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Red Deer RCMP investigating multiple downtown bear spray attacks
Red Deer RCMP have arrested and charged a man who allegedly bear sprayed a woman in the face downtown on Saturday, April 12.That incident occurred just before 12:40 p.m. on 49 Street, between City Hall and the old courthouse.Officers attended and located the victim, a 39-year-old female, who had been affected by the sp...
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May 21, 2024, Incidents
Trial date set for Red Deer man accused in alleged knife incidents downtown
A trial date has been set for a local man charged in a pair of incidents involving a knife in downtown Red Deer last year. Drake Edward Davidson, 19, of Red Deer, is scheduled for trial in Red Deer Court of Justice on June 2, 2025. He faces counts of assault with a weapon, assault, and possession of a weapon for a dang...
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16th year
Aspen Heights MicroSociety showcases student-run ventures to community members
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new 'everything red deer podcast' episode
Sylvan Lake RCMP first in central Alberta to get body cams
Escarpment area
City of Red Deer assessing area along Riverview Avenue after fire was set
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Red Deer RCMP investigating multiple downtown bear spray attacks
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Red Deer and Area
16th year
Aspen Heights MicroSociety showcases student-run ventures to community members
The Aspen Heights MicroSociety held its Community Partner Day Wednesday to highlight the hard work put forward by students.On April 16, the MicroSociety invited local businesses and community members to the elementary school for an afternoon of student catered grilled cheese lunch followed by a tour and presentation hi...
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Escarpment area
City of Red Deer assessing area along Riverview Avenue after fire was set
The City of Red Deer says it will be assessing the escarpment area along Riverview Avenue and are aware of ongoing challenges in the area after a grass fire was lit late last week.This comes after Red Deer resident Richard Singer put out the fire he said was started by someone lighting cardboard boxes on fire near the ...
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one person charged
Red Deer RCMP investigating multiple downtown bear spray attacks
Red Deer RCMP have arrested and charged a man who allegedly bear sprayed a woman in the face downtown on Saturday, April 12.That incident occurred just before 12:40 p.m. on 49 Street, between City Hall and the old courthouse.Officers attended and located the victim, a 39-year-old female, who had been affected by the sp...
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June 2024 Incident
Trial date scheduled for man charged in central Alberta shooting
A trial date has been set for one of three people charged in a central Alberta shooting last year. Dorian O'Shea Hunter, 24, a resident of Maskwacis, is scheduled for trial in Wetaskiwin Court of Justice on Sept. 12, 2025. Co-accused Trey Littlechild, 25, and Alyssa Soosay, 30, both of Samson Cree Nation, saw their mat...
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Federal Election 2025
Election approaching
PPC leader Maxime Bernier to hold reform discussion in Red Deer
The leader of the People's Party of Canada (PPC), Maxime Bernier, will be in Red Deer on Wednesday evening.Joined by Kyla Courte, the PPC candidate for the Red Deer riding in the upcoming federal election, they'll be discussing reform on April 16 and the public is welcome to attend.It's also an opportunity to learn wha...
Apr 15, 2025
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UNITED PARTY OF CANADA
Candidate profile: Grant Abraham (United) - Ponoka-Didsbury
This is a candidate profile for the April 28, 2025 federal election.All candidates have been asked the same four questions, and were given a 600-word limit.Responses are unedited for grammar and spelling, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of rdnewsNOW and Pattison Media.Advance voting days are April 18, 19, 2...
Apr 14, 2025
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liberal party of canada
Candidate profile: Ayaz Bangash (LIB) - Red Deer
This is a candidate profile for the April 28, 2025 federal election. All candidates have been asked the same four questions, and were given a 600-word limit. Responses are unedited for grammar and spelling, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of rdnewsNOW and Pattison Media. Advance voting days are April 18, 19...
Apr 14, 2025
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Alberta
Provincial Politics
Alberta UCP boot former cabinet minister from caucus over scandal criticism
Alberta's United Conservative Party says it has expelled former infrastructure minister Peter Guthrie from caucus over his repeated criticism of the government's handling of the health-care contract scandal.Guthrie gave up his ministerial position in February over concerns about government contracts and has been sittin...
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Health
Alberta reports six more cases of measles, bringing total to 83
Alberta is reporting six more confirmed cases of measles, bringing the province's total since the beginning of March to 83.The province says four of the new cases are in central Alberta, and the other two are in the province's south.It says the majority of cases involve children between five and 17 years old.Provincial...
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18 PER CENT GROWTH
Alberta dominates housing starts in first quarter of 2025
Alberta had the highest number of housing starts in the country from January to March this year, according to the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). In Red Deer, there were nine new housing starts of all kinds in the first quarter. Six of these were single-detached homes, while the rest were other forms....
