Going for Gold
Jocelyn Peterman set to compete at 2025 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship
Former Red Deerian Jocelyn Peterman and her partner Brett Gallant will compete at the 2025 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Summerside, P.E.I. beginning on Sunday.The pair, who now call Chestermere, Alta. home, will take part in the six-day tournament that concludes on Friday for a chance to represent the...
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election yet to be called
Conservative Party, People's Party choose candidates for new federal Red Deer riding
Burton Bailey will be the next Conservative Party of Canada candidate for the new re-aligned riding of Red Deer in the next federal election, according to a newsletter sent out this week by the party to members. Bailey, who has served for several years as executive assistant to Red Deer-North MLA Adriana Lagrange, was ...
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election yet to be called
Conservative Party, People's Party choose candidates for new federal Red Deer riding
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podcast
Red Deer's Scotia Wealth Management: Investing during tariff-period can look different for everyone
local man seeking to prevent closure
Judge's decision pending in overdose prevention site injunction case
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JAN. 15 NUMBERS
Pigeon Lake residents pocket $100,050 in lotto win
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Red Deer and Area
election yet to be called
Conservative Party, People's Party choose candidates for new federal Red Deer riding
Burton Bailey will be the next Conservative Party of Canada candidate for the new re-aligned riding of Red Deer in the next federal election, according to a newsletter sent out this week by the party to members. Bailey, who has served for several years as executive assistant to Red Deer-North MLA Adriana Lagrange, was ...
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local man seeking to prevent closure
Judge's decision pending in overdose prevention site injunction case
A Constitution-based injunction hearing began at the Red Deer Justice Centre on Friday, seeking to prevent the closure of the local overdose prevention site (OPS). Opened in October 2018, it was last fall the provincial government announced its funding would not be renewed and therefore it would close by March 31, 2025...
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JAN. 15 NUMBERS
Pigeon Lake residents pocket $100,050 in lotto win
Two Pigeon Lake residents are now $100,050 richer after securing an EXTRA win in the Jan. 15 draw. Helene and David K. play WESTERN 649 and EXTRA twice a week and often check their tickets together. "I kept looking up each number and they matched one by one," Helene said. "I was so excited but I waited u...
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HALF OF RECOMMENDED RATE
Red Deer County council approves modest base pay increase for mayor and councillors
Red Deer County council has unanimously approved a 4.5 per cent increase to the base pay of its mayors and councillors, to go into effect for the next sitting council following the October municipal election.The Council Remuneration Committee initially recommended a nine per cent increase to the base rate of pay, as we...
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Alberta
Prevent the spread
Measles outbreak identified in northern Alberta
The Government of Alberta is alerting the public of a measles outbreak in the northern part of the province in an effort to halt further spread of the disease.As of March 13, health officials have confirmed six cases in the province but were all a part of the same household. Despite that, it raises concerns about the p...
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PROVINCIAL POLITICS
Premier Smith says Carney should immediately call election
Premier Danielle Smith says new prime minister Mark Carney should immediately call a general election as she argued his cabinet remains as hostile to Alberta as the one assembled by his predecessor. "I am extremely concerned that this cabinet includes most of same ministers responsible for the most damaging govern...
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IN ADDITION TO CONVENTIONAL
Alberta to begin collecting bitumen royalties in-kind
The Government of Alberta has announced it will now collect bitumen royalties in-kind (BRIK) in addition to conventional royalties in-kind (CORIK) in an effort to maximize resource revenue. The Alberta Petroleum Marketing Commission (APMC), the province's commercial oil and gas agency, can now combine conventional and ...
Mar 14, 2025
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Spring forecast
Winter weather not finished yet in Prairie provinces: The Weather Network
The Weather Network has issued its spring forecasts for the months March, April and May - and the Prairies may be in for winter weather a while longer.While precipitation is expected to be normal for the upcoming spring season in Alberta, temperatures will be below normal, the network reported.Spring-type weather start...
