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City council reintroduces Indigenous Cultural Centre funding to Red Deer's 2025 Capital Budget
During its regular meeting on Apr. 22, Red Deer's city council re-affirmed its commitment to building an Indigenous Cultural Centre by amending the 2025 Capital Budget and 10 Year Capital Plan to allocate funding to the initiative. During Budget 2025 debate in November, in an effort to address the financial pressures f...
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APR. 22 MEETING
Red Deer city council approves 2025 tax bylaws, hears economic development update, and more
Red Deer's city council has unanimously approved the 2025 Tax Rate Bylaw at a 10.35 per cent increase for residential properties. The bylaw also includes provincial requisitions to support education and senior housing, accounting for about 26 per cent of the average residential tax bill. In December, council approved a...
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Bower Ponds
Steps for Life Walk to take place in Red Deer May 3
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Missing: August Cunningham, 13, of Red Deer
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PASSES 8-1
City council reintroduces Indigenous Cultural Centre funding to Red Deer's 2025 Capital Budget
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Red Deer and Area
Bower Ponds
Steps for Life Walk to take place in Red Deer May 3
The Steps for Life Charity Walk in honour of the victims of workplace tragedy is less than two weeks away.Put on by Threads of Life, the event aims to raise awareness and funds for families and individuals affected.It involves approximately 30 communities across Canada at the beginning of May. The event in Red Deer is ...
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LAST SEEN APR. 16
Missing: August Cunningham, 13, of Red Deer
Red Deer RCMP are seeking public assistance in locating missing 13-year-old August Cunningham. Police say she was last seen in Red Deer on the evening of Apr. 16, adding there is concern for her well-being. August Cunningham is described as:5 feet 3 inches tall and approximately 110 poundsDyed purple hair and green eye...
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PASSES 8-1
City council reintroduces Indigenous Cultural Centre funding to Red Deer's 2025 Capital Budget
During its regular meeting on Apr. 22, Red Deer's city council re-affirmed its commitment to building an Indigenous Cultural Centre by amending the 2025 Capital Budget and 10 Year Capital Plan to allocate funding to the initiative. During Budget 2025 debate in November, in an effort to address the financial pressures f...
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May 10
BILD announces finalists for 2025 Central Alberta Awards of Excellence
BILD Central Alberta has announced the finalists for the 2025 Central Alberta Awards of Excellence, a celebration of excellence in the local residential construction industry.For this year's awards, categories were expanded and judging criteria shuffled to better showcase the work of BILD Central Alberta members.As a r...
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Federal Election 2025
unofficial results
Advance voter turnout up 25%, says Elections Canada
Advance polling in Canada's 2025 federal election is now over. Voters technically had until 6 p.m. Tuesday to vote, but had to do so on the final day at an Elections Canada office (not a regular polling station). Voters could also apply today to cast a ballot by mail.Otherwise, voters will have to cast their ballot on ...
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westerner park
Election meet & greet for Red Deer residents and candidates on April 23
People who live in the federal riding of Red Deer are invited to a meet and greet with election candidates on Wednesday, April 23. The event, hosted by the Red Deer District Chamber, runs from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in the Marquis Room at the Harvest Centre at Westerner Park. Per the Chamber: This event is intended to provide ...
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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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Alberta
Health
Alberta reports 29 new cases of measles, bringing total to 118
Health officials in Alberta are reporting 29 new cases of measles, bringing the province's total to 118 since early March.The government says many of the new cases are in Alberta's south and central zones, seven are in the north and one is in Edmonton.Alberta Health Services says people may have been exposed to the hig...
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unofficial results
Advance voter turnout up 25%, says Elections Canada
Advance polling in Canada's 2025 federal election is now over. Voters technically had until 6 p.m. Tuesday to vote, but had to do so on the final day at an Elections Canada office (not a regular polling station). Voters could also apply today to cast a ballot by mail.Otherwise, voters will have to cast their ballot on ...
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Students across Canada to participate in mock federal vote
Young Canadians will get their first opportunity to participate in an election.CIVIX has partnered with Elections Canada to hold the Student Vote for the 2025 federal election.CIVIX CEO Lindsay Mazzucco says the mock vote is designed to introduce students to politics and foster a habit of democratic participation.Stude...