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RCMP launches non-emergency call line to mark National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week
The City of Red Deer is asking residents and visitors to continue using the local non-emergency phone line while within city limits, as opposed to a new provincial line launched this week. To recognize National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, the Alberta RCMP has announced that Albertans can now make non-emergenc...
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Local Sports
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U12s at Red Deer's Premier Academy win national cheer gold
Red Deer's Premier Academy is celebrating a gold medal at 2025 Canadian Nationals, held in Niagara Falls earlier this month.The first place finish went to the U12 Level 1 cheer team, and marks the academy's first ever national title."We are incredibly proud of this team and everything they've accomplished," s...
Apr 15, 2025
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Second time
Lacombe's Daxon Rudolph named WHL Rookie of the Week
Prince Albert Raiders defenceman Daxon Rudolph has been named the Western Hockey League's (WHL) Rookie of the Week.This marks the second time the 17-year-old from Lacombe has earned WHL Rookie of the Week honours. Rudolph also won WHL Rookie of the Month last January.Rudolph had a fantastic stretch last week leading al...
Apr 15, 2025
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2025 nhl draft
Four Rebels make NHL Central Scouting's final rankings
Four Red Deer Rebels have made Central Scouting's final rankings ahead of the 2025 NHL Draft.Among North American skaters, forward Matthew Gard is ranked the highest at 37th, while Rebels teammates Luke Vlooswyk (D), Jaxon Fuder (F) and Derek Thurston (D), are ranked 72nd, 125th and 163rd, respectively.Compared to the ...
Apr 15, 2025
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Canada
B.C. operation by police, regulators finds losses of $4M in assets to crypto fraud
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's securities regulator says a recent two-day operation to identify victims of a specific type of cryptocurrency fraud has found 89 people who were drained of more than $4 million in assets. The B.C. Securities Commission says the agency brought together regulators, police, crypto trading pl...
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Canada's Choice
Debate begins with party leaders laying out priorities beyond trade policy and Trump
As the French language election debate got under way Wednesday night, the four main federal party leaders were asked to lay out policy priorities that have nothing to do with the elephant in the room; U.S. President Donald Trump.Liberal Leader Mark Carney cited his promises to double housing construction, while Conserv...
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Economy
Bank of Canada holds key rate steady amid trade war
Bank of Canada is hitting pause after seven straight interest rate cuts as it grapples with global trade uncertainty.The central bank held its benchmark interest rate steady at 2.75 per cent today, the first time it has foregone a cut since last June.Governor Tiff Macklem says the Bank of Canada kept the key rate uncha...
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Nav Canada warns to expect flight delays at Vancouver International Airport
RICHMOND - The agency that provides air traffic control for Canada's airports is warning travellers at Vancouver's airport of flight delays over what it says are "resource constraints." Nav Canada says in a social media post that passengers need to check the status of their flights with their airlines before ...
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Court bans pro-Palestinian protests on McGill University campus for 10 days
MONTREAL - McGill University has obtained a 10-day court order against a pro-Palestinian student group forbidding protests on campus. A Quebec Superior Court judge granted the injunction Tuesday against Students for Palestinian Honour and Resistance. Group members are not permitted to block or obstruct McGill entrances...
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Ontario to loosen internal trade, remove barriers on alcohol and labour mobility
TORONTO - Ontario is set to table legislation to make trade between provinces easier, as a way to shore up the economy against the effects of American tariffs. Officials say the bill would make Ontario the first government in Canada to unconditionally remove all current exceptions to interprovincial free trade. The leg...
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World
US Army engineers decide to fast-track Great Lakes tunnel permits under Trump energy emergency order
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has decided to fast-track permits for building a protective tunnel around an aging Enbridge oil pipeline that runs beneath a channel connecting two Great Lakes, stoking environmentalists' fears that the project will escape scrutiny, damage the sensitive region and perpetuate fossil fuel...
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10 guards charged over the fatal beating of a New York inmate, including 2 with murder
UTICA, N.Y. (AP) - Ten New York prison guards were charged Wednesday in connection with the fatal beating of a 22-year-old prison inmate, including two charged with murder. It's the second time this year a group of correctional officers in the state was indicted for a death behind bars. Other prisoners say several guar...
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Judge finds probable cause to hold Trump administration in contempt for violating deportation order
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge on Wednesday said he has found probable cause to hold the Trump administration in criminal contempt of court for violating his orders to turn around planes carrying deportees to El Salvador. U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg said he the administration must try to "purge" ...
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