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Red Deer County council votes down airport funding increase
Despite a push from Mayor Jim Wood for council to approve it, the Red Deer Regional Airport's request for an additional $121,500 was turned away this week.Council defeated the motion 6-1 on Tuesday, with only Mayor Wood voting in favour.The increase was among a list of amendments made in the 2025 spring budget that was...
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April 17, 2025
Wetaskiwin RCMP respond to fatal rollover on QEII Highway
One person is dead following a single vehicle rollover on the QEll west of Wetaskiwin Thursday morning.During the early morning of April 17, 2025, Wetaskiwin RCMP along with EMS and Fire responded to a serious single vehicle rollover on the QEII Highway near Township Road 470. Mounties say this tragic event resulted in...
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TAXES AND TARIFFS
Penhold town council approves 2025 property tax rates, pushes forward on public services building
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Lacombe city council approves recommendations made in South Connector Functional Plan
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0.6 PER CENT INCREASE
Innisfail town council sets property tax rates for 2025
During its regular meeting Apr. 14, Innisfail's town council approved an increase to the property tax bylaw of 0.6 per cent compared to last year. The Municipal Government Act required council to approve the 2025 budget in December 2024, at which point it estimated a 2.82 per cent increase would be needed to meet the t...
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TAXES AND TARIFFS
Penhold town council approves 2025 property tax rates, pushes forward on public services building
Penhold's town council passed its municipal tax rate bylaw and provided an update on how tariffs have impacted the new public services building during its regular meeting on Apr. 14. For 2025, the Penhold residential tax rate is set at 7.83 per cent, down from 8.10 per cent in 2024, while the commercial rate is set at ...
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Future roadway
Lacombe city council approves recommendations made in South Connector Functional Plan
Lacombe city council has approved recommendations in the South Connector Functional Plan.The plan is part of the City of Lacombe's strategy to meet projections on traffic growth and provide an alternate east-west transportation route.The recommendations came from the plan that studied a new 7.5 kilometre arterial road ...
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Over 121,000
Red Deer County council votes down airport funding increase
Despite a push from Mayor Jim Wood for council to approve it, the Red Deer Regional Airport's request for an additional $121,500 was turned away this week.Council defeated the motion 6-1 on Tuesday, with only Mayor Wood voting in favour.The increase was among a list of amendments made in the 2025 spring budget that was...
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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
Transportation minister calls on Edmonton to cancel bike lane project, irking critics
Alberta's transportation minister is asking the city of Edmonton to cancel an ongoing bike lane project, saying the city should be working to increase vehicle capacity rather than reduce it.Devin Dreeshen says the city's multi-year plan to build 30 blocks of bike lanes on the city's north side will have a negative impa...
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WHAT TO KNOW
Here's what to know about advance voting in Canada's 2025 federal election
Advance voting for the 2025 federal election gets underway this long weekend.Canadians who are at least 18 years old can vote at their assigned polling station anytime from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on April 17, 18, 19 or 20. Where to voteThere are two ways to know where to advance vote. Those who are registered ahead of time s...
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Provincial Politics
Alberta pauses some of its fight-back plan against the U.S. amid tariff dispute
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's government is pausing the procurement policy it announced more than a month ago to fight U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs. Service Alberta Minister Dale Nally says since the province's retaliatory measures were first announced in early March, Trump's administration has put a hold o...
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Provincial Politics
Supreme Court won't hear appeal on questioning former Alberta minister in coal suit
The Supreme Court of Canada says it won't hear an appeal by the Alberta government regarding a decision to have its former energy minister questioned in a multibillion-dollar coal mining lawsuit.The $15 billion lawsuit, launched in 2023, argues five coal companies were left with land they couldn't use after Alberta rei...
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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
Frank Stronach committed to stand trial after preliminary inquiry into two charges
TORONTO - An Ontario court has committed billionaire businessman Frank Stronach to stand trial on two charges related to two complainants as part of his Toronto sexual assault case. Ontario Court Justice Jacqueline Freeman made the ruling at the end of a preliminary inquiry that dealt exclusively with those two charges...
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U.S. students look north as Trump freezes funding to American universities
VANCOUVER - The University of British Columbia has briefly reopened admissions for its graduate programs to take applications from U.S. citizens in what is a growing trend for Canadian institutions as the American president denigrates higher learning. Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, B.C., and the University of Toro...
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Trump says tariffs making America rich while also suggesting trade deals are coming
U.S. President Donald Trump showed little signs of backing down on his plans to tariff the world today - even as members of his administration continue to claim the duties will lead to the negotiation of new trade deals. Trump says nothing he heard during a meeting with Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in the Oval...
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Eby says Canadians need to 'keep the pressure up' despite California's charm campaign
VICTORIA - British Columbia's premier says Canadians need to "keep the pressure up" on the United States by buying local and avoiding travel there, despite a recent push from California to draw visitors from Canada. David Eby says he spoke with Californian Governor Gavin Newsom on Monday - the same day the go...
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Air traffic back to normal at Vancouver's airport after days of delays
RICHMOND - The agency that provides air traffic control for Canada's airports says traffic flow at Vancouver International Airport has resumed normal operations in time for Easter weekend travel. The update from Nav Canada comes after the agency issued posts to social media on Tuesday and Wednesday warning of flight de...
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Municipal politician from Gaspé Peninsula facing sex-crime charges
A municipal politician from a small town in Quebec's Gaspé Peninsula is facing sex-related charges. Bruno-Pierre Godbout, a councillor in the community of Chandler, was charged this week with sexual assault, assault with a weapon, unlawful confinement and criminal harassment. The assaults that the 36-year-old ma...
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World
Colorado man convicted of killing his wife and posing as ex-boyfriend and stalking her
DENVER (AP) - A Colorado man was convicted Thursday of killing his wife after prosecutors say he posed as her ex-boyfriend and stalked her. With his marriage falling apart, prosecutors said Daniel Krug, 44, decided to play "puppet master" by scaring his wife and then trying to win her back by protecting her f...
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Supreme Court keeps hold on Trump's restrictions on birthright citizenship but sets May arguments
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Thursday kept on hold President Donald Trump's restrictions on birthright citizenship but agreed to hear arguments on the issue in May. Trump's executive order to end birthright citizenship for the children of people who are in the U.S. illegally has been halted nationwide by thre...
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An unknown number of people are being treated after a shooting at Florida State
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - A shooting Thursday on the Florida State University campus sent an unknown number of people to a nearby hospital, a medical center spokesperson said. Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare was receiving and treating people affected by the shooting, said Sarah Cannon, a hospital spokesperson. She said ...
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