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Vote on disestablishment of BIA and DBA now underway
Today, Business Improvement Area (BIA) levy payers will vote on the potential disestablishment of the BIA and the Downtown Business Association.Until 8 p.m., voters can head to the boardroom at Servus Arena to cast their vote.If a majority votes in favour of the disestablishment, the city council must move forward with...
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Three games remaining
Rebels fall to Hitmen in OT loss at home
The Red Deer Rebels hit a small speed bump in their pursuit of the postseason on Saturday.Despite holding a 3-0 lead in the first period, the Rebels fell 6-5 to the Calgary Hitmen in overtime.Rebels head coach Marc Habscheid said after they got up early, he felt his team got too fancy and got away from their game."...
Mar 15, 2026
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Missing: William Wrench, 18, of Red Deer
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Vote on disestablishment of BIA and DBA now underway
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multiple convictions last 5 years
Repeat offender arrested by Wetaskiwin and Maskwacis RCMP
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Red Deer and Area
Last seen on March 10
Missing: William Wrench, 18, of Red Deer
Red Deer RCMP are asking for the public's help in finding missing 18-year-old William Wrench. The Red Deer resident was last seen on March 10 at around 9 a.m. and has not been heard from since. Police say there is a concern for his well-being. He is described as five feet seven inches tall and 110 pounds with brown hai...
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Vote until 8 p.m.
Vote on disestablishment of BIA and DBA now underway
Today, Business Improvement Area (BIA) levy payers will vote on the potential disestablishment of the BIA and the Downtown Business Association.Until 8 p.m., voters can head to the boardroom at Servus Arena to cast their vote.If a majority votes in favour of the disestablishment, the city council must move forward with...
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multiple convictions last 5 years
Repeat offender arrested by Wetaskiwin and Maskwacis RCMP
RCMP in Wetaskiwin and Maskwacis recently teamed up, they say, to arrest a repeat offender.On Feb. 27, at about 11:30 p.m., the Wetaskiwin Crime Reduction Unit was on proactive patrol in the city's south.Members note in a release that they observed a dark-coloured sedan travelling east on 40 Avenue. The license plate a...
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challenge accepted, president says
The perfect storm: RDP to run $12 million deficit over next two years
There's no getting around the fact that a $12 million deficit over the next two years will be a challenge for Red Deer Polytechnic. However, institution president Stuart Cullum believes his team is not only up to the challenge created by what he calls a perfect storm, but is prepared to work toward balancing the budget...
Mar 14, 2026
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Alberta
Provinciall Politics
First recall petition against Opposition NDP politician withdrawn; Elections Alberta
Elections Alberta says a recall petition against a member of Alberta's Opposition NDP has been withdrawn. The petition against education critic Amanda Chapman came late last year after more than a dozen similar campaigns were launched against members of the governing United Conservative caucus. Elections Alberta says t...
Mar 13, 2026
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Agriculture
Province offering incentives to vet. clinics to hire students
The provincial government says it is putting $250,000 over two years into an idea meant to get veterinary students to stay in rural Alberta.This money is for the Veterinary Student Recruitment and Retention Pilot Grant Program. It is intended to get rural clinics to hire summer students and to get those students to pra...
Mar 13, 2026
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Education
Alberta teachers fail to get court injunction on back-to-work law that ended strike
A judge has denied an injunction application from Alberta teachers against legislation that forced them back to work and ended a provincewide strike last fall. Justice Douglas Mah says the Alberta Teachers' Association failed to prove issues in the case are so serious and pressing that the law should be put on hold whi...
Mar 13, 2026
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Provincial Politics
Alberta orders third-party review of Calgary's ongoing water rationing woes
The Alberta government has ordered a sweeping third-party investigation into Calgary's ongoing water main problems, which have again forced residents to ration their use. Municipal Affairs Minister Dan Williams says the probe will be headed by David Goldie, a former chair of Alberta's energy regulator. Goldie will have...
