Cannery Row temporary shelter
City council approves permit for Hope Mission to run emergency shelter until May 2027
Hope Mission is set to operate Red Deer's temporary emergency homeless shelter for another year.On Tuesday, Red Deer city council unanimously approved a development permit to allow Hope Mission to continue operating the shelter at the Cannery Row building until May 1, 2027.The 200-bed shelter was previously run by Safe...
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three people made it out safe
Update: Cause of house fire to remain undetermined
The City of Red Deer says the cause of a significant house fire this past weekend will remain undetermined. The fire took place Saturday night on Truant Crescent in the Timber Ridge area. The city also now clarifies there were three people inside the house when the fire started, but they made it out safely before fire ...
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Disestablishment date May 27
Red Deer city council approves disestablishment of Downtown Business Improvement Area
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Cannery Row temporary shelter
City council approves permit for Hope Mission to run emergency shelter until May 2027
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Education tax implications
Red Deer's residential and non-residential tax rate increases 5.49%
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Red Deer and Area
Disestablishment date May 27
Red Deer city council approves disestablishment of Downtown Business Improvement Area
Red Deer city council unanimously approved to disestablish the Downtown Business Improvement Area.At Tuesday's regular city council meeting, council passed second and third readings of the disestablishment bylaw following a vote in March where a majority of eligible downtown business taxpayers voted in favour of disest...
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Cannery Row temporary shelter
City council approves permit for Hope Mission to run emergency shelter until May 2027
Hope Mission is set to operate Red Deer's temporary emergency homeless shelter for another year.On Tuesday, Red Deer city council unanimously approved a development permit to allow Hope Mission to continue operating the shelter at the Cannery Row building until May 1, 2027.The 200-bed shelter was previously run by Safe...
8h ago
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Education tax implications
Red Deer's residential and non-residential tax rate increases 5.49%
Red Deer city council unanimously approved all three readings of the tax rate bylaw, which includes a 5.49 per cent tax rate increase to both residential and non-residential properties. The bylaw also includes a 10.79 per cent increase to multi-family properties.The tax rate bylaw, according to the City of Red Deer, es...
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Red Deer County council passes first reading of 2026 tax rates
Red Deer County council is proposing a zero per cent tax increase for residential and non-residential properties.Council passed first reading of the tax rate bylaw on Tuesday, but it also comes with a 15 per cent proposed increase to the mill rate for farmland.The County notes in a release that the tax rate as a while ...
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Provincial Politics
Alberta sticking to its gas tax formula as Ottawa announces cut amid high prices
The Alberta government says it won't axe its fuel tax yet, after Prime Minister Mark Carney announced federal measures to give Canadians relief at the pumps. Alberta Finance Minister Nate Horner says he supports Ottawa's move but that the province is sticking with its existing fuel tax at least until July in part becau...
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Energy Business
Oil and gas industry leaders critical of the industrial carbon tax
Leaders in Canada's oil and gas industry say the industrial carbon levy would erode the country's competitive edge at a time the world is clamouring for stable energy supply. Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers president and C-E-O Lisa Baiton says no other oil and gas exporter imposes such a cost on industry. S...
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Provincial Politics
Alberta eyes accelerated review system for major projects over $250 million
Alberta is proposing rule changes that would see Premier Danielle Smith's government become more involved in kick-starting potential big-ticket industrial projects. A bill introduced by Energy Minister Brian Jean would have some cabinet members be the first to set eyes on potential projects, with the goal of assisting ...
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Alberta RCMP
Alberta RCMP celebrating National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week
Alberta RCMP is celebrating its Operational Communications Centres and their operators.Apr. 12-18 is National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, and the RCMP are recognizing OCC operators for their work to ensure public safety, averaging 14,044 total calls per week.Alberta RCMP is also reminding community members th...
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Local Sports
Sherwood Park takes series 4-2
Blackfalds Bulldogs 2025/2026 season comes to an end
The Blackfalds Bulldogs' playoff run has come to an end after a 5-3 road loss to the Sherwood Park Crusaders in Game 6. The loss follows a 4-0 shutout win against the Crusaders on Friday night at the Eagle Builders Centre - the Bulldogs' second win by that margin in the best-of-seven series. Sunday in Sherwood Park, Bu...
Apr 13, 2026
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International stage
Rebels' Hamilton, Red Deer's England named to Canada U18 pre-tournament roster
Red Deer native Brock England and Rebels captain Beckett Hamilton have been named to the pre-tournament camp roster ahead of the 2026 U18 Men's World Championship.They're among nine players from the Western Hockey League invited to the camp, where 23 players will compete for a roster spot.Hamilton was the Rebels' leadi...
Apr 13, 2026
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Moving on to college
Brigley, Yaremko, and Chichkin depart Rebels with fond memories
Few players get to spend their entire WHL career with their hometown team, but Rebels captain Talon Brigley is one of them.The Sylvan Lake product suited up for central Alberta's team for five seasons, where he appeared in 329 regular-season games and notched 129 points.Last week, he and fellow 20-year-old teammates Ty...
Apr 11, 2026
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Canada
In the news today: Quebec premier swearing in, Ontario jails, B.C. bear attack
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Christine Fréchette to be sworn into office today as Quebec's second female premier Christine Fréchette is set to be sworn in as Quebec's premier today with less t...
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Christine Fréchette to be sworn into office today as Quebec's second female premier
QUÉBEC - Christine Fréchette is set to be sworn in as Quebec's premier today with less than six months to go before the provincial election. She defeated Bernard Drainville in the race to replace François Legault, who created the Coalition Avenir Québe...
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B.C. woman sentenced to 5 1/2 years for smuggling 108 kilograms of meth from U.S.
NEW WESTMINSTER - A British Columbia woman who worked in Punjabi-language broadcasting has been sentenced to 5 1/2 years in prison after attempting to smuggle more than 100 kilograms of methamphetamine into Canada from the United States. Sukhvinder Ka...
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From hockey to the Arctic: Five things shared by Finland and Canada
OTTAWA - Finland's President Alexander Stubb is in Ottawa this week. On Tuesday he made stops at Rideau Hall and a hockey rink before his first official meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney. On Wednesday he is holding public conversations on defenc...
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B.C. tables treaty legislation after 30-year negotiation with K'omoks First Nation
A First Nation in British Columbia is one step closer to a fully ratified treaty after the province tabled implementation legislation on Tuesday, about 30 years after negotiations began. The treaty would confirm K'omoks First Nation ownership of about ...
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CBSA launches probe into possible dumping of Chinese plywood
OTTAWA - The Canada Border Services Agency has launched a probe to determine if plywood is being subsidized or sold at unfair prices in Canada. A news release from the agency says the investigation began on April 10 and focuses on imports from producer...
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World
Justice Department moves to toss seditious conspiracy convictions of Oath Keepers and Proud Boys
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department on Tuesday asked a federal appeals court to throw out the seditious conspiracy convictions of Proud Boys and Oath Keepers leaders who were sentenced to prison terms for leading members of the far-right extremist...
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Appeals court orders judge to end contempt investigation of Trump administration deportation flights
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge must end his "intrusive" contempt investigation of the Trump administration for failing to comply with an order over flights carrying Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador last year, a divided appeals court panel ruled Tu...
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Appeals court orders judge to end contempt investigation of Trump administration deportation flights
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge must end his "intrusive" contempt investigation of the Trump administration for failing to comply with an order turn around planes carrying Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador last year, a divided appeals court panel ru...
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