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Last seen July 19
Missing: Hope Fawn Jessalyn Crier, 26, of Red Deer
The Red Deer RCMP are asking for the public's help in finding a missing 26-year-old woman.Hope Fawn Jessalyn Crier was last seen on July 19 and police say there is concern for her well-being.Crier is described as five-feet seven-inches tall and approximately 119 pounds with brown hair, brown eyes, and a medium complexi...
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Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre
AHS recruits cardiologist to Red Deer
Alberta Health Services has announced a newly recruited cardiologist now practising in Red Deer.Officials say Dr. Ahmad Shoaib has made the move to the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre where he provides general cardiology and cardiac imaging. AHS says he also offers the same services at the Healthy Heart Institute in ...
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Oriole Park Elementary
Provincial government invests into more school spaces and future projects
The Government of Alberta has announced it will invest in more school spaces including in central Alberta with the upcoming school year.This includes 13 school projects in pre-planning across the province thanks to $610,000 in funding including for Wolf Creek Public Schools in Lacombe, Red Deer Public Schools, and East...
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hot week ahead
Heat warning issued for Red Deer
A heat warning has been issued for the Red Deer area, and many other parts of the province.According to Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), the region will experience daytime high temperatures near 30 degrees Celsius with overnight low temperatures ranging between 14 to 18 degrees Celsius, for the rest of thi...
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Alberta

10-Year Strategy
Province aiming to break the cycle of gender-based violence
The Alberta government says it is advancing its 10-year strategy, Building on Our Strengths, by investing in programs that help men and boys prevent gender-based violence.The province says it is investing in prevention-focused initiatives to stop violence before it starts. One-time grants totalling $720,000 are expecte...
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Provincial Politics
Alberta removing requirement for temporary diversion licenses for riparian restoration projects
Officials with Alberta's government say communities and businesses can now spend more time restoring watersheds and less time filling out government forms.To ensure that plants receive the water they need, Alberta's government says it is removing the requirement to have a temporary diversion licence to water plants as ...
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Agriculture
Australia reopens market to Canadian beef
For the first time since 2003, Australia has opened its market to beef and beef products from Canada.The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says in a news release this is "opening a door to a key Indo-Pacific market."The release goes on to say that "regained access offers not only economic potential for Can...
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Provincial Politics
Citizen Initiative Petition issued
A former deputy premier's petition to have Alberta declare that its official policy is to remain in Canada can start rolling out across the province.Chief electoral officer Gordon McClure says canvassers with the Alberta Forever Canada citizen initiative can begin gathering signatures.Submitted by Thomas Lukaszuk, a fo...
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Canada

CP NewsAlert: Lytton First Nation in B.C. orders wildfire evacuation
The Lytton First Nation in British Columbia that was devastated four years ago by a wildfire has ordered that residents on some of its reserves be evacuated again. The First Nation has issued an evacuation order for two reserves due to immediate danger caused by an uncontrolled wildfire burning nearby. More coming. The...
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Canadian aid pallets part of Gaza airdrop after Israel loosens restrictions
OTTAWA - Canadian aid is being airdropped into Gaza a day after Ottawa announced its intention to recognize Palestinian statehood. Israel has slightly loosened its tight restrictions on food and medicine reaching the Gaza Strip in response to an international outcry over starvation in the Palestinian territory. After h...
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Lion Electric will not respect warranties on school buses sold in United States
MONTREAL - Quebec vehicle-maker Lion Electric will no longer honour warranties on school buses sold in the United States. The court-appointed monitor overseeing the company's restructuring sent a letter to U.S. clients earlier this month informing them that their warranties have been voided. A group of Quebec investors...
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Trump lowers expectations of trade deal with Canada as tariff deadline looms
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump is dampening expectations of a deal with Canada materializing at the last minute as his tariff deadline looms. In a post on social media, the president says it will be very hard to make a deal with Canada after Prime Minister Mark Carney on Wednesday announced Ottawa intends to ...
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Supreme Court won't hear case of Ontario man who fatally shot Indigenous man
The case of an Ontario man found guilty of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of an Indigenous man has come to a close after Canada's top court declined to hear it. The Supreme Court of Canada has rejected a leave to appeal request from Peter Khill, who shot and killed Jonathan Styres after finding the man breaking int...
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In the news today: Auto industry braces for tariffs, Ottawa to recognize Palestine
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Auto industry looking for tariff exemptions Automotive industry leaders are hoping to see exemptions for vehicles compliant with the current trade deal as Canada and the U.S. continue discussions ahead of the upcoming tariff deadl...
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