1.3% increase
Lacombe city council approves 2026 tax rates
Lacombe city council approved the 2026 property tax bylaw, marking a 1.3 per cent municipal property tax increase.They also eliminated the previously anticipated one per cent special paving tax for this year.The city says strong assessment growth generated additional one-time revenue this year. This allowed council to ...
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Blackfalds approves tax rates for 2026
Blackfalds town council has approved its 2026 tax rates.Second and third readings were given at the April 28 regular meeting of council, which approved a 2.20 per cent tax increase for residents.Residents will also see an additional increase, roughly $8.17/month, based on the average assessment value, related to the pr...
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1.3% increase
Lacombe city council approves 2026 tax rates
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Left his mark on the game
Podcast: Retirement calls for NLL reffing G.O.A.T. and longtime Red Deerian Todd Labranche
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Blackfalds approves tax rates for 2026
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economic prosperity and vitality
Blackfalds council sets 2026-2030 strategic plan
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Red Deer and Area
1.3% increase
Lacombe city council approves 2026 tax rates
Lacombe city council approved the 2026 property tax bylaw, marking a 1.3 per cent municipal property tax increase.They also eliminated the previously anticipated one per cent special paving tax for this year.The city says strong assessment growth generated additional one-time revenue this year. This allowed council to ...
12h ago
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2.2%
Blackfalds approves tax rates for 2026
Blackfalds town council has approved its 2026 tax rates.Second and third readings were given at the April 28 regular meeting of council, which approved a 2.20 per cent tax increase for residents.Residents will also see an additional increase, roughly $8.17/month, based on the average assessment value, related to the pr...
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economic prosperity and vitality
Blackfalds council sets 2026-2030 strategic plan
Blackfalds town council has set out its new strategic plan for 2026-2030.The plan was finalized after collaboration with town administration and an organization called CivicExcellence.Through workshops and engagement sessions, council identified four key priority areas:Economic Vitality and Community ProsperityCommunit...
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"forward-looking approach"
Lacombe County council approves 2026 tax rates
The tax rates for 2026 have been set in Lacombe County.For 2026, Lacombe County has: • reduced the residential municipal tax rate by 3.35%, to offset ongoing market rate increases, • increased the farmland municipal tax rate by 5.0%, after many years of minimal tax increases, • maintained the municipal n...
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Alberta
Transportation
Alberta testing 120 km/h speed limit on small highway section near Edmonton
Alberta's government is testing out a higher speed limit on a small section of highway just south of Edmonton. Transportation Minister Devin Dreeshen says drivers travelling along a 22-kilometre portion of Highway 2 starting south of Leduc will see speed limit signs of 120 kilometres an hour. It would be the fastest po...
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primary care alberta
Parents encouraged to check records during National Immunization Awareness Week
Primary Care Alberta is encouraging parents this week to learn more about childhood immunization.That is because it is National Immunization Awareness Week.For one, parents are encouraged to confirm that their children are up to date on their routine childhood shots."Choosing to follow the recommended routine im...
Apr 29, 2026
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Canals, reservoirs could become clogged
Potential for invasive species to 'mussel' in on agri-community
As the Province ramps up spring and summertime watercraft inspections for invasive mussels, comes an appeal from the agriculture community to not only help protect lakes and rivers, but irrigation systems, as well.Alberta Irrigation Districts Association vice-chair Richard Phillips, in a news conference Tuesday with En...
Apr 28, 2026
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Provincial Politics
Lawyer says Alberta premier exploiting loophole with referendum site, wants ad ban
An Edmonton lawyer is calling on Elections Alberta to close a loophole allowing Premier Danielle Smith's government to advertise in favour of her fall referendum on sweeping immigration reform. Provincial law prohibits the government from advertising or publishing certain information related to a referendum if the vote...
Apr 28, 2026
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Local Sports
New voice leading the way
RDP Kings basketball hires Anthony Skepple as head coach
Red Deer Polytechnic has hired a new head coach to lead the way for the Kings' basketball team.On Wednesday, they named Anthony Skepple as head coach for the upcoming 2026-27 season.He said he's he's excited to join the Kings program and to help develop a young core group of players."For [my wife and I], the move ...
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Seven awards
Innisfail Eagles recognize award winners at annual banquet
The Innisfail Eagles held their annual awards banquet to wrap up the team's 79th season.The banquet was held on Saturday, April 26, at the Royal Canadian Legion to recognize everyone who played a role in the team's success including players, families, sponsors, volunteers and fans."As a volunteer-run organization,...
Apr 27, 2026
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Left his mark on the game
Podcast: Retirement calls for NLL reffing G.O.A.T. and longtime Red Deerian Todd Labranche
Listen to the full conversation with NLL legend Todd Labranche on the April 26, 2026 bonus episode of The Everything Red Deer Podcast!--Todd Labranche has had a pretty stellar career.Growing up in B.C.'s Lower Mainland, playing minor lacrosse for the Surrey Rebels, there's no way he could have known that one day, he wo...
Apr 26, 2026
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Canada
In the news today: GDP numbers, High-speed rail, Regulating AI chatbots
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... StatCan to release GDP figures for February and early estimate for Q1 today Statistics Canada is expected to release real gross domestic product figures for Febru...
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Young Canadians want AI companies to make their chatbots less addictive: report
OTTAWA - A new report focusing on the perspectives of young people says the government should order AI companies to take steps to curb the addictive aspects of their AI chatbots. It's one of a series of recommendations made by youth between the ages of...
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Amnesty International report warns of deepening Indigenous people's housing crisis
MONTRÉAL - A new report by Amnesty International warns that overcrowded and unsafe housing in an Atikamekw community north of Montreal reflects a broader crisis putting Indigenous people's health, safety and rights at risk across Canada. In Manawan, ab...
12h ago
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Lawsuits depict Tumbler Ridge, B.C., shootings and victims in fresh detail
SAN FRANCISCO - Tech firm OpenAI and founder Sam Altman face seven wrongful death lawsuits over their alleged roles in the mass shootings in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., earlier this year. The plaintiffs in the lawsuits, filed in California, include the parent...
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Ottawa announces planned defence bank to be headquartered in Canada
OTTAWA - Canada has been selected to host a multinational bank to provide "long-term, low-cost financing" for defence projects by NATO members and allies, the federal government said Wednesday. The Globe and Mail newspaper first reported the decision f...
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Carney accepts invitation to visit Saudi Arabia 'in the future' amid diplomatic thaw
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says he plans to visit Saudi Arabia "in the future" after being invited by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The visit would be the first by a sitting Canadian prime minister in at least two decades and the invitatio...
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World
Iran's supreme leader says it will protect its nuclear and missile capabilities
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran's supreme leader said Thursday that the Islamic Republic will protect its "nuclear and missile capabilities" as a national asset, likely seeking to draw a hard line as U.S. President Donald Trump seeks a wider de...
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New Zealand court rejects appeal by mosque gunman to abandon his guilty pleas
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - The white supremacist who shot and killed 51 Muslims at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, lost an attempt to undo his guilty pleas in a Court of Appeal ruling Thursday. The panel of three judges dism...
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House approves bill to extend divisive US surveillance program, but path forward uncertain
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Republican-controlled House approved a three-year reauthorization of a divisive U.S. surveillance program ahead of its expiration on Friday, adding new oversight measures but stopping short of the warrant requirement that critics ...
14h ago
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