Apr 22, 2025
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Provincial Politics
Alberta's request to question fired health executive over confidential emails granted
A judge has granted Alberta's government its request to question the former head of the provincial health authority about confidential emails she is accused of keeping and sharing without permission.It's the latest development in a high-profile lawsuit launched by Athana Mentzelopoulos, the former chief executive of Al...
Apr 21, 2025
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Local Sports
Begins Saturday
Peterman to compete for Canada at 2025 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship
Former Red Deerian Jocelyn Peterman and her husband Brett Gallant will represent Canada at the 2025 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship.The pair, who now call Chestermere, Alta. home, will compete against the world's best at Willie O'Ree Place in Fredericton, N.B. beginning on Saturday.Their first matchup will be ...
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Fans can join 'Oil Country' on team bus to games 3 & 4
The Edmonton Oilers are inviting fans to take a bus from Red Deer and other municipalities to see games three and four against the Los Angeles Kings, April 25 and 27.The Kings currently lead the Oilers 1-0 in the opening round series of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.Game 2 goes Wednesday in L.A.The fan buses include round t...
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American born
Rebels pick up forward Zane Torre in trade with Thunderbirds
The Red Deer Rebels announced on Tuesday they completed a trade with the Seattle Thunderbirds.The Rebels picked up forward Zane Torre from the club and in return sent a fourth-round pick at the 2025 WHL Prospects Draft, which originally belong to Everett, and a conditional fourth-round pick at the 2028 WHL Prospects Dr...
Apr 22, 2025
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Canada
China says it wants to partner with Canada to push back against American 'bullying'
OTTAWA - China's ambassador says Beijing is offering to form a partnership with Canada to push back against American "bullying," suggesting the two countries could rally other nations to stop Washington from undermining global rules. "We want to avoid the situation where humanity is brought back to a wor...
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Quebec not ruling out expanding religious symbol ban to daycare workers: minister
QUEBEC CITY - The Quebec minister responsible for secularism says the government isn't ruling out expanding its religious symbols ban to include daycare employees. Jean-François Roberge says "everything is on the table" when it comes to strengthening secularism in the province, including extending the ...
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Poilievre defends economic growth projections in Conservative platform as 'essential'
OTTAWA - Pierre Poilievre is defending the Conservative campaign platform's heavy reliance on economic growth in a period of deep uncertainty. The Conservative leader was in Hamilton, Ont., on Wednesday, with just days to go before the federal vote on Monday and a day after he released the party's costed campaign platf...
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Canadian hockey fans travel to U.S. with mixed feelings to support NHL teams
WASHINGTON - Mark Jarry has cut as many American goods as possible from his personal spending. The middle-aged man from the South Shore of Montreal also stopped taking regular trips south of the Canadian border after U.S. President Donald Trump was elected to a second term and threatened to make Canada the 51st state. ...
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In the news today: Federal leaders spar over platforms, bells toll for Pope Francis
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Leaders trade jabs as election campaign nears end The clock is ticking before Canadians head to the polls to cast their ballot in the April 28 election, and attacks from federal party leaders are heating up. Both the Liberals and ...
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Spring, icy snow bring danger to B.C. backcountry, outdoor experts say
Spring is a dangerous time to head into British Columbia's backcountry, outdoor experts warn, as sun and warm daytime temperatures melt snowpack that can become hard and treacherously slippery as it freezes again overnight. Doug Pope, search manager with North Shore Rescue based in North Vancouver, B.C., said spring is...
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World
Trump says Zelenskyy is prolonging war in Ukraine by resisting calls to cede Crimea to Russia
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - President Donald Trump on Wednesday lashed out at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, saying the Ukrainian leader is prolonging the 'killing field' after he pushed back on ceding Crimea to Russia as part a potential peace plan. Zelenskyy on Tuesday ruled out the idea of Ukraine ceding territor...
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India suspends water treaty with Pakistan, demands it stop supporting 'terrorism'
SRINAGAR, India (AP) - India on Wednesday suspended a water-sharing treaty with rival Pakistan, indicating it was blaming its neighbor for the previous day's attack by gunman that killed 26 people in Indian-controlled Kashmir. India's foreign secretary, Vikram Misri, announced the move at a news conference in New Delhi...
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New York police ID woman and child whose remains were discovered near Gilgo Beach
MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) - A woman and her child whose remains were discovered scattered along an oceanfront highway not far from Long Island's Gilgo Beach were identified by police Wednesday, nearly three decades after they first went missing. Police in Nassau County said the mother, previously nicknamed "Peaches"...
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