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Red Deer RCMP investigating multiple downtown bear spray attacks
Red Deer RCMP have arrested and charged a man who allegedly bear sprayed a woman in the face downtown on Saturday, April 12.That incident occurred just before 12:40 p.m. on 49 Street, between City Hall and the old courthouse.Officers attended and located the victim, a 39-year-old female, who had been affected by the sp...
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May 21, 2024, Incidents
Trial date set for Red Deer man accused in alleged knife incidents downtown
A trial date has been set for a local man charged in a pair of incidents involving a knife in downtown Red Deer last year. Drake Edward Davidson, 19, of Red Deer, is scheduled for trial in Red Deer Court of Justice on June 2, 2025. He faces counts of assault with a weapon, assault, and possession of a weapon for a dang...
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Missing: Amanda Harvey, 36, of Red Deer
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new 'everything red deer podcast' episode
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Aspen Heights MicroSociety showcases student-run ventures to community members
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Escarpment area
City of Red Deer assessing area along Riverview Avenue after fire was set
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Last seen April 15
Missing: Amanda Harvey, 36, of Red Deer
The Red Deer RCMP is asking for the public's help in finding a missing 36-year-old woman.Amanda Harvey was last seen in Red Deer on April 15 wearing a light coloured top, grey sweatpants, and green shoes.Police say there is concern for her well-being.Harvey is five-feet four-inches tall and approximately 120 pounds wit...
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16th year
Aspen Heights MicroSociety showcases student-run ventures to community members
The Aspen Heights MicroSociety held its Community Partner Day Wednesday to highlight the hard work put forward by students.On April 16, the MicroSociety invited local businesses and community members to the elementary school for an afternoon of student catered grilled cheese lunch followed by a tour and presentation hi...
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Escarpment area
City of Red Deer assessing area along Riverview Avenue after fire was set
The City of Red Deer says it will be assessing the escarpment area along Riverview Avenue and are aware of ongoing challenges in the area after a grass fire was lit late last week.This comes after Red Deer resident Richard Singer put out the fire he said was started by someone lighting cardboard boxes on fire near the ...
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one person charged
Red Deer RCMP investigating multiple downtown bear spray attacks
Red Deer RCMP have arrested and charged a man who allegedly bear sprayed a woman in the face downtown on Saturday, April 12.That incident occurred just before 12:40 p.m. on 49 Street, between City Hall and the old courthouse.Officers attended and located the victim, a 39-year-old female, who had been affected by the sp...
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Federal Election 2025
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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UNITED PARTY OF CANADA
Candidate profile: Grant Abraham (United) - Ponoka-Didsbury
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, 2...
Apr 14, 2025
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liberal party of canada
Candidate profile: Ayaz Bangash (LIB) - 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 14, 2025
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Alberta
Provincial Politics
Alberta UCP boot former cabinet minister from caucus over scandal criticism
Alberta's United Conservative Party says it has expelled former infrastructure minister Peter Guthrie from caucus over his repeated criticism of the government's handling of the health-care contract scandal.Guthrie gave up his ministerial position in February over concerns about government contracts and has been sittin...
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Health
Alberta reports six more cases of measles, bringing total to 83
Alberta is reporting six more confirmed cases of measles, bringing the province's total since the beginning of March to 83.The province says four of the new cases are in central Alberta, and the other two are in the province's south.It says the majority of cases involve children between five and 17 years old.Provincial...
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18 PER CENT GROWTH
Alberta dominates housing starts in first quarter of 2025
Alberta had the highest number of housing starts in the country from January to March this year, according to the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). In Red Deer, there were nine new housing starts of all kinds in the first quarter. Six of these were single-detached homes, while the rest were other forms....
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RCMP launches non-emergency call line to mark National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week
The City of Red Deer is asking residents and visitors to continue using the local non-emergency phone line while within city limits, as opposed to a new provincial line launched this week. To recognize National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, the Alberta RCMP has announced that Albertans can now make non-emergenc...