Mar 14, 2025
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Local Sports
Going for Gold
Jocelyn Peterman set to compete at 2025 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship
Former Red Deerian Jocelyn Peterman and her partner Brett Gallant will compete at the 2025 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Summerside, P.E.I. beginning on Sunday.The pair, who now call Chestermere, Alta. home, will take part in the six-day tournament that concludes on Friday for a chance to represent the...
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Media Excellence
Longtime Red Deer sports journalist honoured with WHL's Bob Ridley Award
The Western Hockey League honoured local sports journalist Greg Meachem, who was named the 2024-25 recipient of the league's Bob Ridley Award for Media Excellence.His wife Brenda, and many other family members were in attendance on Friday night prior to the Rebels game against the Prince Albert Raiders to accept the aw...
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4-3
Rebels eliminated from playoff contention in loss to Raiders
It's official, the Red Deer Rebels have been mathematically eliminated from playoff contention.On Saturday night they fell 4-3 to the Prince Albert Raiders in overtime at the Westerner Park Centrium, despite getting a much needed loss by the Swift Current Broncos.The Rebels trailed the Broncos for the eighth and final ...
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Canada
Canadian officials, Muslim leaders call for action against Islamophobia
MONTREAL - Federal officials marked International Day to Combat Islamophobia Saturday by calling on Canadians to push back against bigotry directed at the country's Muslim communities. But one organization that defends the civil rights of Canada's Muslim says not enough is being done to counter the rising tide of hate....
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Clients of Halifax 'rage room' take aim at portraits of U.S. President Donald Trump
HALIFAX - After placing a framed photo of U.S. President Donald Trump on a table, Matthew Burke steps back and takes a mighty swing with a baseball bat. Glass shatters as the frame explodes. The obliterated image vanishes. Satisfied with his effort, the 14-year-old - dressed in dark coveralls, a paintball mask and body...
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Canada and Greece sign memorandum of understanding on tourism between the countries
MONTREAL - Canada and Greece have signed a memorandum of understanding to promote tourism between the two countries, a type of agreement one tourism expert says will become more common as Canada strengthens its bonds with European Union nations and looks for tourism markets beyond the United States. Innovation, Science...
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Carney orders review of F-35 fighter jet purchase from U.S.'s Lockheed Martin
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney has asked for a review of Canada's plan to purchase a fleet of F-35 fighter jets. The deal with Lockheed Martin and the U.S. government is for 88 planes at a cost of about US$85 million each. A spokesperson for Defence Minister Bill Blair says Carney has asked Blair to look into whet...
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King Charles signalling support for Canada as Trump talks annexation: royal watchers
A maple tree, a red dress and a ceremonial sword may seem like cold comfort for Canadians hoping to hear their head of state defend them against U.S. President Donald Trump's repeated pitches to annex their country. But royal watchers say King Charles is showing subtle support for Canada in the only way he can, given h...
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Quebec company hopes its plan to sell bananas, other exotic produce bears fruit
SAINT-EUSTACHE, Que. - Thick, humid air envelopes Myriam Claude's banana tree, which bears a beautiful cluster of fruit, not yet ripe. Beside it are several trees blossoming with flowers, citrus fruit, and tiny pomegranates waiting to explode with flavour. But Claude's bounty isn't in the tropics. It's in an 8,750-squa...
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World
Trump invokes 18th century law to declare invasion by gangs and speed deportations
Claiming the United States was being invaded by a Venezuelan gang, President Donald Trump on Saturday invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, a sweeping war time authority that allows the president broader leeway on policy and executive action, to speed up mass deportations of people in the country illegally - potential...
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Trump signs a bill funding the government for 6 months, avoiding a shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump has signed into law legislation funding the government through the end of September, ending the threat of a partial government shutdown and capping off a struggle in Congress that deeply divided Democrats. Harrison Fields, White House principal deputy press secretary, said in a ...
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Monster storm across the US sparks threat of tornadoes in US South; At least 5 dead
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - At least five people have been killed in a monster storm sweeping across much of the U.S. At least two people were killed in Missouri after a tornado struck the Bakersfield area. The Missouri State Highway patrol said Saturday via social media that multiple people were also injured. It would bring ...
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