Last seen April 3
Missing: Laci Wainwright, 14, from Red Deer
The Red Deer RCMP are turning to the public for help locating a missing 14-year-old girl.Laci Wainwright was last seen on April 3 wearing a red plaid sweater, a black sweater, and blue jeans.She's described as five-feet three-inches tall and approximately 155 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes. She also has a light c...
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ERD Podcast (#17): Rebuilding a franchise -- the AJHL's Olds Grizzlys get new ownership
The Olds Grizzlys are front and centre on this week's new episode of The Everything Red Deer Podcast.Listen in as host Josh Hall tees things up, plus 'In Case You Missed It' (4:07) and all the top stories of the week at rdnewsNOW.com. Then, Ian Gustafson speaks with Olds Grizzlys primary owner Moe Jamal (10:58); and ne...
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Last seen April 3
Missing: Laci Wainwright, 14, from Red Deer
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all you need to know for the week that was
The CEBL is coming to Red Deer -- a new episode of The Everything Red Deer Podcast
Began April 4
Mirror Infrastructure Mapping Project underway in the Hamlet of Mirror
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Good and Bad News
Red Deer's unemployment rate among the highest in Canada
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Red Deer and Area
Last seen April 3
Missing: Laci Wainwright, 14, from Red Deer
The Red Deer RCMP are turning to the public for help locating a missing 14-year-old girl.Laci Wainwright was last seen on April 3 wearing a red plaid sweater, a black sweater, and blue jeans.She's described as five-feet three-inches tall and approximately 155 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes. She also has a light c...
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Began April 4
Mirror Infrastructure Mapping Project underway in the Hamlet of Mirror
Lacombe County launched its Mirror Infrastructure Mapping Project on Friday.The initiative will run through May and is meant to better understand the condition and location of water and sewer systems in the Hamlet of Mirror.County staff and specialized consultants and contractors will work to assess and map the current...
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Good and Bad News
Red Deer's unemployment rate among the highest in Canada
Statistics Canada released results of its labour force survey for March 2025 and there's both good and bad news as it relates to Red Deer.From February to March, the unemployment rate in Red Deer went down from 9.6 to 8.5 per cent, which is still one of the highest amongst all Census Metropolitan Areas. Only Newfoundla...
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last seen a week ago
Missing Brooks woman may be in Red Deer: RCMP
Brooks RCMP is seeking public assistance in locating 20-year-old Yasmine Agostino. She was last seen approximately a week ago in Brooks, and may be in Red Deer. There is concern for her safety. Yasmine is described as:Dark complexion5 feet 4 inches tall and 127 poundsBlack hair and brown eyesIf you have any information...
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Federal Election 2025
Conservative Party of Canada
Candidate profile: Burton Bailey (CPC) - 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 02, 2025
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Federal election
Here's how Canadians can vote ahead of and on election day
The 45th federal election is just around the corner in Canada and those hoping to vote will need to cross a few things off the list.Canadians who are at least 18-years-old are eligible to vote on election day on April 28 but they'll have to register.Elections Canada offices will be open in 343 ridings in Canada where r...
Apr 01, 2025
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Federal party leaders continue campaigning as more Trump tariffs loom
OTTAWA - Party leaders are likely to receive questions about Canada-U.S. relations during their campaign stops today, a day before American President Donald Trump is expected to impose "reciprocal" tariffs by increasing U.S. duties to match the tax rates that other countries charge on imports. Tomorrow, Trump...
Apr 01, 2025
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Alberta
DEVELOPING STANDARDS
Municipal leaders from across Canada gathering in Lethbridge this month to discuss substance-use solutions
Municipal leaders across Canada are set to gather in Lethbridge to continue work on the first municipally led integrated standards for treatment, harm reduction, recovery, prevention and enforcement services, policies and strategies. The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) reports that between January...
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call2recycle
Battery recycling initiative launches in Alberta
Call2Recycle has launched a new program in Alberta to give residents more convenient options to recycle batteries.The program, "Recycle your Batteries, Canada!" officially began April 1 and operated under the Alberta Recycling Management Authority oversight. According to a media release, Call2Recycle is Canad...
