The Central Region, along with the South, is showing better than the rest of the province in terms of the percentage of major crops rated good-to-excellent.That is according to the Aug. 21 Alberta Crop Report, issued by the Government of Alberta and the Agriculture Financial Services Corporation (AFSC).Central Region s...

The Forever Canadian Unity Bus will be rolling into Sundre on Friday, September 4.The family-friendly event will run from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Gazebo across from the Town of Sundre building and is aimed at encouraging people to vote in the upcoming referendum.The event will feature a photo op with a large Forever Canadia...

Cosmos Bottle Depot Ltd. is celebrating continued efforts to give back to the community.On Friday morning at its second Red Deer location on Orr Drive, the social enterprise opened two new drive-up windows.Becky Braconnier, executive director of Cosmos Bottle Depot Ltd., said at the ribbon-cutting ceremony that it is t...

The clock is ticking.Red Deer MP Burton Bailey says the longer trade negotiations between Canada and the United States linger, the more it will hurt Red Deer businesses.As of Friday morning, the federal government has until midnight to strike a deal with our neighbours south of the border.If not, U.S. President Donald ...

With summer coming to an end and fall around the corner, Alberta Fish and Wildlife is reminding pet owners about coyote safety.They say leading up to winter, coyotes are searching for food and may try to make a meal out of household pets. Fish and Wildlife suggests always keeping an eye on your furry friends when outdo...

The Government of Alberta has increased grant funding to help more Albertans with mobility challenges afford home modifications.Officials have increased the maximum grant available through the Residential Access Modification Program (RAMP) from $7,500 to $12,000 per person each benefit year and from $15,000 to $24,000 ...

Alberta's technology minister faced a firing line of fury at the government's second town hall on its plan for artificial intelligence data centres. Nate Glubish was peppered with profanity from audience members at the Thursday event in Redwater, north of Edmonton, in Sturgeon County. Tech giant Meta announced plans to...

Alberta's government says it is relaunching a task force to defend the province from aquatic invasive species, including invasive mussels and fish.The re-established provincial task force will be led by Eric Bouchard, MLA for Calgary-Lougheed, and will bring together partners to strengthen Alberta's approach to aquatic...

One of Canada's top female amateur golfers wasn't quite on top of her game this week, missing the cut at the CPKC Canadian Women's Open on Friday. Eileen Park of Red Deer is just 17 and was playing in the tournament for the first time after earning an exemption by impressively winning last month as an amateur in the PG...

The Red Deer Tennis Club is proud to have hosted two significant tournaments this summer.First was the Tennis Alberta Junior Provincial Championships, followed by the Alberta Open Tennis Championships. The last time Red Deer hosted these tournaments was in 2024 and 2007, respectively.In total, approximately 320 players...

Red Deer's Eileen Park is tied for 154th after shooting eight over par in the opening round of the 2026 CPKC Women's Open.She's set to open the second round of the four-round LPGA tournament at 2:05 p.m. on Friday at the Royal Mayfair Golf Club in Edmonton.Japanese golfer Miyu Yamashita is at the top of the leaderboard...

OTTAWA - Federal conservatives are calling on the government to release the full details of the trade offer from the United States that Canada rejected this week. In a letter to Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc, Canada-U.S. relations critic Shuvaloy Maju...

DUCK LAKE - Treaty 6, primarily covering most of what's now central Alberta and central Saskatchewan, was signed 150 years ago by the Crown and First Nations chiefs. Festivities honouring the anniversary have been underway across the region, from celeb...

DUCK LAKE - It was 150 years ago when First Nations chiefs and dignitaries met at Fort Carlton, in the wilderness of what is now Saskatchewan, to carve out a lasting agreement on how to work and live as the modern shape of Canada emerged. Politicians, ...

OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada is carefully watching the rise of an alternative credit model that has Canadian investors and banks exposed to half a trillion dollars of loans held largely beyond the public eye. The concern revolves around private credit, ...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's decision to suspend trade talks with the United States has stirred up emotions on both sides of the border, and has drawn the ire of the U.S. president. Early Sunday morning, Donald Trump took to his social media ...

Police in the Netherlands say a man found collapsed on a street in that country three years ago is not a Canadian who went missing in British Columbia in the 1990s. Online speculation claimed the man is John Russell Kenny of Ontario, who went missing i...

CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) - A mountainous heap of refuse collapsed at the largest landfill in Guinea 's capital of Conakry early on Sunday, killing 30 people, according to the central government. Authorities said that heavy rains, which starte...

A fast-growing wildfire destroying homes in northwest Reno, Nevada, on Sunday was human-caused and uncontained, authorities said, as they encouraged some 90,000 people to evacuate. At least six people were injured. The Hawk Fire began Sa...

RIGA - As Russian threats escalate in Latvia, a Canadian-led NATO mission is strengthening its presence near the Russian and Belarusian borders. The Canadian Press observed the increasing tensions on the ground. In the early hours of Aug. 14, resident...