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
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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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
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 ...
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Canada
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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B.C. geoduck exports facing possible devastation as Chinese tariffs loom
VANCOUVER - British Columbia seafood producers are bracing for impact as China is slated to impose 25-per-cent tariffs on geoduck clams, a move that could devastate the multimillion-dollar export industry that is built almost exclusively on Chinese markets. Christina Burridge, executive director with the BC Seafood All...
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Mountain biking groups 'stretched thin' with trail work as popularity grows
VANCOUVER - The outdoors were a refuge for many during the pandemic as people hit their local trail networks to mountain bike, hike, run and walk, but advocates in British Columbia say the value of trails isn't reflected in the level of support they receive. Deanne Cote, executive director of the North Shore Mountain B...
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Liberals lagging well behind other parties on nominating candidates as election looms
OTTAWA - With a federal election call expected any day now, the Liberal party is trailing well behind its rivals on nominating candidates. The Conservatives have nominated 275 candidates out of 343 ridings, the NDP has 217 candidates and the Green Party has 208 - but the Liberal party has so far nominated just 185 cand...
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World
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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Previously classified files related to JFK assassination released
DALLAS (AP) - Previously classified documents related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy were released Tuesday following an order by President Donald Trump shortly after he took office. The documents were posted on the website of the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. The vast majori...
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Supreme Court rejects request to block Louisiana's first nitrogen gas execution
ANGOLA, La. (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a last-ditch effort to block Louisiana's first execution using nitrogen gas, which is scheduled for Tuesday evening. Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, is to be put to death for the 1996 murder of advertising executive Mary "Molly" Elliott in what would be Louisiana's f...
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