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ALL 18+ ALBERTANS
Surgical Prehabilitation Program expands referral eligibility
Referral eligibility for Alberta Health Services' (AHS) Prehabilitation Program has been expanded to include any adult in Alberta waiting for surgery. The program was launched at Edmonton hospitals in December 2023 and prepares individuals for surgical procedures in an effort to improve patient outcomes and experiences...
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2022 IN OTTAWA
'Freedom Convoy' organizers Lich, Barber found guilty of mischief
"Freedom Convoy" organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber have been found guilty of mischief for their roles in the 2022 mass protest in Ottawa.Lich and Barber were key figures and organizers in the protest that saw hundreds of vehicles and thousands of people occupy downtown Ottawa and insist they would stay ...
Apr 04, 2025
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Local Sports
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 ...
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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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WHL awards
Lacombe's Daxon Rudolph named nominee for WHL Rookie of the Year
Lacombe's Daxon Rudolph is in the running for the Western Hockey League (WHL) rookie of the year award.Following a stellar first year in the WHL with the Prince Albert Raiders, the 17-year-old defenceman was named as one of six nominees for the Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy.He scored seven goals and added 34 assists for ...
Apr 03, 2025
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Canada
'We are not the gods': Fire-torn Jasper prepares for diminished summer tourism season
JASPER, ALTA. - Every summer for 61 years, tourists have piled onto Jasper's SkyTram to see the boomerang-shaped town nestled inside the sprawling Rocky Mountains. It'll happen again this summer, but the view will be different. The red cable cars will skim over thousands of trees poking up from the ground like charred ...
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Caught in the crossfire: Michigan concerned over automobile tariffs targeting Canada
DETROIT - Glenn Stevens Jr. can look out his office window in downtown Detroit and see Canada. The view encapsulates historic automobile achievement between two countries despite a flowing river and international border - one that's on the brink of being ripped apart. "Our economies in auto between Ontario and Mic...
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Federal leaders set to campaign across the country today
OTTAWA - Federal party leaders are starting the second full weekend of the federal election campaign at opposite ends of the country. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is in B.C. while NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is in Atlantic Canada. Singh is set to make an announcement in St. John's in the morning, before travelling...
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Quebec's high court rejects random police stops ahead of Supreme Court hearing
MONTREAL - Quebec's Court of Appeal has refused the provincial government's request to allow arbitrary police traffic stops to continue until a legal challenge of the practice is heard by the Supreme Court of Canada. In a decision rendered earlier this week, the province's high court said the negative impacts of random...
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Recruiters say surge in U.S. doctors looking to move to Canada since Trump election
HALIFAX - Recruiters say there's been a surge of interest from American doctors considering moving to Canada since the election of U.S. president Donald Trump in November. Katrina Philopoulos, recruitment director for Nova Scotia Health, says 27 American doctors are in serious negotiations to move, which to date has re...
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In the news today: Party leaders campaigning in Quebec today, job numbers due
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Federal party leaders are campaigning in Quebec today Party leaders will be in Quebec today as the second week of the federal election campaign comes to a close. Leader of the Conservative Party Pierre Poilievre will hold a press ...
Apr 04, 2025
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World
Senate GOP approves framework for Trump's tax breaks and spending cuts after all-night session
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Republicans plugged away overnight and into early Saturday morning to approve their multitrillion-dollar tax breaks and spending cuts framework, hurling past a hard line of Democratic opposition toward what President Donald Trump calls the "big, beautiful bill" that's central to his a...
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Gretzky witnesses Ovechkin moving 1 goal back of his record as he joins the chase in person
WASHINGTON (AP) - Wayne Gretzky witnessed Alex Ovechkin scoring his 893rd goal to move one back of tying his NHL record, as the Canadian great made his first in-person appearance during this chase. Gretzky said it was important to "the integrity of the game" to make sure he was there in case Ovechkin broke hi...
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Ovechkin scores his 893rd goal. He needs 1 to tie Gretzky and 2 to break the NHL record
WASHINGTON (AP) - Alex Ovechkin did not take long to move one goal away from tying and two from breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL record. Ovechkin beat Spencer Knight 3:52 into the Washington Capitals' home game against the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday night. He took a pass from Dylan Strome behind the net and banked the pu...
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