preseason action
Rebels battle back but Hitmen prevail in OT
The Red Deer Rebels came back to tie it in the third period but fell 3-2 to the Calgary Hitmen in overtime on Saturday night in preseason action at the Centrium.The Rebels were on the penalty kill to start the extra frame after forward Cameron Kuzma was shown the door by the officials for a five-minute major penalty fo...
Sep 06, 2026
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Feature film
Red Deer-produced 'Bollards' wraps filming with all-local cast and crew
A new film with an all-Alberta cast and crew wrapped up filming in Red Deer this week.Called Bollards, a microbudget feature film, it follows three retired Navy officers as they follow their old boss to the Prairies.Before their boss dies, he builds them a bar, which they end up running.Dean Busch, owner of Bubbadog Pr...
Sep 05, 2026
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Red Deer-produced 'Bollards' wraps filming with all-local cast and crew
Sep 05, 2026
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Podcast: Canadian Labour Congress EVP speaks on Labour Day, trade war, worker rights
Sep 04, 2026
Reopens next June
Town of Ponoka Splash Park to close for season on Sept. 8
Sep 04, 2026
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Feature film
Red Deer-produced 'Bollards' wraps filming with all-local cast and crew
A new film with an all-Alberta cast and crew wrapped up filming in Red Deer this week.Called Bollards, a microbudget feature film, it follows three retired Navy officers as they follow their old boss to the Prairies.Before their boss dies, he builds them a bar, which they end up running.Dean Busch, owner of Bubbadog Pr...
Sep 05, 2026
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Siobhán Vipond
Podcast: Canadian Labour Congress EVP speaks on Labour Day, trade war, worker rights
After an August off, The Everything Red Deer Podcast returns with host Josh Hall positing on all that went on over the summer.Plus, a feature interview ahead of Labour Day with Siobhán Vipond, executive vice president with the Canadian Labour Congress. Vipond is visiting Red Deer on Sept. 7 and will be at the fr...
Sep 04, 2026
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Reopens next June
Town of Ponoka Splash Park to close for season on Sept. 8
The Town of Ponoka reports that the Ponoka Splash Park will soon close for the season.The last day to enjoy the park will be on Tuesday, Sept. 8."Thank you to everyone for coming out and enjoying a splashing good time at the Splash Park this summer," the Town wrote in a media release. "We look forward to...
Sep 04, 2026
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Alberta labour force stats
Red Deer region unemployment rate rises slightly in August
The provincial job numbers are in for August, and Red Deer's unemployment rate has increased from 6.1 per cent in July to 6.2 per cent.However, according to the Alberta Labour Force Statistics, it's down slightly from the seasonally unadjusted unemployment rate reported in June for Red Deer, at 6.3 per cent.The seasona...
Sep 04, 2026
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RCMP say two people dead after plane crash near mountain in southern Alberta
Mounties in Alberta say two people died in a plane crash near a mountain in Kananaskis Country.RCMP say they got a call for the crash near Mount McDougall, located southwest of Calgary, at around 9 a.m. on Saturday.Police say two people who were aboard the plane died at the scene.They were the only occupants of the air...
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August 2026 vs. August 2025
Alberta leads country, among provinces, in population growth year-over-year
Last week's seasonally-adjusted Labour Force Survey not only showed declines and increases in the number of jobs, and in which sector they were, but also indicated Alberta was leading the country, among provinces, in population growth.According to Stats-Can figures, Alberta had a 2.2 % rise in new 'transplants' from Au...
15h ago
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Trade
Provincial government looking to hear from businesses on tariff impacts
The province has launched an online portal on tariffs.The new website includes information on U.S. and Canadian tariffs, plus has a tab where businesses can tell the government how the tariffs are impacting their operations. The government says this will provide information on things like cost changes, supply chains, e...
Sep 05, 2026
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Students reminded to mind their mental health upon return to school
Stigma-Free Mental Health Society is asking students to be mindful of their mental health as classes return.The organization recently launched its Young Minds Matter 2026: Rural Classroom Conversations campaign, which hopes to impact 10,000 students by year's end.Officials say they've already reached close to 6,500 and...
