Vanberg Cup
Innisfail Eagles lead Lacombe Generals 2-1 in NCHL Final
With their backs against the wall the Lacombe Generals picked up an important victory in the Vanberg Cup Final.On Sunday, March 16, the Generals beat the Innisfail Eagles 4-3 at the Gary Moe Auto Group Sportsplex to get their first win of the best-of-seven series.Lacombe led 4-1 late in the second period but the Eagles...
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Two-year contract
Former Rebels captain Kai Uchacz making most of opportunity after signing pro contract
Since the first time he picked up a hockey stick, the goal for Kai Uchacz has always been to one day play professional hockey.That dream became a reality this season for the former captain of the Red Deer Rebels, who signed a two-year entry-level contract with the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League.The ...
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Incoming superintendent Ryan Sawula meets Chinook's Edge administrators
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RDP and Sunchild First Nation extend MOU, launch Elders Village program
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130 UNITS SOLD IN FEB.
Home sales in Red Deer show promising start to 2025
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Incoming superintendent Ryan Sawula meets Chinook's Edge administrators
Chinook's Edge School Division introduced incoming superintendent, Ryan Sawula, to school and division administrators during their regular meeting last week.On March 12, he delivered a speech as well as familiarized himself with staff as he's set to take over the role June 2."I've always been impressed with the cu...
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RDP and Sunchild First Nation extend MOU, launch Elders Village program
Red Deer Polytechnic and Sunchild First Nation are launching a program that will encourage more Indigenous students to enter the trades.The Elders Village Program will offer more opportunity for Indigenous students to gain firsthand experience in areas such as carpentry, plumbing and electrical. Simultaneously, student...
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130 UNITS SOLD IN FEB.
Home sales in Red Deer show promising start to 2025
Red Deer's home sales are off to a positive start in 2025, showing month-to-month growth as well as higher numbers than the same point last year.According to the latest Market Update from Central Alberta Realtors Association, the number of units sold in February 2025 rose to 130, up from 96 in January. This is also hig...
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Nominations open for Parkland Airshed Management Zone's 'Blue Skies Awards'
The Parkland Airshed Management Zone (PAMZ) is looking for nominees for its annual Blue Skies Awards.The awards recognize innovators, organizations, and community leaders who are driving impactful change in environmental sustainability and air quality.More specifically, this year, the awards honour those who've made a ...
Mar 17, 2025
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Alberta
Alberta
Public money will not be used to clean up abandoned wells says Jean
Alberta's energy minister says the government will never use public tax dollars to clean up abandoned oil and gas wells. Brian Jean says it will never be an option, despite a newly leaked government-funded report listing recommendations for how Alberta should reclaim its nearly 80,000 inactive wells. The recommendation...
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Education
Alberta school support workers to return to classrooms as massive strike winds down
Thousands of education support staff around Alberta are set to return to their posts in the coming days as a months-long strike winds down, union officials said Tuesday.The Canadian Union of Public Employees said tentative contracts with the Parkland School Division, the Calgary Board of Education and the Calgary Catho...
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Annual inflation rate jumps to 2.6% in February with tax holiday end: StatCan
The annual rate of inflation accelerated sharply to 2.6 per cent in February as the federal government's temporary tax break came to an end mid-month, Statistics Canada said Tuesday.That marks a sizeable jump from the 1.9 per cent increase seen in January, when Canadians saw GST and HST taken off a variety of household...
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Provincial Politics
Alberta government increases support for foster and kinship caregivers
The Alberta government is increasing financial support for foster and kinship caregivers to ease cost-of-living pressures and provide stability for children and youth in care.As part of Budget 2025, the province has allocated $3.1 million to raise caregiver rates by two per cent, helping cover day-to-day expenses like ...
