Nov. 11-13
Agri-Trade Equipment Expo set for next week in Red Deer
We are just over a week away from the start of the 2026 Agri-Trade Equipment Expo at Westerner Park.From Nov. 11-13, the premier farm equipment show will once again be in Red Deer, with over 500 exhibitors set to be in attendance.Show manager Krissy Fiddler said they're super excited for the show to begin."Coming ...
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578 votes
Unofficial results: Sean McWade wins Town of Sylvan Lake byelection
The unofficial results are in for the Town of Sylvan Lake byelection, and Sean McWade has been voted in.With 578 votes, McWade was declared the winner to join town council after polls closed on election night on Monday. Finishing below McWade were Ruby Cole-Ellis (342), Juanna Thompson (334), Joan Barnes (198), Tim Nel...
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Red Deer and Area
Armed with a knife
Didsbury RCMP charge 57-year-old man after alleged break and enter
Didsbury RCMP have charged a 57-year-old man after he allegedly broke into a home armed with a knife.Police say on Nov. 3, they arrested Benjamin Douglas, 57, of Didsbury at a residence in town on several charges, including robbery, break and enter a dwelling house, disguise with intent to commit an offence, uttering t...
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Nov. 11-13
Agri-Trade Equipment Expo set for next week in Red Deer
We are just over a week away from the start of the 2026 Agri-Trade Equipment Expo at Westerner Park.From Nov. 11-13, the premier farm equipment show will once again be in Red Deer, with over 500 exhibitors set to be in attendance.Show manager Krissy Fiddler said they're super excited for the show to begin."Coming ...
5h ago
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578 votes
Unofficial results: Sean McWade wins Town of Sylvan Lake byelection
The unofficial results are in for the Town of Sylvan Lake byelection, and Sean McWade has been voted in.With 578 votes, McWade was declared the winner to join town council after polls closed on election night on Monday. Finishing below McWade were Ruby Cole-Ellis (342), Juanna Thompson (334), Joan Barnes (198), Tim Nel...
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Cyanobacteria advisories lifted across Alberta
Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) advisories have been lifted across Alberta, according to Alberta Health Services.Recent weather has cooled lake and reservoir water temperatures to such an extent that cyanobacteria and water quality, including fecal bacteria levels, present a low health risk for usage of the lake for r...
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Provincial Politics
Alberta bill to limit institutional speech, comments from post-secondary schools
Alberta has introduced legislation to restrict post-secondary schools from being able to publicly weigh in on social and political issues. Advanced Education Minister Myles McDougall says schools could still make official expressions of sympathy, and that the bill, should it pass, would not restrict the rights of staff...
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RCMP
AJHL & other organizations comment on sexual exploitation investigation
The Alberta Junior Hockey League released a statement on Monday, Nov. 2, regarding the arrest of a prominent junior hockey figure, Tyler King. "The Alberta Junior Hockey League is extremely grateful to the RCMP for their diligence in this investigation over the past two years. The dignity, privacy, and well-being ...
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and water quality advisories
Cyanobacteria advisories lifted across Alberta
Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) advisories have been lifted across Alberta, according to Alberta Health Services.Recent weather has cooled lake and reservoir water temperatures to such an extent that cyanobacteria and water quality, including fecal bacteria levels, present a low health risk for usage of the lake for r...
8h ago
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Provincial Politics
Alberta Premier Smith defends proposed riding redraw that Opposition calls cheating
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is defending a proposal to redraw provincial boundaries in a way the Opposition NDP says is cheating. The legislature is soon expected to debate a report that pitches diluting urban ridings in the city of Lethbridge by merging them with surrounding rural ones. Smith says so-called hybrid ...
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Former Rebel Ryan Nugent-Hopkins breaks Oilers all-time games played record tonight
Former Red Deer Rebel Ryan Nugent-Hopkins will become the all-time games played leader in Edmonton Oilers history Tuesday night, when his team plays in New Jersey.The game will be the Burnaby, B.C. native's 1,038th game, surpassing fellow franchise legend Kevin Lowe.In third is Ryan Smith with 971 games. Current forwar...
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Back on track
Rebels This Week: Nov. 2-8
TOP OF THE TABLE!The Red Deer Rebels are tied atop the Western Hockey League overall standings thanks to a perfect 3-0 record this past week!Sunday, November 1 - Beckett Hamilton scored his second goal of the game in overtime lifting the Rebels to a 3-2 win over the Edmonton Oil Kings at Rogers Place. Poul Andersen als...
Nov 2, 2026
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Week 9
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 be released every Sunday (except for the Labour Day kickoff) through November 9.At that time, those will be the last rankings, and teams will take this rank into provincials.The 12-a-side t...
Nov 2, 2026
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Canada
More intense U.S. trade negotiations have started, Carney says
ST JOHN'S - Prime Minister Mark Carney says "more intense" trade negotiations with the United States have started since his call with President Donald Trump last weekend. "We've made progress but we haven't finished," Carney told reporters Tuesday in S...
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Carney says Russian team won't be allowed at Alberta's world junior hockey tournament
Prime Minister Mark Carney says Russia will not be allowed to compete at next month's world junior hockey championship in Alberta. Carney, speaking in Antigua at the Commonwealth Summit, said Russian and Belarusian athletes will not be permitted to rep...
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UBC professor says calling police on Galloway was 'act of care' after suicide remark
VANCOUVER - A University of British Columbia professor has testified about a colleague's decision to call police to visit Steven Galloway after he was accused of sexual assault, describing it as an "act of care" toward the author, who had spoken of kil...
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B.C. Conservatives turmoil didn't stop the political donations from flowing
VICTORIA - The Conservative Party of B.C. raised almost three times the donations as the New Democrats during the third quarter of 2026, despite experiencing internal turmoil at the time. This fundraising figure for the party of premier-designate Lorn...
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Elections chief issues warning about AI's influence on voters
OTTAWA - Canada's chief electoral officer is raising concerns about the rising influence of AI on the democratic process. Stéphane Perrault says voters are now more likely to use AI agents than Elections Canada's official website to get names of politi...
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AFN chief says no one besides Carney, Kinew talked about abolishing Indian Act
OTTAWA - The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says the only leaders to discuss abolishing the Indian Act during a landmark meeting last week were Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew and Prime Minister Mark Carney. Carney said after the meeting th...
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World
Democrat Gina Hinojosa elected Texas' first Latina governor, ousts Republican incumbent Greg Abbott
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - In a stunning upset, Gina Hinojosa was elected the first Democratic governor of Texas in more than 30 years on Tuesday, ousting Republican incumbent Greg Abbott in an upset that catapulted a decided underdog to national prominence ...
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Democrat Rob Sand wins election to be Iowa's next governor
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Iowa voters chose Democrat Rob Sand to be their next governor, flipping the seat Republicans have held for more than two decades and likely ushering in a new era of divided state government. Sand defeated Zach Lahn...
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Republican Barry Moore wins election to U.S. Senate from Alabama
Republican Barry Moore won election Tuesday to the U.S. Senate representing Alabama, defeating Democrat Everett Wess. Moore, a south Alabama congressman, got President Donald Trump's endorsement ahead of his primary runoff victory earlier this year. Mo...
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