Sep 05, 2026
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preseason action
Rebels battle back but Hitmen prevail in OT
The Red Deer Rebels came back to tie it in the third period but fell 3-2 to the Calgary Hitmen in overtime on Saturday night in preseason action at the Centrium.The Rebels were on the penalty kill to start the extra frame after forward Cameron Kuzma was shown the door by the officials for a five-minute major penalty fo...
Sep 06, 2026
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September 8-11
Red Deer golfers to compete in Canadian Men's Senior Championship
Red Deer's Dan Soley, Ken Griffith, and Peter Innes are set to compete in the upcoming Canadian Men's Senior Golf Championship.From September 8-11, the trio will hit the links against the field of 156 amateur golfers from across the country and the United States at the Niakwa Country Club in Winnipeg, Man.They're compe...
Sep 04, 2026
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rarin' to go
Rebels name pre-season roster ahead of Friday opener
The Red Deer Rebels have announced their preseason roster, with action getting started Friday night in Calgary.The first home exhibition game is Saturday at 6 p.m. against Calgary.The pre-season roster is 32-players deep, with 18 forwards, 10 d-men and four goalies.ScheduleFORWARDS Poul Andersen ('08) Cash Arcand-Vanda...
Sep 03, 2026
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Canada
Otto Jelinek, a former cabinet minister and world-champion figure skater, dead at 86
OTTAWA - Otto Jelinek, a former world-champion figure skater and federal cabinet minister, has died at the age of 86. "He was quite the ambitious guy," his younger brother Henry said Sunday, a day after Jelinek's death. "He was also sincerely and stron...
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Quebec school finds creative ways to help students with visual impairments learn
MONTREAL - At Jacques-Ouellette school, learning can mean reading braille, making out large print, or relying on touch - and no two students learn quite the same way. The hallways of the Longueuil school, just south of Montreal, came back to life last ...
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Chicago aquarium shares health update on Marineland belugas after whale deaths
CHICAGO - A Chicago aquarium says several of the belugas that were transferred to its site from Ontario's Marineland have health issues. Shedd Aquarium says in a Friday statement it is conducting round-the-clock supervision and teams are monitoring the...
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Nova Scotia mourning woman who died during flooding, premier says
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston says the province is mourning a Cape Breton Island woman who died during widespread flooding across the region caused by torrential rain. RCMP say the body of a 46-year-old woman from Cleveland, N.S., was recov...
18h ago
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American diplomat recounts Canadian solidarity with U.S. after Sept. 11 attacks
OTTAWA - American diplomat Baxter Hunt recalls showing up to work at the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa the morning after the 9/11 terrorist attacks and finding "a mountain of flowers" outside the building. "It was just a day that none of us will ever forget,"...
23h ago
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Quebec courts say generative AI cannot replace judges' reasoning
MONTREAL - Quebec's courts have issued new guidelines restricting judges' use of generative artificial intelligence, stressing that judging must remain a fundamentally human responsibility. The guidelines, jointly adopted by the Quebec Court of Appeal,...
Sep 05, 2026
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World
Israeli airstrikes on a village in southern Lebanon kill 9 people, wound 13
KFAR RUMMAN, Lebanon (AP) - Israel's air force carried out two airstrikes early Monday on a southern Lebanese village, killing at least nine people and wounding others, including women and children, Lebanon's Health Ministry said. Monday'...
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Trump administration makes another appeal to the Supreme Court to allow mail ballot restrictions
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration on Sunday renewed its appeal to the Supreme Court after a federal judge blocked new restrictions on mail ballots ahead of the midterms. The filing came after U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talw...
19h ago
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Building collapse in New Delhi kills 1 and traps dozens of others
NEW DELHI (AP) - A building collapsed in New Delhi on Sunday, killing at least one person and trapping dozens of others, officials said. The five-story building, which housed a boys' hostel, collapsed in Satya Niketan, a densely populated...
21h ago
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