Prairie canola producers brace for 100 per cent tariffs from China
CALGARY - Canola farmers on the Prairies are bracing for impact as China prepares to impose hefty tariffs on the industry. China is expected to enact a 100 per cent levy on Canadian canola oil and meal starting Thursday. The tariffs are a response to Canada's 100 per cent tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles and 2...
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Employment scams are on the rise, according to the Better Business Bureau
Job scams are on the rise in Alberta. That's according to the Better Business Bureau (BBB), which serves Alberta and the east Kootenay region. BBB president and CEO, Mary O'Sullivan-Andersen, said research outlined in the BBB Scam Tracker Risk Report indicated these types of scams are increasing. "Making it the se...
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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
Mar 18, 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...
Mar 18, 2025
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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...
Mar 18, 2025
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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
MUNICIPAL GROUP REACTIONS
Who's footing the bill?: Municipal groups call for government action on unpaid oil and gas taxes
Alberta Municipalities (ABmunis) has released a statement expressing concern about unpaid oil and gas property taxes, as the financial burden gets passed to municipalities and their residents instead. A member survey recently conducted by the Rural Municipalities of Alberta (RMA) found that as of Dec. 31, 2024, at leas...
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CONSTRUCTION TRAINING PROGRAM
Helmets to Hardhats launches in Alberta, creating work pathway for veterans
Helmets to Hardhats (H2H) has partnered with the Government of Alberta's Minister of Advanced Education, Rajan Sawhney, to launch the Skilled Pathway Program, an initiative aimed at equipping veterans, reservists and their family members with the skills needed for successful careers in the construction industry."T...
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Energy
Alberta Premier Smith says plan for orphan well cleanup coming next month
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says plans for cleaning up abandoned or inactive oil wells are to be made public in two weeks.She says public funding won't be needed for the new initiatives, despite a draft government report leaked to media that explicitly says the opposite.The report recommends creating new companies b...
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Local priorities
Budget 2025 increases funding to municipalities
The Government of Alberta said if the 2025 provincial budget is passed, there will be an increase in funding to help municipalities build, maintain, and modernize public infrastructure.With Alberta's population rapidly growing, there are more people than ever who rely on municipal infrastructure such as roads and recre...
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Red Deer's Cooper Moore once again AJHL Rookie of the Week
Red Deer's Cooper Moore just keeps racking up the accolades.Fresh off being named a finalist for the AJHL's Rookie of the Year award, the Lloydminster Bobcats forward has earned his third Rookie of the Week recognition.On March 14, Moore scored a goal and an assist in a 7-5 defeat of the Grande Prairie Storm.He added a...
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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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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...
Mar 18, 2025
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Canada
Prime Minister Mark Carney's government terminates consumer carbon price
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's first move after taking office on Friday was to eliminate the consumer carbon price, undoing Justin Trudeau's signature climate policy. Carney addressed members of the media after the Friday afternoon cabinet meeting, saying the government is "focused on action." "We...
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UBC bans Chinese AI DeepSeek from its devices and networks, citing privacy, security
VANCOUVER - The University of British Columbia has banned Chinese AI tool DeepSeek from being used or installed on university-owned devices and networks, citing "a high degree of privacy and security risk." The university says it reached the decision after a review of public information and third-party assess...
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Montreal begins annual effort to clear tonnes of garbage exposed by snowmelt
MONTREAL - Street cleaning is a rite of spring in Montreal, after receding snow exposes months' worth of cigarette butts, dog waste, and other garbage. The city says its fleet of street sweepers, sidewalk washers and other cleaning staff will need between four and six weeks to pick up what is expected to be at least 50...
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Poilievre says he wants to greenlight Ring of Fire mining permits within six months
SUDBURY, Ont. - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Wednesday he'll "set a deadline" to approve all federal permits for mining in northwestern Ontario's Ring of Fire region within six months. Poilievre said that a Conservative government would also commit $1 billion over three years to building a road n...
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Quebec effort to ease internal trade means less red tape for racehorses, undertakers
MONTREAL - Quebec is taking some halting steps toward scrapping interprovincial trade barriers with measures that will reduce red tape for funeral directors, real estate brokers and racehorse owners. The government announced today it is planning to withdraw at least five of its exemptions to the Canadian Free Trade Agr...
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Ottawa condemns China for executing Canadians
OTTAWA - China's embassy in Ottawa is confirming that Beijing executed Canadian citizens earlier this year. It's not clear how many Canadians were executed, although the Canadian government says they did not include Abbotsford, B.C. native Robert Lloyd Schellenberg, who was sentenced to death for drug smuggling by a Ch...
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World
Pentagon reviews plans to cut troops handling migrants at Guantánamo by as much as half
WASHINGTON (AP) - Military officials are reviewing plans that would cut the number of U.S. troops deployed to the Guantánamo Bay naval base in Cuba to handle detained migrants by as much as half, because there are no detainees there now and the program has stumbled during legal challenges, The Associated Press h...
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Minnesota jury convicts alleged ringleader of massive pandemic food fraud scheme on all counts
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A jury found the alleged ringleader of a massive pandemic fraud case in Minnesota guilty on all counts Wednesday for her role in a scheme that federal prosecutors say stole $250 million from a program meant to feed children in need. Aimee Bock - the founder of Feeding our Future, the group that prose...
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Arizona executes a man who murdered his girlfriend's ex-husband
FLORENCE, Arizona (AP) - An Arizona man who kidnapped and murdered his girlfriend's ex-husband was executed Wednesday, the second of four prisoners scheduled to be put to death this week in the U.S. Aaron Brian Gunches, 53, was lethally injected with pentobarbital at the Arizona State Prison Complex in the town of Flor...
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