building community
United Way Central Alberta raises $1.7 million in 2024
United Way Central Alberta raised $1.7 million in 2024, it was announced at a celebration on Monday night.The total surpasses that of 2023, with funds used to strengthen partner agencies delivering vital programs around the region."This year's campaign is a testament to the local love and care we have within our c...
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CITY COUNCIL REPORT
HotSpot parking system successful in Red Deer, though challenges remain
Although the initial overhaul took some time to adjust to, the City of Red Deer's administration reports the new downtown parking system, implemented about two years ago, has been a financial benefit to the city and improved some elements of the user experience. City council received a report highlighting the successes...
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2022 INCIDENT
Lacombe County resident sentenced in Daysland Bank break and enter
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DEC. 15-17 TRIAL
Trial scheduled for Red Deer residents charged in stolen firearms arrest
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United Way Central Alberta raises $1.7 million in 2024
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Red Deer and Area
2022 INCIDENT
Lacombe County resident sentenced in Daysland Bank break and enter
An 18 month conditional sentence and $200 fine have been given to 31-year-old Nicholas Klinck, a Lacombe County resident, following his January trial in Edmonton Court of King's Bench. The initial incident took place on August 31, 2022, when Killam-Forestburg RCMP received a report of a break in at the Daysland Alberta...
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DEC. 15-17 TRIAL
Trial scheduled for Red Deer residents charged in stolen firearms arrest
Two Red Deer residents have had their trial date set following an alleged seizure of firearms and stolen property that occurred late last year. Joshua Severin, 31, and Shelby Krause, 33, are scheduled to appear at the Alberta Court of Justice in Red Deer for trial from Dec. 15-17, 2025. It was Nov. 13, 2024, when Red D...
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building community
United Way Central Alberta raises $1.7 million in 2024
United Way Central Alberta raised $1.7 million in 2024, it was announced at a celebration on Monday night.The total surpasses that of 2023, with funds used to strengthen partner agencies delivering vital programs around the region."This year's campaign is a testament to the local love and care we have within our c...
5h ago
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CITY COUNCIL REPORT
HotSpot parking system successful in Red Deer, though challenges remain
Although the initial overhaul took some time to adjust to, the City of Red Deer's administration reports the new downtown parking system, implemented about two years ago, has been a financial benefit to the city and improved some elements of the user experience. City council received a report highlighting the successes...
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Federal Election 2025
Liberal Party of Canada
Candidate profile: Michael Fark (LPC) - Yellowhead
Michael Fark, the Liberal Party of Canada's (LPC) candidate for the newly re-drawn Yellowhead riding, says he's stepping into the political arena with a wealth of practical experience and a focus on infrastructure, crisis management, and local economic development.Fark, who currently calls Jasper home, says he brings a...
Apr 07, 2025
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Conservative Party of Canada
Candidate profile: William Stevenson (CPC) - Yellowhead
William Stevenson, the Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) candidate for the newly re-drawn Yellowhead riding, is stepping into the political spotlight after years of behind-the-scenes work.A professional chartered accountant (CPA) with over 26 years of experience in personal and corporate tax, Stevenson says he has dee...
Apr 07, 2025
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New Democratic Party
Candidate profile: Avni Soma NDP - Yellowhead
Avni Soma, the New Democratic Party (NDP) candidate for the Yellowhead riding, is bringing her diverse background in business, food systems, and community advocacy to the political arena. After years of building businesses and pushing for systemic changes on a local and national level, Soma says it's time to bring her ...
Apr 07, 2025
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Alberta
top cop
Alberta RCMP name new commanding officer
Alberta RCMP have announced Assistant Commissioner Trevor Daroux will become the force's next commanding officer. Daroux has over 36 years of experience in policing, serving in both Calgary with CPS, and with the RCMP elsewhere. In 2017, he joined the RCMP and served as Director General National Crime Prevention and In...
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looking to increase surgery volume
UCP announce new funding model for acute care, critics say it's another step in wrong direction
With Acute Care Alberta now quite operational, the UCP shared Monday a new funding model for acute care is coming into play.The government claims its new model will increase accountability, efficiency, and volume of high-quality surgical delivery.As the UCP government pointed out, the health care system has, until now,...
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Politics
Smith takes swipe at Carney after Liberal leader jabs Alberta premier on the stump
Premier Danielle Smith is fighting back after federal Liberal Leader Mark Carney mocked her during an election campaign stop, accusing him of being intimidated by a "strong conservative woman."Carney joked on the weekend about premiers appearing on Fox News, saying it would be a "bad idea" to put Sm...
