March 2024
Trial dates set in downtown stabbing incidents
A week-long trial has been scheduled next year for a man accused of multiple suspected stabbings in downtown Red Deer last year. Randall Andrew Cardinal, 35, of Red Deer, is scheduled for trial in Red Deer Court of King's Bench from April 13-17, 2026. The trial dates were set following a preliminary hearing held in Feb...
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Search for a new contract
AUPE members rally outside Optima Living Aspen Ridge
A group of approximately 30-40 Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) members held a rally in Red Deer Tuesday afternoon in hopes of reaching a deal on a new contract with their employer.For a little over a year the AUPE and Optima Living Aspen Ridge have failed to reach a tentative agreement since the last one e...
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Starting In September
Chinook's Edge launches flexible learning opportunities for families
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new 'everything red deer podcast' episode
Sylvan Lake RCMP first in central Alberta to get body cams
February 2025 Incident
Trial date set in alleged kidnapping with a firearm incident
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March 2024
Trial dates set in downtown stabbing incidents
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Red Deer and Area
Starting In September
Chinook's Edge launches flexible learning opportunities for families
Chinook's Edge School Division is pleased to be offering a new opportunity for families. Starting in September 2025, officials say families who are not currently registered in Chinook's Edge will be able to enroll their children in the flexible learning program, supported by Chinook's Edge teachers. The program is for ...
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February 2025 Incident
Trial date set in alleged kidnapping with a firearm incident
A trial date has been set for one of three individuals charged in connection to an alleged kidnapping with a firearm incident in central Alberta earlier this year. Silas Soosay, 25, a resident of Samson Cree Nation, is scheduled for trial in Wetaskiwin Court of Justice on July 28, 2025. He faces counts of kidnapping wi...
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March 2024
Trial dates set in downtown stabbing incidents
A week-long trial has been scheduled next year for a man accused of multiple suspected stabbings in downtown Red Deer last year. Randall Andrew Cardinal, 35, of Red Deer, is scheduled for trial in Red Deer Court of King's Bench from April 13-17, 2026. The trial dates were set following a preliminary hearing held in Feb...
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April 6
Innisfail RCMP arrest two after traffic stop leads to drug and weapons seizure
Two people have been arrested and charged after a traffic stop by Innisfail RCMP that led to the seizure of drugs and weapons.On Sunday, April 6 the RCMP stopped a vehicle for a mismatched license plate and saw a female walk away from the truck with a backpack.Mounties say she returned to the truck while police were sp...
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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
Provincial Politics
Province aiming to protect Albertans' rights during emergencies
The Alberta government is proposing amendments it says would improve how complex disasters are handled, make communities more resilient and better protect Albertans' rights during emergencies.According to provincial officials, Alberta's emergency management system regularly safeguards lives and property during wildfire...
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Provincial Politics
Alberta measles outbreak not dire enough to warrant public address; health minister
Health Minister Adriana LaGrange says Alberta's measles outbreak isn't dire enough for the province's top doctor for public health to address the public, despite mounting calls for the government to do more to stop the spread.Alberta has reported 43 cases of the highly infectious disease over the past month.The Edmonto...
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Provincial Politics
Alberta moves to restrict public boards' power to police trustees, councilors
Alberta is looking to reduce the self-policing powers of elected public school boards and municipal councils.The changes are included in two bills put forward by Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative government.In one bill, Municipal Affairs Minister Ric McIver proposes pulling local council's codes of conduct a...
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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...
Apr 08, 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
Quebec killer ordered to remain in men's prison despite identifying as female
MONTREAL - Federal corrections officials say a convicted killer must remain in a men's prison despite identifying as a woman. Mohamed Al Ballouz, who now uses the name Levana, was sentenced in December to life in prison with no possibility of parole for 25 years. In 2022, Al Ballouz murdered Synthia Bussières an...
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In the news today: Two campaigns shift to Saskatchewan, Trump's trade war continues
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Two party leaders heading to Saskatchewan today The Liberal and NDP leaders will take their campaigns to Saskatchewan today as the federal election race nears the halfway mark. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is set to make an announceme...
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Canada adds more retaliatory tariffs as Trump's trade war hits the world
WASHINGTON - Canada amped up its retaliatory measures against Donald Trump's tariffs today as the United States president brought his trade war to the world. A 10 per cent baseline tariff on imports to the U.S. from most countries, and higher duties on dozens of nations, came into force just after midnight following da...
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Two federal party leaders in Saskatchewan today as campaign nears halfway point
OTTAWA - The Liberal and NDP leaders will take their campaigns to Saskatchewan today as the federal election race nears the halfway mark. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is set to make an announcement and speak at the First Nations Summit in Vancouver, before making his way to Saskatoon for a campaign event. There are 14 fede...
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Leaders take their campaigns to Western Canada as federal election nears midpoint
The leaders of the top three federal parties were campaigning Tuesday in Western Canada, where Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre promised to crack down on offshore tax loopholes by appointing a tax task force.The Conservatives said the task force would be asked to make the rules simpler and more fair and would ensur...
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B.C. Human Rights Commissioner says guardianship law 'opaque,' lacks oversight
British Columbia's human rights commissioner says the province is the only place that she's aware of in Canada that allows people to be detained by the state without explicit legal authority, timelines or oversight. Kasari Govender says B.C.'s approach to holding people under the Adult Guardianship Act is discriminator...
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World
3 Americans convicted in Congo of an attempt to overthrow the government now face US charges
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Three Americans repatriated to the United States from Congo were charged Wednesday by the U.S. Justice Department with staging an elaborate coup attempt aimed at overthrowing the African nation's government. A fourth man alleged by prosecutors to be a bomb-making expert was also charged for aiding...
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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to oust board members fired by president while case goes on
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court for an emergency order to oust board members who oversee independent agencies, as a constitutional fight about presidential power plays out. The quick appeal to the high court follows a ruling two days earlier in which a divided appeals cou...
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Appeals court clears the way for the Trump administration to fire thousands of probationary workers
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal appeals court cleared the way Wednesday for President Donald Trump's administration to fire thousands of probationary workers, halting a judge's order requiring them to be reinstated. A split panel for the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found the government will probably win by showing th...
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