Mar 13, 2026
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Three games remaining
Rebels fall to Hitmen in OT loss at home
The Red Deer Rebels hit a small speed bump in their pursuit of the postseason on Saturday.Despite holding a 3-0 lead in the first period, the Rebels fell 6-5 to the Calgary Hitmen in overtime.Rebels head coach Marc Habscheid said after they got up early, he felt his team got too fancy and got away from their game."...
Mar 15, 2026
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Four games remaining
Rebels strengthen playoff bid with OT victory over Wheat Kings
The Red Deer Rebels needed a hero, and on superhero-themed night at the Centrium, they got one.Just 29 seconds into overtime, forward Beckett Hamilton snapped home the game-winning goal in a 3-2 overtime victory over the Brandon Wheat Kings.When asked about the exciting end to the game, head coach Marc Habscheid quoted...
Mar 14, 2026
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Rebels to wear superhero-themed jerseys in support of Children's Miracle Network
The Red Deer Rebels will be sporting special superhero-themed jerseys in Friday night's tilt against the Brandon Wheat Kings.In partnership with the Western Hockey League, the Rebels will also wear capes during warm-ups as part of the RE/MAX Presents: Be a Superhero for Children's Miracle Network.Fans at the game will ...
Mar 14, 2026
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Canada
Soccer Canada gets $300K in federal funding for youth initiatives ahead of World Cup
TORONTO - Canada Soccer is receiving $300,000 from the federal government to expand youth engagement initiatives across the country. Adam van Koeverden, the secretary of state for sport, announced the funding on Monday ahead of the FIFA men's World Cup...
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Via Rail 'needs to improve its service' despite solid management: auditor general
A new report from Canada's auditor general says Via Rail needs to improve its service, even as she gave solid marks to the Crown corporation's management practices. Karen Hogan says that over the past decade Via has failed to improve its on-time perfor...
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Tumbler Ridge gets arena funding through NHL's Hockeyville after deadly shootings
TUMBLER RIDGE - Tumbler Ridge, B.C., is among several communities in Canada awarded funding through the 2026 Kraft Hockeyville program just weeks after a mass shooting attack in the town where eight people were killed and dozens more hurt. Thirteen pr...
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Quebec's Abitibi region buried by March storm forecast to bring up to 50 cm of snow
MONTREAL - Schools are closed and many municipal services are suspended in Quebec's Abitibi-Témiscamingue region because of a storm forecast to bring up to 50 centimetres of snow and freezing rain. The city of Rouyn-Noranda, about 500 kilometres northw...
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No charges three years after Old Montreal building fire kills seven people
MONTREAL - It's the three-year anniversary of a building fire in Old Montreal that killed seven people - and there are still no charges. Both the prosecutor's office and Montreal police say the criminal investigation is ongoing and they are working to ...
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Flood risks rise as atmospheric river hits B.C., bringing rain, snow and wind
VANCOUVER - Parts of British Columbia are now under flood watches as an atmospheric river arrives along the coast, triggering a string of weather warnings and watches. The B.C. River Forecast Centre says northern and western Vancouver Island and the ce...
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World
Afghanistan accuses Pakistan of carrying out strikes in Kabul targeting hospital treating addicts
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghanistan's Taliban government on Monday accused Pakistan's military of targeting a Kabul hospital that treats drug addicts in airstrikes that killed four people and wounded several others. The attack came hour...
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Cuban officials report an island-wide blackout as country struggles with energy crisis
HAVANA (AP) - Officials in Cuba reported an island-wide blackout Monday in the country of some 11 million people as its energy and economic crises deepen. Cuba has blamed its woes on a U.S. energy blockade after President Donald Trump in January warned...
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Asian Football Confederation says Iran is still set to play at the World Cup
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - A leading soccer official in Asia says Iran is still set to play at the World Cup which kicks off in June in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Also on Monday in Tehran, a government spokesman again stressed it was for ...
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