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Red Deer and Area

BRAVO! Awards
Red Deer Public Schools win national awards for communications excellence
Red Deer Public Schools announced they've won three national awards for communications excellence.Specifically, they earned three national honours at the 2026 Canadian Association of Communicators in Education (CACE) BRAVO! Awards.According to the division, these awards recognize communications initiatives that celebra...
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Last seen Oct. 29
Missing: Destiny Griffith, 15, of Red Deer
Red Deer RCMP is seeking public assistance in locating 15-year-old Destiny Griffith. Destiny was last seen on Oct. 29 at 9:30 a.m. in Red Deer. There is concern for her well-being, and police would like to speak with her.Destiny is described as:Fair complexion100 pounds5 feet 4 inches tallBlue eyesLong blond hairLast s...
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Do Not Approach
Maskwacis RCMP seeking wanted male, Darcy Roughfoot
Maskwacis RCMP is requesting public assistance in locating and arresting 37-year-old Darcy Roughfoot.A resident of Maskwacis, Roughfoot was in custody on other matters and released on Oct. 21 with several conditions. Police say that less than 24 hours after being released, it was reported he had removed his ankle monit...
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Don't Drink and Drive
Red Deer RCMP encourage having a safe Halloween
Red Deer RCMP are encouraging everyone to have a safe and "spooktacular" Halloween on Saturday.Mounties recommend that trick-or-treaters: Wear bright, reflective costumes or add reflective tape for visibility.Carry a flashlight or glow sticks to be seen after dark.Travel in groups and stay on sidewalks when p...
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Alberta

Cameron Davies
Alberta Reupublican Party leader resigns
The same day one separatist leader was given the boot from the United Conservative Party, another faction of Alberta's separatist movement has taken a hit.Cameron Davies has announced he is resigning as leader of the Republican Party of Alberta.And as noted, it was earlier Friday when Premier Danielle Smith shared that...
10h ago
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Provincial Politics
Alberta government reducing education property taxes in 2027 after previous hikes
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government is reducing education property taxes starting next year after it brought in successive hikes for ratepayers. It means home and farmland owners will pay almost seven per cent less than this year while non-residential property owners will pay almost five per cent less. S...
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Provincial Politics
Alberta's Smith says separatist leader's UCP membership revoked
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says a high-profile separatist leader has been kicked out of her United Conservative Party. Smith told reporters in Calgary that the party's executive director made the decision to revoke Jeff Rath's membership over code of conduct issues, and it's a decision she supports. Rath has been a...
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It's Alberta Time, baby!
Where we're going, we don't need time changes
Just ignore the advice of Huey Lewis and the News, because Alberta does not, in fact, 'gotta get back in time' this weekend.Sunday, Nov. 1 would've been the day that Alberta falls back an hour, but that's not happening.The province will remain on the new time zone known as ABT, or Alberta Time.In a release, the UCP say...
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Canada

Anand says she called out Russian counterpart invited by U.S. to G20 ministerial
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says Russia should not have attended a G20 meeting the U.S. hosted on Friday, but she still used the opportunity to make a point to Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. "I was sitting at a table directly across ...
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How Canada's new pact with the European Union might affect you
OTTAWA - Canada's new partnership with the European Union is meant to provide benefits to people on both continents. The two jurisdictions wrapped up a summit in Montreal on Friday with various agreements, many of which will take months or years to fin...
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'Wall of smoke': Plaintiff recalls wildfire anxiety in youth-led climate trial
VANCOUVER - Zoe Grames-Webb has told Canada's first youth-led climate trial she still remembers the "completely grey wall of smoke" she woke up to in 2017 while staying at a cabin on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast. The wildfire smoke was so thick, i...
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Ottawa lists Roberts Bank port expansion in B.C. as project of national interest
DELTA - The planned Roberts Bank Terminal 2 expansion, which is expected to add 2.4 million containers of capacity at the Port of Vancouver, the largest in the country, has officially been named a project of national interest. Transport Minister Steven...
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Building tool to help courts spot AI-generated evidence is 'challenging': researcher
A researcher working to help courts detect evidence that's been created or altered with artificial intelligence says it's proving difficult to come up with a tool that's as effective in the real world as it seems to be in the lab. Maura Grossman is co-...
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Former B.C. minister says he's focused on family, but leaves door open to politics
VICTORIA - Former British Columbia cabinet minister Ravi Kahlon said the New Democrats must dive deeply and learn from what led to their crushing defeat by the Conservatives in the province's snap election this month. Kahlon, who decided not to seek re...
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