2026 season wrap
Red Deer Lacrosse Association celebrates league and provincial titles
The Red Deer Lacrosse Association is celebrating a season that resulted in multiple league championships and a pair of provincial titles.The RDLA reports that four teams within the association advanced to provincials after winning league championships, including U13A, U15A, U17B, and U17A Chiefs.The U17B team finished ...
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Convoy organizer Pat King guilty of intimidation, Appeal Court rules
OTTAWA - The Ontario Court of Appeal has found "Freedom Convoy" organizer Pat King guilty of intimidation and has ordered a new sentencing hearing. King was charged with a number of offences for his leading role in the February 2022 demonstration that ...
Jul 17, 2026
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United Way allots nearly $600,000 across central Alberta agencies
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Olds RCMP to recognize youth through Operation Freeze this summer
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United Way allots nearly $600,000 across central Alberta agencies
United Way Central Alberta (UWCA) is allocating nearly $595,000 to 24 programs across central Alberta.This investment marks the first year of UWCA's three-year funding commitment, providing participating partner agencies with stable, predictable funding through 2029, UWCA says."This investment represents much more...
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Olds RCMP to recognize youth through Operation Freeze this summer
Olds RCMP, along with Calgary Police and Lethbridge Police, are carrying out Operation Freeze this summer, but it isn't your typical operation.Along with other partner, Circle K, members will recognize youth who make positive contributions to their communities.Operation Freeze has been running for more than 20 years, f...
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2026 season wrap
Red Deer Lacrosse Association celebrates league and provincial titles
The Red Deer Lacrosse Association is celebrating a season that resulted in multiple league championships and a pair of provincial titles.The RDLA reports that four teams within the association advanced to provincials after winning league championships, including U13A, U15A, U17B, and U17A Chiefs.The U17B team finished ...
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Conditions as of July 14
Hot weather helped advance crops in central Alberta over the last week
While a few areas are still experiencing the effects of excessive moisture and scattered hail, hot weather over the week helped advance crops in the central Alberta region.That's according to the latest Alberta Crop Report from Agriculture Financial Services Corporation (AFSC) and the Government of Alberta.The report i...
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Gov't of Alberta to create seven primary care corporations
The Government of Alberta says it will create seven primary care corridor health corporations under Primary Care Alberta.The seven will take on planning, reporting, and coordination of work that the government notes can pull front-line providers away from patient care.The province explains that the new model builds on ...
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Suspected Abduction
Search continues for two missing children and two wanted adults
The Alberta Major Crime Unit is still looking for Lanakai and Karl Morrison. Mounties believe the two children, aged six and four respectively, are with their mother, 35-year-old Krista Morrison and Karl's father, 35-year-old Daniel Ludwig. Both adults are "wanted by police for abduction in contravention of a cust...
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36th annual
MLA Todd Lowen wishing Albertans a "Happy Parks Day"
Central Peace-Notley MLA Todd Lowen, who also serves as Minister of Forestry and Parks has issued a statement for the 36th annual Alberta Parks Day, which is tomorrow (Saturday, July 18): "Happy Parks Day, Alberta! I encourage all Albertans to take a little time to get outside, connect with nature, and enjoy the i...
Jul 17, 2026
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Provincial Politics
Nenshi apologizes for photo taken with Israeli ambassador
Alberta Opposition N-D-P Leader Naheed Nenshi is apologizing after posing in a photo with the Israeli ambassador. The photo was taken at last week's Calgary Stampede with Iddo Moed. Nenshi says the image caused harm and hurt many people -- and for that he is sorry. Nenshi was one of a dozen Canadian politicians who app...
Jul 16, 2026
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july 22-26
Red Deerians to compete at IWWF World Over-35 Waterski Championships
Two Red Deer athletes will compete at the upcoming IWWF World Over-35 Waterski Championships in Calgary. Chosen to represent Team Canada, Brad Balon will compete in the 45+ category in the events of men's slalom, trick, and jump. As well, the host organizing committee is permitted to select a group of athletes, and one...
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2026 season wrap
Red Deer Lacrosse Association celebrates league and provincial titles
The Red Deer Lacrosse Association is celebrating a season that resulted in multiple league championships and a pair of provincial titles.The RDLA reports that four teams within the association advanced to provincials after winning league championships, including U13A, U15A, U17B, and U17A Chiefs.The U17B team finished ...
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Won PGA Women's Championship
Red Deer's Eileen Park to play in 112th Canadian Women's Amateur Championship
Red Deer's Eileen Park is set to play in the 112th Canadian Women's Amateur Championship next week.From July 21-24 at the Toronto Golf Club in Mississauga, Ont., she'll compete against the top amateur golfers from around the world.The tournament will feature 156 players competing over 72 holes of stroke play.Along with...
Jul 17, 2026
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Canada
A look at the hundreds of wildfires burning from coast to coast in Canada
More than 950 wildfires are scorching Canada from coast to coast, the national wildland fire summary says. Roughly 241 blazes are out of control. The fires have prompted Environment Canada to issue air quality warnings from B.C. to Quebec, as well as t...
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A look at the hundreds of wildfires burning from coast to coast in Canada
More than 950 wildfires are scorching Canada from coast to coast, the national wildland fire summary says. Roughly 241 blazes are out of control. The fires have prompted Environment Canada to issue air quality warnings from B.C. to Quebec, as well as ...
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Unifor releases details on tentative agreement with Ford
Thousands of Canadian auto workers could secure three per cent wage increases every year for the next three if they agree to a new labour contract. Unifor released details of a proposed collective agreement between its bargaining leads and Ford Motor C...
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N.S. crews continue battling out-of-control wildfire northeast of Halifax
Crews in Nova Scotia were in the air and on the ground as they continued efforts Saturday to fight an out-of-control wildfire northeast of Halifax. The province's Natural Resources Department said the fire, which started earlier this week and triggered...
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B.C. wildfire tally surges past 100 as lightning transforms fire season in a flash
The wildfire season in British Columbia has been transformed in a flash, with lightning strikes sending the tally of blazes burning in the province past 100. But Attila Banhegyi remains unfazed after choosing to remain behind in his house in Boston Bar...
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Premier Doug Ford warns wildfire evacuees to not return to their homes
THUNDER BAY - Premier Doug Ford is asking people fleeing northern Ontario wildfires to not return to their homes, saying going back to evacuated areas could jeopardize firefighting efforts. The warning comes as one First Nation has said residents were ...
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World
Safety fears limit Ebola response in Congo, with more than 12 attacks recorded
BUNIA, Congo (AP) - At least a dozen attacks on health facilities and workers have been recorded during Congo's Ebola outbreak as safety fears restrict the response in the worst-affected region, authorities said Saturday. Many health wor...
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Mali rebels ambush an army convoy, killing or capturing scores of soldiers
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) - Islamic militants and a separatist group ambushed a Malian army convoy in the country's hard-hit north on Saturday, resulting in the killing or capture of scores of soldiers, the rebels said. The Malian army confirmed ...
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US military says 2 troops are dead and 1 is missing after Iran attacks a base in Jordan
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The U.S. military on Saturday announced its first troop deaths due to direct Iranian fire since the opening days of the war, with two killed and another missing in an attack on a base in Jordan after days of intensify...
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