red deer, airdrie, airports would be stops
High-speed rail connecting Alberta's big city downtowns advances another step
A high-speed rail line between Calgary and Edmonton, with a stop in Red Deer, took one more step towards becoming a reality on Monday.Today, the Alberta government said plans are moving forward, with the federal government supporting its efforts to advance the project.This fall, the provincial government will formally ...
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Trump says he expects Canada trade deal within weeks as import ban looms
WASHINGTON - Just hours before import bans on certain Canadian goods were set to take effect, U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday he thinks he can make a trade deal with Canada in the coming weeks. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump sa...
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Meek and Brisbois
RDP names two new vice presidents
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First location in Western Canada
Highly visual 'Museum of Illusions' opens at West Edmonton Mall
Friendly and down-to-earth
Blake Shelton visits Rocky Mountain House
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two decades in the system
Red Deer lawyer appointed to Alberta Law Enforcement Review Board
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Red Deer and Area
Meek and Brisbois
RDP names two new vice presidents
Red Deer Polytechnic has appointed two new vice presidents.On Monday, the institution named Dr. Tristin Brisbois as Vice President of Development and Partnerships, and Blayne Meek as Vice President of Communications, People, and Enrolment.Among Brisbois' responsibilities will be to provide strategic leadership to advan...
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Friendly and down-to-earth
Blake Shelton visits Rocky Mountain House
Employees and shoppers at Henry's Western Wear in Rocky Mountain House were starstruck Friday afternoon following an unexpected visit from an international superstar. The front door opened, and there stood award-winning, multiplatinum-selling American country artist Blake Shelton. Henry's Western Wear manager Mabel Mah...
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two decades in the system
Red Deer lawyer appointed to Alberta Law Enforcement Review Board
Red Deer lawyer Maurice Collard, KC, has been appointed to the Alberta Law Enforcement Review Board.Collard has worked in the justice system for over two decades, starting as a Crown Prosecutor. In 2015, he opened Advocate Law with a fellow lawyer."It's very humbling to receive a direct appointment to serve Albert...
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preserving a century-old landmark
Now we're walkin': Red Deer's historic CPR Pedestrian Bridge finally reopens
The day has come for Red Deerians to once again walk across the CPR Pedestrian Bridge.A ribbon was cut Monday morning, putting a bow on many months of work to preserve the legacy of a structure that has stood since 1908.At the end of the day, $22.3 million was spent to literally lift and move the very heavy bridge, giv...
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Alberta
575,000 mammograms
Mobile mammography program marks 35 years of bringing breast screening to rural Alberta
An Alberta mobile mammography program that has travelled to rural and remote communities for 35 years has completed more than 575,000 mammograms.Primary Care Alberta's Screen Test program marked the milestone this fall, with two mobile units now travelling to about 120 communities across the province, screening as many...
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red deer, airdrie, airports would be stops
High-speed rail connecting Alberta's big city downtowns advances another step
A high-speed rail line between Calgary and Edmonton, with a stop in Red Deer, took one more step towards becoming a reality on Monday.Today, the Alberta government said plans are moving forward, with the federal government supporting its efforts to advance the project.This fall, the provincial government will formally ...
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Oct. 19 Referendum
Former British PM David Cameron says Alberta separation vote unlike Brexit
The former leader of the United Kingdom during the Brexit referendum says you can't compare that debate to Alberta's prospective split from Canada. David Cameron largely avoided talking directly about Alberta's separation debate when speaking at an energy leadership conference in downtown Calgary on Monday morning. But...
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Oct. 19 Referendum
More ballot requests received in Alberta referendum than last provincial election
Elections Alberta says it has received 11 times more requests for mail-in ballots for the upcoming vote on separation than it did in the last provincial election. The agency says it has received roughly 658,000 requests for special ballots for the Oct. 19 referendum, and about 100,000 of those electors have voted. Elec...
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Local Sports
Two-straight wins
Rebels This Week: Sept. 28 - Oct. 4
THAT WINNING FEELING!Your Red Deer Rebels put not one, but two in the win column over the weekend!Friday, Sept. 25 - The Rebels celebrated a night of 'firsts' as they earned their first win of the season, 4-3 on the road over the Lethbridge Hurricanes. Beckett Hamilton, in his first game of the season after returning f...
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5 points in 2 games
Rebels captain Beckett Hamilton named WHL Player of the Week
Red Deer Rebels captain Beckett Hamilton has been on quite a tear.Since returning from training camp with the National Hockey League's Colorado Avalanche, he recorded five points in two games last week.His performances over the weekend earned him WHL Player of the Week honours as the Rebels improved to 2-1-0-1.The 18-y...
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Week 4
Football Alberta Weekly Top-10 Rankings
Here are the Weekly Top-10 Rankings for all five levels of high school football in Alberta for the 2026 season.These rankings will come out every Sunday (except for Labour Day kickoff) from now up until November 9.At that time, those will be the last rankings, and teams will take this rank into provincials.The 12-a-sid...
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Canada
Trump says he expects Canada trade deal within weeks as import ban looms
WASHINGTON - Just hours before import bans on certain Canadian goods were set to take effect, U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday he thinks he can make a trade deal with Canada in the coming weeks. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump sa...
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Advocates ask Ottawa to call inquiry into Alberta, Saskatchewan transgender laws
OTTAWA - LGBTQ+ advocates were in Ottawa on Monday asking the federal government to call an inquiry into provincial laws they say have escalated harassment, bullying and mental health harms for transgender people. Laws on the books in Saskatchewan and ...
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Canada extends travel restrictions linked to Ebola outbreak for 60 days
OTTAWA - Canada has extended its travel and immigration restrictions related to the Ebola outbreak for another 60 days, and the health ministry in the Democratic Republic of Congo has released new data showing there have been more than 8,000 cases of t...
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RCMP boss Duheme says it's still too soon to release details on Tumbler Ridge guns
OTTAWA - RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme says in a recent letter that information about firearms used in the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., will stay under wraps for now because it's still part of an active investigation. The Sept. 23 letter from ...
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Man accused in Nijjar's assassination put on FBI most-wanted list
LOS ANGELES - A man charged in connection with the 2023 assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia has been added to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's ten most-wanted list. Satinderjeet Singh, who is also known as Goldy Brar, was cha...
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Minister won't commit to criminalizing residential school denialism
OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty was noncommittal Monday when asked about criminalizing residential school denialism after a group linked to white nationalism reportedly staged a demonstration in the B.C. interior over the weekend...
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World
Man on Utah's death row for decades ordered released on bail after DNA tests show no match to him
A Utah judge on Monday ordered a 71-year-old man who spent decades on death row for a 1985 killing to be released on bail, despite objections from the victim's family, after prosecutors said newly analyzed DNA evidence did not match him. ...
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Tropical Storm Hanna forms in the Atlantic Ocean and isn't threatening land
MIAMI (AP) - Tropical Storm Hanna formed Monday in the Atlantic Ocean and isn't threatening land, forecasters said. The storm was located about 870 miles (1,400 kilometers) east-northeast of Bermuda and was moving east, according to an ad...
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SpaceX's supersized Starship launches toward orbit for the first time
SpaceX launched its enormous Starship toward orbit for the first time Monday, aiming for six full laps around Earth to prove its readiness for NASA's Artemis moon program. The company stressed that everything needed to be operating proper...
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