Mar 17, 2025
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Vanberg Cup
Innisfail Eagles lead Lacombe Generals 2-1 in NCHL Final
With their backs against the wall the Lacombe Generals picked up an important victory in the Vanberg Cup Final.On Sunday, March 16, the Generals beat the Innisfail Eagles 4-3 at the Gary Moe Auto Group Sportsplex to get their first win of the best-of-seven series.Lacombe led 4-1 late in the second period but the Eagles...
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balance and optimization
BCHL partners with AI platform for enhanced scheduling
The BC Hockey League has signed a multi-year agreement with Fastbreak AI.Fastbreak AI is a software company which will introduce to the league and its fans AI-powered sports scheduling. This will ensure balanced and optimized schedules for league and conference play."This partnership underscores our ongoing commit...
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Two-year contract
Former Rebels captain Kai Uchacz making most of opportunity after signing pro contract
Since the first time he picked up a hockey stick, the goal for Kai Uchacz has always been to one day play professional hockey.That dream became a reality this season for the former captain of the Red Deer Rebels, who signed a two-year entry-level contract with the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League.The ...
15h ago
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Canada
In the news today: Pros and cons of dropping consumer carbon tax, new Ontario cabinet
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... End of carbon levy will ease pain at pumps: report Canadians can expect to feel the absence of the consumer carbon price at the pumps immediately but it may take longer to notice a difference in the price of other goods, a new rep...
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Consumers could find 'meaningful savings' as carbon price ends: Desjardins
OTTAWA - Canadians can expect to feel the absence of the consumer carbon price at the pumps immediately but it may take longer to notice a difference in the price of other goods, a new report released Wednesday suggests. The analysis by Desjardins Economics comes less than a week after Prime Minister Mark Carney and hi...
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End of consumer carbon tax leaves $1.5-billion hole in B.C. budget
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's budget shows that the impending end of the province's consumer carbon tax will leave a roughly $1.5-billion hole in its revenue streams, with one expert saying that "there will be both winners and losers" from the change. The budget released earlier this month shows the province...
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Prime Minister Mark Carney set to host meeting with Canada's premiers Friday
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is hosting a meeting with Canada's premiers on Friday. The prime minister's office and the office of Ontario Premier Doug Ford confirmed details of the meeting. It comes as Carney is widely expected to call an election within just days or weeks. He was in Iqaluit Tuesday in a bid to ...
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CP NewsAlert: Vancouver International Auto Show removes Tesla from event over safety
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver International Auto Show says it has removed Tesla from participating in this week's event over safety concerns. Executive Director Eric Nicholl says the show asked the electric carmaker to withdraw because of a "primary concern" for the safety of workers, attendees and exhibitors. Mo...
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Conservatives say there will be no media seats on Poilievre's election campaign
OTTAWA - The Conservative party is breaking from tradition and will not be allowing media onboard planes and buses for Pierre Poilievre's election campaign. In an email Tuesday, national campaign director Jenni Byrne says costs for travel have "risen considerably," as has the capacity for digital and remote a...
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World
A Dutch 'fish doorbell' has turned into an unlikely online hit combining slow TV and ecology
UTRECHT, Netherlands (AP) - The central Dutch city of Utrecht has installed a " fish doorbell " on a river lock that lets viewers of an online livestream alert authorities to fish being held up as they make their springtime migration to shallow spawning grounds. The idea is simple: An underwater camera at Utr...
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Police arrest Istanbul mayor, a key Erdogan rival, over alleged corruption and terror links
ISTANBUL (AP) - Turkish police on Wednesday arrested Istanbul's mayor - a key rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan - as part of an investigation into alleged corruption and terror links, media reported. The state-run Anadolu Agency said prosecutors issued warrants for some 100 other people. Authorities closed severa...
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Federal judge blocks Trump administration from banning transgender people from military service
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge blocked President Donald Trump's executive order banning transgender people from military service on Tuesday U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes in Washington, D.C., ruled that Trump's order to exclude transgender troops from military service likely violates their constitutional rights. She ...
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