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Youth HQ receives huge donation from Sunrise Rotary
Red Deer's Sunrise Rotary Club has made a sizeable and what some are calling transformative $100,000 donation to Youth HQ.The contribution will support programs and services that help young people and families throughout central Alberta, Youth HQ noted in a release.Key programs that will benefit include: Boys and Girls...
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Provincial Politics
NDP's Nenshi supportive of public cash for Alberta pipeline, wants honesty from Smith
Alberta's Opposition NDP leader says Premier Danielle Smith's plan for a new pipeline has his support, but he's calling on her to be honest about how much taxpayers could be on the hook for. Naheed Nenshi says he doesn't see public financing as a deal-breaker, but he'd like to see more private involvement. Nenshi says ...
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new tourist attraction
Blindman Valley Lions launch 'Barn Quilt Trail'
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Youth HQ receives huge donation from Sunrise Rotary
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New student emergency bursary
RDP receives $93K donation from alumnus Randy Harper
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new tourist attraction
Blindman Valley Lions launch 'Barn Quilt Trail'
The Blindman Valley Lions Club has launched a unique new tourist attraction.The 'Barn Quilt Trail' borrows from a rural art form started in 2001 by an Ohio woman.There are now over 40 states and three provinces with such a trail, and the Lions Club views it as a scavenger hunt for curious folks."We wanted to showc...
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$100,000
Youth HQ receives huge donation from Sunrise Rotary
Red Deer's Sunrise Rotary Club has made a sizeable and what some are calling transformative $100,000 donation to Youth HQ.The contribution will support programs and services that help young people and families throughout central Alberta, Youth HQ noted in a release.Key programs that will benefit include: Boys and Girls...
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New student emergency bursary
RDP receives $93K donation from alumnus Randy Harper
Red Deer Polytechnic announced a member of the institution's alumni made a significant donation towards reducing barriers for students to pursue academic and athletic goals.On Thursday, Randy Harper donated $93,075, with half going towards establishing the Randy Harper Student Emergency Bursary Fund for RDP students an...
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severe weather
Near-record wet June leads to mosquito uprising
Last month was the fifth-wettest June at the Red Deer Regional Airport in the last 113 years.Chloe Katsademas, a meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada, confirms the airport received 186.9 mm of precipitation.The June average for that weather station is 97.7 mm.The record, Katsademas shared, is 243.9 ...
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Alberta
Requirements not met
Elections Alberta deems 'Water Not Coal' petition unsuccessful
Elections Alberta announced that Alberta musician Corb Lund's "Water Not Coal" citizen initiative petition has been deemed unsuccessful.Alberta's Chief Electoral Officer, Gordon McClure, determined the requirements of section six under the Citizen Initiative Act were not met.The petition needed to reach the 1...
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Provincial Politics
NDP's Nenshi supportive of public cash for Alberta pipeline, wants honesty from Smith
Alberta's Opposition NDP leader says Premier Danielle Smith's plan for a new pipeline has his support, but he's calling on her to be honest about how much taxpayers could be on the hook for. Naheed Nenshi says he doesn't see public financing as a deal-breaker, but he'd like to see more private involvement. Nenshi says ...
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Environmental groups wanted to see clear decarbonization commitment in pipeline plan
OTTAWA - Environment groups say they wanted to see a more concrete commitment to decarbonization in the proposal put forward for a pipeline to the B.C. coast backed by the Alberta and federal governments. Representatives from both the Pembina Institute...
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nation-building project
Alberta pitches new bitumen pipeline to B.C. coast with TMX, Pembina partners
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has pitched a new bitumen pipeline to the B.C. coast, just hours after Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a deal with B.C. to make it possible. Smith and Carney stood together in Calgary to announce that Alberta has formally submitted a proposed route to Carney's major projects office. ...
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Local Sports
Successes and changes coming
WHL commissioner comes out with annual State-of-the-League report
The head of the Western Hockey League has come out with his annual report on the 2025-26 season of play.Commissioner Dan Near outlined some of the accomplishments and proposed changes, based on feedback, that will take place for the upcoming season."More than 3.2 million fans attended regular season WHL games this...
Jul 01, 2026
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WHL announces changes
Rebels announce full 2026-27 schedule
The Red Deer Rebels unveiled their full schedule for the upcoming 2026-27 WHL season.This season marks the 35th season in franchise history, which begins on Friday, September 18, when they face the Calgary Hitmen at the Scotiabank Saddledome.The home opener will then take place on Saturday, Sept. 19, when they host the...
Jun 30, 2026
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New leadership
RDP Kings hire new head coach for soccer and futsal teams
The Red Deer Polytechnic Kings soccer and futsal teams announced they've hired a new head coach.On Tuesday, they hired Lonny Behm following the departure of Ado Sarcevic."We're excited to welcome Lonny as the new head coach of Kings Soccer and Futsal. With more than 20 years of coaching and technical leadership ex...
Jun 30, 2026
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Canada
B.C. boosting community coroners' pay by 55%, job ad reveals
The B.C. government is boosting the pay for community coroners by about 55 per cent, after years of complaints about low wages for the sometimes gruesome job. The province is looking for community coroners to cover death investigations in dozens of com...
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Rights council seeks unity that Jewish, Muslim envoys couldn't achieve: Miller
OTTAWA - Heritage Minister Marc Miller says the government's widely criticized advisory council on inclusion is meant to unify Canadians in a way previous federal envoys tasked with tackling antisemitism and Islamophobia could not. "This is an advisory...
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Environmental groups wanted to see clear decarbonization commitment in pipeline plan
OTTAWA - Environment groups say they wanted to see a more concrete commitment to decarbonization in the proposal put forward for a pipeline to the B.C. coast backed by the Alberta and federal governments. Representatives from both the Pembina Institute...
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Environmentalists have mixed reactions to Quebec-Ottawa caribou funding deal
MONTREAL - Environmentalists are divided on whether a new funding deal reached between Quebec and the federal government will help save the province's dwindling caribou herds. The executive director of environmental group SNAP Québec says the agreemen...
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The Latest from the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Canada
The latest from the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Canada. All times are Eastern: 2 p.m. The final day of round of 32 action at the World Cup is underway, with Australia taking on Egypt at Dallas Stadium. Egypt, which entered the tournament with a 0-5-2 World ...
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55,000 hydro clients in Quebec, Ontario without power after severe storms
MONTREAL - Roughly 55,000 clients are without power in Ontario and Quebec after severe thunderstorms on Thursday swept across Central Canada, which was already dealing with sweltering temperatures. Environment Canada says that at the peak of the outag...
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World
Conservative candidate Keiko Fujimori wins Peru's presidential election in a runoff
LIMA, Peru (AP) - Conservative politician Keiko Fujimori on Friday was declared the winner of the presidential runoff election in Peru, which was dominated by people's concerns over surging crime. Fujimori, 51, the daughter of a disgraced...
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Interpol names suspect in Monaco bombing that reportedly targeted Russia-linked Ukrainian tycoon
PARIS (AP) - Interpol on Friday identified the main suspect in the Monaco bombing that reportedly targeted a Ukrainian tycoon with links to Russia as a 39-year-old woman from Ukraine who remains at large. The police organization named An...
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Overcrowded bus plunges into ravine in southwest Pakistan, killing 40 passengers and injuring 8
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) - A speeding, overcrowded passenger bus plunged from a highway into a rocky ravine in southwestern Pakistan early Friday, killing 40 people and injuring eight others in one of the deadliest road accidents in recent years, official...
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