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first one is april 30
ABmunis, RMA hosting webinars for prospective municipal election candidates
Alberta Municipalities (ABmunis), in partnership with Rural Municipalities of Alberta (RMA), is hosting a series of webinars for prospective municipal election candidates.Municipal elections will be held across Alberta this October."In this engaging session, you'll learn about the roles and responsibilities of loc...
Apr 07, 2025
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Local Sports
U19 and U16
Central Alberta Fire female football kicks off third season
The Central Alberta Fire, the region's only all-female football program, has returned for its third season this summer.The Fire, who are split into two teams of U19 and U16, kicked off the season on Saturday with their third annual jamboree.At The Dome Red Deer, they hosted multiple female football teams from across th...
Apr 05, 2025
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APRIL 4-6
Lacombe swim club competing in unique lifesaving sport championship
Lacombe's Sea Lions swim club is joining over 350 athletes to compete at the 2025 Alberta and Northwest Territories Pool Lifesaving Championships and Junior Games this weekend. From April 4-6, the annual competition will take place at Calgary's Brookfield Residential YMCA at Seton. Lifesaving Sport is a unique program ...
Apr 04, 2025
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Hockey is for everyone
Team Jigger Sledge Hockey receives equipment donation from NHLPA Goals & Dreams
The National Hockey League Players' Association Goals & Dreams fund has made a generous donation to the Lacombe-based Team Jigger Foundation Sledge Hockey Program.The program recently received 10 brand new sets of sledge hockey equipment from the NHLPA, which will go towards helping kids get involved in the sport f...
Apr 04, 2025
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Canada
Rise in asylum seekers to Canada as migrants' protected status set to expire in U.S.
MONTREAL - Canadian border officials say there has been a steady rise in the number of people seeking asylum at a border crossing south of Montreal. The rise in would-be refugees at the St-Bernard-de-Lacolle crossing comes as the temporary status of hundreds of thousands of migrants in the United States is set to expir...
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Aviation consortium celebrates first piloted hydrogen-powered flight
VANCOUVER - A Vancouver-based aviation consortium says it is celebrating the first ever piloted hydrogen-powered helicopter flight, calling it a "milestone in sustainable aviation." Canadian Advanced Air Mobility says its national board member Unither Bioélectronique completed the experimental flight a...
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U.S. trade representative faces pushback from lawmakers over Trump's global tariffs
WASHINGTON - With a fresh round of U.S. tariffs set to hit the world Wednesday, the United States trade representative faced pushback today from lawmakers worried about the fallout from President Donald Trump's efforts to realign global trade. Jamieson Greer faced questions from the Senate finance committee about how T...
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In the news today: Carney, Poilievre kick off week in B.C.
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Carney, Poilievre kick off week in B.C. The Liberal and Conservative leaders both started the third week of the federal election campaign in British Columbia - a battleground province with 43 seats up for grabs when Canadians go t...
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Legal group apologizes after disinviting 'Peace by Chocolate' owner over Gaza comment
FREDERICTON - A national legal group has apologized and begun an internal review after facing widespread criticism for cancelling a keynote speech by a prominent Syrian refugee. The Advocates' Society last month rescinded an invitation to Tareq Hadhad, owner of the Nova Scotia confectioner Peace by Chocolate to speak a...
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Trial for accused in Quebec daycare killings to hear from second expert today
LAVAL - A second psychiatrist is expected to tell a trial today that the man accused of driving a city bus into a Montreal-area daycare should not be held criminally responsible for killing two children and injuring six others. Dr. Sylvain Faucher is scheduled to take the stand for Day 2 of the trial of Pierre Ny St-Am...
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World
Wayne Gretzky says he has 'no political power' over the president or prime minister
TORONTO (AP) - Retired NHL great Wayne Gretzky downplayed his influence on Donald Trump in his first public comments since the U.S. president began his second term and began making references to making Canada the 51st state. On a radio show Monday hosted by Ben Mulroney, son of former conservative Prime Minister Brian ...
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At least 18 dead, more than 120 injured in roof collapse at Dominican Republic nightclub
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) - At least 18 people died and more than 120 were injured after a roof fell at a nightclub in the capital of the Dominican Republic early Tuesday, authorities said. Crews were searching for potential survivors in the rubble at Jet Set in Santo Domingo, said Juan Manuel Ménde...
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Iran's foreign minister says he will have indirect talks with US envoy over Tehran's nuclear program
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran 's foreign minister said Tuesday he'll meet with U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff in Oman for the first negotiations under the Trump administration seeking to halt Tehran's rapidly advancing nuclear program as tensions remain high in the Middle East. Speaking to Iranian state television ...
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