Rally has arrived, and Rally is the newest support dog at Lacombe Police Services and Victim Services, LPS shared Tuesday.Rally will provide support and comfort to victims, witnesses, community members, plus police officers and civilian staff.Trained and placed through support from the Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Gu...

The 31st annual Central Alberta Foodgrains Growing Project is underway.On May 1, volunteer farmers seeded 140 acres of peas in a field just west of Blackfalds.Last year, the project raised $57,000 from sales of a canola crop near Bentley. The Canadian Foodgrains Bank in Winnipeg, which was established in 1983, then use...

A number of Red Deerians recognized the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people, also known as Red Dress Day, on Tuesday.Organized by different local agencies, the day began with a pipe ceremony in the morning, followed by a walk to Shining Mountain Living Comm...

Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools Board of Trustees named Monica Andrew as the 2026 Council of Catholic School Superintendents of Alberta (CCSSA) Excellence in Catholic Education Leadership Award recipient.Andrew has spent 23 years as an educator, and the honour recognizes her impact as a teacher, counsellor, and spir...

OTTAWA - Five of Canada's largest oilsands producers and clean energy groups are separately criticizing the federal and Alberta governments for slow progress on finalizing aspects of the energy deal signed last year. The pact pairs the prospect of a ne...

The Government of Alberta says reaching out to 211 is now the main access point for mental health and addiction services in the province.It explains that by making 211 the go-to, it is simplifying access.211 can either be called or texted, plus one can visit ab.211.ca, all of which are available 24 hours a day."Wi...

Elections Alberta confirmed Monday it has received signature sheets from Mitch Sylvestre, the proponent behind the "A Referendum Relating to Alberta Independence" citizen initiative petition.The elections authority is also being clear about how it may scrutinize the petition, given the news last week that a s...

It's wildfire season, and the Government of Alberta says it's "geared up and ready."More than 550 seasonal firefighters have been brought on board, for starters. Also in the repertoire will be helicopters with night-vision capability, plus ones that can hoist firefighters in and out of rough terrain. The prov...

Nine Red Deer lacrosse players have been selected to represent Team Alberta at the upcoming Tackaberry Trophy tournament in Halifax, Nova Scotia.Happening Aug. 11-15, the annual tournament crowns the Lacrosse Canada U17 male box lacrosse champion.Bronson Scott, Cooper Northcott, Dylan Turner, Gavin McEvoy, Gavin Roth, ...

Fresh off being named WHL Player of the Month and in the midst of an incredible playoff run, Lacombe's Daxon Rudolph has been named the WHL Player of the Week.Rudolph, a d-man with the Prince Albert Raiders, helped his squad advance this week to the WHL Championship.The 18-year-old had nine points, including four goals...

The 2026 Western Hockey League Prospects Draft is just days away, and the Red Deer Rebels are set to pick 17th overall in the first round.The first round of the draft will take place on Wednesday, May 5, at 5 p.m., with the rest of the rounds to continue on Thursday.After the Rebels make their first-round selection, wh...

MONTREAL - Telecommunications workers are calling for government restrictions on the use of artificial intelligence in the sector, suggesting the technology is being used to monitor workers and disguise the accents of overseas call centre workers. The ...

OTTAWA - Five of Canada's largest oilsands producers and clean energy groups are separately criticizing the federal and Alberta governments for slow progress on finalizing aspects of the energy deal signed last year. The pact pairs the prospect of a ne...

A Quebec man who drove a bus into a Montreal-area daycare in 2023, killing two children and injuring six others, has asked the Court of Appeal to overturn his high-risk offender designation. Pierre Ny St-Amand was found not criminally responsible by Qu...

Canada's new searchable flood risk tool will only be available in provinces and territories that opt in to the program, a move that's frustrated some flood risk experts even as the federal minister says she anticipates widespread uptake. The federal g...

In a story that moved on May 1, about calls for a ban in Quebec on energy drinks for children under 16, The Canadian Press erroneously reported that the federal government had previously updated regulations about cautionary labels on energy drinks in 2...

VANCOUVER - A man accused of murder in a fatal Vancouver stabbing on a café patio more than three years ago was in an "unmedicated psychotic state" that impaired his ability to understand the consequences of his actions, his lawyer argued on Tuesday. I...

BOSTON (AP) - Former New England Patriots receiver Stefon Diggs was found not guilty Tuesday of assaulting his personal chef in a case marked by conflicting accounts of what happened inside his home after disputes over money and their relationship. ...

CARROLLTON, Texas (AP) - A man shot five people in Texas on Tuesday, killing two of them, after meeting at a shopping center north of Dallas, police said. It was not a random act of violence and the attacker knew the victims, Carrollton P...

CARROLLTON, Texas (AP) - A man shot five people in Texas on Tuesday, killing two, in a city north of Dallas, police said. Carrollton Chief Roberto Arredondo said it was not a random act of gunfire and that the victims knew the attacker, w...