Apr 16, 2025
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Local Sports
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U12s at Red Deer's Premier Academy win national cheer gold
Red Deer's Premier Academy is celebrating a gold medal at 2025 Canadian Nationals, held in Niagara Falls earlier this month.The first place finish went to the U12 Level 1 cheer team, and marks the academy's first ever national title."We are incredibly proud of this team and everything they've accomplished," s...
Apr 15, 2025
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Second time
Lacombe's Daxon Rudolph named WHL Rookie of the Week
Prince Albert Raiders defenceman Daxon Rudolph has been named the Western Hockey League's (WHL) Rookie of the Week.This marks the second time the 17-year-old from Lacombe has earned WHL Rookie of the Week honours. Rudolph also won WHL Rookie of the Month last January.Rudolph had a fantastic stretch last week leading al...
Apr 15, 2025
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2025 nhl draft
Four Rebels make NHL Central Scouting's final rankings
Four Red Deer Rebels have made Central Scouting's final rankings ahead of the 2025 NHL Draft.Among North American skaters, forward Matthew Gard is ranked the highest at 37th, while Rebels teammates Luke Vlooswyk (D), Jaxon Fuder (F) and Derek Thurston (D), are ranked 72nd, 125th and 163rd, respectively.Compared to the ...
Apr 15, 2025
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Canada
Woman, two young children missing after trying to cross border into Canada: RCMP
MONTREAL - The RCMP say a woman and two young children are missing in the woods near the Quebec border with the United States after they were part of a group attempting to cross into Canada. Three other people - two men and a woman - were arrested Wednesday night after crossing the border illegally near Godmanchester, ...
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Party leaders face off in English for second federal leaders' debate
MONTREAL - The leaders of Canada's four main political parties will square off for a second and final leaders' debate tonight in Montreal, after an initial French-language faceoff on Wednesday. Liberal Leader Mark Carney, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and the Bloc Québécoi...
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In the news today: Federal leaders debate round 2, fewer Canadians heading stateside
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Round 2 of federal leaders' debate tonight The leaders of Canada's four main political parties will square off for a second and final leaders' debate tonight in Montreal, after an initial French-language faceoff on Wednesday. Libe...
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Gender-based violence spikes five years after Nova Scotia mass shooting
HALIFAX - The worst mass shooting in modern Canadian history began almost five years ago, shortly after a Nova Scotia man brutally assaulted his common-law wife. Lisa Banfield was kicked, punched and choked by her partner of 19 years on the night of April 18, 2020. She was left with fractured ribs and vertebrae but man...
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Quebec's move to cut gasoline floor price won't be felt at the pumps, experts say
MONTREAL - The Quebec government has made a move it hopes will lower the price of gas in the province - but observers say consumers are unlikely to benefit at the pump. They say the province has faced pressure to act since the federal government scrapped the consumer carbon price, which applied across much of the rest ...
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B.C. operation by police, regulators finds losses of $4M in assets to crypto fraud
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's securities regulator says a recent two-day operation to identify victims of a specific type of cryptocurrency fraud has found 89 people who were drained of more than $4 million in assets. The B.C. Securities Commission says the agency brought together regulators, police, crypto trading pl...
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World
Russia's top court lifts terror group designation on Afghanistan's Taliban
MOSCOW (AP) - Russia's Supreme Court on Thursday lifted a ban on Afghanistan's Taliban, who were designated as a terrorist group more than two decades ago. The move was a diplomatic victory for the Taliban, who were put on Russia's list of terrorist organizations in 2003, making any contact with them punishable under R...
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US Army engineers decide to fast-track Great Lakes tunnel permits under Trump energy emergency order
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has decided to fast-track permits for building a protective tunnel around an aging Enbridge oil pipeline that runs beneath a channel connecting two Great Lakes, stoking environmentalists' fears that the project will escape scrutiny, damage the sensitive region and perpetuate fossil fuel...
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10 guards charged over the fatal beating of a New York inmate, including 2 with murder
UTICA, N.Y. (AP) - Ten New York prison guards were charged Wednesday in connection with the fatal beating of a 22-year-old prison inmate, including two charged with murder. It's the second time this year a group of correctional officers in the state was indicted for a death behind bars. Other prisoners say several guar...
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