NASCENT initiative
RDP student continues work aimed at advancing care for newborns and mothers in Alberta
Red Deer Polytechnic student Haley Zinger is improving care for newborns and mothers who are or have been substance-involved.She has contributed to the provincial initiative called the Alberta Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Mother-Baby Care Improvement (NASCENT) since April 2025.Zinger has helped contribute to the work i...
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Central Alberta Small Business Week
One-day AI workshop for business owners set for Oct. 22 in Innisfail
Central Alberta First invites business owners to its "AI at Work" workshop.The one-day workshop will take place on Thursday, Oct. 22, at the Innisfail Public Library Community Room."The event is designed for busy business owners, managers, entrepreneurs, nonprofit leaders, and community organizations tha...
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NASCENT initiative
RDP student continues work aimed at advancing care for newborns and mothers in Alberta
Red Deer Polytechnic student Haley Zinger is improving care for newborns and mothers who are or have been substance-involved.She has contributed to the provincial initiative called the Alberta Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Mother-Baby Care Improvement (NASCENT) since April 2025.Zinger has helped contribute to the work i...
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Central Alberta Small Business Week
One-day AI workshop for business owners set for Oct. 22 in Innisfail
Central Alberta First invites business owners to its "AI at Work" workshop.The one-day workshop will take place on Thursday, Oct. 22, at the Innisfail Public Library Community Room."The event is designed for busy business owners, managers, entrepreneurs, nonprofit leaders, and community organizations tha...
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Hope & inspiration: CIBC Run for the Cure returns Oct. 4
An abundance of hope and inspiration will fill the air at Red Deer's Bower Ponds on Oct. 4.That is when and where the 35th annual CIBC Run for the Cure is happening, with the goals of raising both awareness of and funds for breast cancer research.According to the Canadian Cancer Society, which is the parent organizatio...
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a permanent reminder
Veterans memorial crosswalk unveiled in Sylvan Lake
The finishing touches have been put on a new Veterans Memorial Crosswalk in Sylvan Lake. The crosswalk is outside the Royal Canadian Legion (Branch 212) and was done to mark 100 years of the Legion in Canada. "This is a permanent reminder in our community of the people who served. In many cases, they never came ho...
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Alberta
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Alberta government investing $14M into sport and recreation facilities
The Government of Alberta is investing $14 million into 20 sport and recreation projects across the province.The government has allocated the funding through its Active Communities Initiative, its first grant program dedicated to sport and recreation infrastructure."I am proud to support active and healthy lifesty...
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RCMP
Alberta RCMP share tips on youth grooming prevention
Throughout September Alberta RCMP is educating the public on online youth safety. As part of this initiative, RCMP shared tips on grooming, which occurs when an individual builds trust with a young person to manipulate, exploit, coerce, or abuse them, either "online, in person, or both."Mounties add that groo...
Sep 23, 2026
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'Betrayal to producers'
Conservative's agriculture shadow minister condemns decision to ignore committee report
The federal Conservative's critic for agriculture is condemning Ottawa's repsonse to a standing committee report, deeming it a betrayal. Shadow minister and Foothills MP, John Barlow, said that rejecting the recommendations of the bipartisan document are a betrayal to producers. By not reversing the closure of seven ag...
Sep 23, 2026
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CALM 10
Alberta field testing new curriculum aimed at strengthening career and financial skills
The Government of Alberta is field testing a new curriculum this school year to help prepare students for success in their future jobs.The province is making modern skills required for future careers a top priority as part of the ongoing curriculum renewal.As a result, they're releasing draft Grades 7 to 9 science, phy...
Sep 23, 2026
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First NHL preseason goal
Red Deer Rebels captain Beckett Hamilton savours memorable Avalanche debut
They say you never forget your first.And on Sunday, Red Deer Rebels captain Beckett Hamilton achieved a number of firsts.Not only did he play in his first National Hockey League preseason game for the Colorado Avalanche, but he also scored his first NHL goal.Hamilton returned to Red Deer on Tuesday after spending a few...
Sep 23, 2026
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Eligible for 2027 NHL Draft
Red Deer's Brock England to play in CHL USA Prospects Challenge
Red Deer's Brock England will suit up in the upcoming 2026 Canadian Hockey League (CHL) USA Prospects Challenge.On Wednesday, he, alongside three other players, including Dima Zhilkin of the Saginaw Spirit, Alexis Joseph of the Saint John Sea Dogs, and Carter Meyer of the Québec Remparts were the first four play...
Sep 23, 2026
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Red Deer's World Junior Championship schedule set
The full schedule for the upcoming 2027 IIHF World Junior Championship in Red Deer has officially been set.From Dec. 26, 2026, to Jan. 5, 2027, the best junior hockey players in the world will compete in Edmonton and Red Deer for a chance at winning a gold medal.In Red Deer, those in attendance will get to see countrie...
Sep 22, 2026
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Canada
Carney, Poilievre pay tribute to Canada Revenue Agency employee killed in Montreal
MONTREAL - Federal party leaders are paying tribute to a 45-year-old Canada Revenue Agency employee who was killed in Montreal on Tuesday. The Union of Taxation Employees identified the woman as Leïla Ben Salem. Prime Minister Mark Carney offered condo...
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Netanyahu crosses Canadian airspace with arrest warrant in effect
OTTAWA - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu travelled through Canadian airspace on Thursday, despite facing an international arrest warrant. Online flight tracker data shows Netanyahu flew over Greece, Italy, France and Canada on his way to addr...
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Defence minister downplays PM's comments on prospect of U.S. military action
OTTAWA - A day after Prime Minister Mark Carney told a U.S. media outlet his government has studied the possibility of U.S.-led military action in Canada, Defence Minister David McGuinty says all militaries analyze such risks. McGuinty is downplaying t...
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Three B.C. glaciers face extinction within decades due to climate change, study says
Three glaciers in British Columbia's southwest could "disappear completely" within decades in what a researcher says is the result of years of inaction on climate change. A new study from Simon Fraser University published in the journal Annals of Glac...
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A list of the whales and dolphin that died after being moved out of Marineland
Four beluga whales and one dolphin that were shipped out of Marineland this summer have since died at their new homes. Another beluga, Beethoven, lived at Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, but died after the move. Here is the list of the animals who died: -- ...
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Belleville attack should be 'wake-up call' on rising antisemitism, Jewish group says
OTTAWA - The head of a major Jewish advocacy group said Thursday the recent violent attack at a synagogue in Belleville, Ont., should serve as a "wake-up call" on the "much broader problem" of rising antisemitism and racist conspiracies in Canada. Noah...
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World
Trump administration asks the Supreme Court to allow quick third-country deportations to continue
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump's administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to again clear the way for continued quick deportations of immigrants to third countries where they have no ties. The government asked for an im...
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Israel's Netanyahu, at UN, calls accusations of genocide in Gaza 'the biggest lie of the century'
Lashing out at his country's critics, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu angrily dismissed allegations of Israeli genocide in Gaza as "the biggest lie of the century" in a defiant speech to the U.N. General Assembly that asserted his nation's ri...
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Boat heading from Tanzania to Congo on Lake Tanganyika capsizes, leaving at least 41 dead
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - A boat heading from Tanzania to Congo on Lake Tanganyika capsized Thursday, leaving at least 41 people dead, local authorities said. The boat was carrying about 100 people as well as cargo, said Norris Mulongoyi, th...
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