in a system that re-victimizes the family of three murdered children, British Columbia Premier David Eby said. The premier...
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Three U.K. men plead guilty in death of Owen Sound, Ont., restaurant owner
Three men from the United Kingdom who were extradited to Canada last year to face charges after a deadly confrontation with an Ontario restaurant owner over an unpaid bill pleaded guilty on Friday. The men, who are from the same family, were charged in...
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FIFA allowing disposable water bottles at World Cup matches
TORONTO - FIFA is clarifying that soccer fans will be allowed to bring disposable water bottles to World Cup matches in Canada and the United States. A FIFA official said the announcement makes its policy clear following backlash about its ban on reusa...
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B.C. man faces 21 charges in weapons, drug bust at Vancouver home in 2024
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia man faces 21 weapon and drug possession offences after Canadian border agents discovered a cache of firearms at a Vancouver home. The Canada Border Services Agency says in a news release that Dylan James Kennedy appeared ...
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World
Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva wins French Open to claim first Grand Slam title
PARIS (AP) - Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva was already a tennis phenom at age 15. At 19, she's a Grand Slam champion. The eighth-ranked Andreeva ended the run of 114th-ranked Polish qualifier Maja Chwalinska by 6-3, 6-2 in...
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Judge halts Trump administration efforts to impose conditions on SNAP
BOSTON (AP) - A federal judge on Friday sided with 20 Democratic states and halted an effort by the Trump administration to force states to comply with a range of conditions to get billions of dollars from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program....
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Jury awards $176M for wrongful deaths of young brothers struck by California socialite's car
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Los Angeles jury has awarded $176 million to the parents of two young brothers killed in a hit-and-run collision when a California socialite's car struck them in a crosswalk nearly six years ago. The jury found both Rebecca Grossma...
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