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Nova Chemicals acquired for $13.4 billion in international merger
Polyethylene producer Nova Chemicals, which operates a plant in Joffre, Alberta, east of Red Deer, was recently announced as part of an international merger.The merger is primarily between Austria-based OMV and Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) in the U.A.E.Meantime, ADNOC entered into a share purchase agreement t...
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Mark Carney is the new Liberal leader. What happens now?
OTTAWA - Mark Carney was elected to lead the Liberal party on Sunday and will soon become Canada's next prime minister. Carney captured 85.9 per cent of the Liberal vote - far ahead of opponents Chrystia Freeland (who got eight per cent), Karina Gould (3.2 per cent) and Frank Baylis, who came in last with three per cen...
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Nova Chemicals acquired for $13.4 billion in international merger
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episode 1: chatting with the mayor
The Everything Red Deer Podcast launches NOW
EXPECTED JUNE 23
Red Deer city council sets public hearing date to explore Municipally Controlled Corporation
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RECYCLING FEE SAVINGS
Red Deer utility bills see reduction due to Extended Producer Responsibility program
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austria, united arab emirates
Nova Chemicals acquired for $13.4 billion in international merger
Polyethylene producer Nova Chemicals, which operates a plant in Joffre, Alberta, east of Red Deer, was recently announced as part of an international merger.The merger is primarily between Austria-based OMV and Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) in the U.A.E.Meantime, ADNOC entered into a share purchase agreement t...
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EXPECTED JUNE 23
Red Deer city council sets public hearing date to explore Municipally Controlled Corporation
Red Deer's city council has scheduled a public hearing for June 23 to discuss the possibility of transitioning the City's electric utility to a Municipally Controlled Corporation (MCC) model. Setting a public hearing date is a legislated part of this exploration process and prompts administration to create a business p...
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RECYCLING FEE SAVINGS
Red Deer utility bills see reduction due to Extended Producer Responsibility program
As of April 1, Red Deer residents will start to see savings on the recycling portion of their monthly utility bills. The City has signed an 18-month contract with Circular Materials to remain as the service provider for recycling collection and sorting under the province's Extended Producer Responsibility policy, it an...
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drug and stolen property charges
Trio from Olds and Calgary arrested near Halkirk
Three people have been charged following an incident near Halkirk, in east-central Alberta.Coronation RCMP say that on March 7, they were dispatched to a report of a suspicious vehicle parked near an ATCO site on Township Road 400, north of the village.The complainant indicated that there appeared to be leaking fluids ...
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Provincial Politics
Newly independent MLA Scott Sinclair disappointed, but not ruling out return to UCP
A rural United Conservative backbencher kicked out of caucus last week for opposing the government's budget says he's disappointed but isn't ruling out a return to the party.Scott Sinclair, the now-independent legislature member for Lesser Slave Lake, has been critical of the proposed budget for spending more on Edmont...
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Provincial Politics
'Despicable'; NDP calls on Smith to cancel PragerU appearance with Ben Shapiro
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is facing calls to cancel a speaking appearance with conservative media personality Ben Shapiro at a fundraiser for Florida-based PragerU.PragerU, a conservative content company, describes itself as an educational media platform devoted to furthering U.S. values.Its content, which a numbe...
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Provincial Politics
Registered Nurses in Alberta sign new tentative agreement
More than 33,000 healthcare workers could be on their way to securing a new contract. United Nurses of Alberta (UNA) says it has reached a tentative agreement for its Registered Nurses and Registered Psychiatric Nurses. They work for employers such as Alberta Health Services (AHS), Recovery Alberta, Primary Care Albert...
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"Team Canada approach"
AFL President calls out Premier Smith during tariff tension
The Alberta Federation of Labor President, Gil McGowan reached out to the EverythingGP newsroom on Friday, March 7 to speak about the trump tariffs. A number of topics were discussed under the tariff umbrella; Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and her UCP's tariff response, local effects on Alberta's various economies, on...
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Local Sports
age-old rivalry
Innisfail Eagles lead Lacombe Generals 1-0 in NCHL Final
The Innisfail Eagles are up 1-0 in their NCHL Senior Men's AA Final after a hard-fought 5-3 victory on Saturday over the Lacombe Generals.The Eagles (7-1-2 regular season) and Gens (6-1-0) were tied a couple times, but Innisfail never trailed in the game.Tied 3-3 late in the third, Eagles defenseman Zachary Evans-Renau...
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Best of the best
Central Sport announces 2024 Sport Award Winners
Central Sport unveiled the 2024 Sport Awards winners on Saturday.Prior to the Red Deer Rebels game against the Swift Current Broncos at the Centrium all five award winners took to the ice to be honoured in front of the home crowd."We were extremely impressed with all the nominees this year and it just goes to show...
Mar 09, 2025
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Hunt for playoffs
Rebels suffer heartbreaking loss to Broncos
The Red Deer Rebels gave it their all but fell short 3-2 in an important matchup with the Swift Current Broncos on Saturday at the Centrium.The loss puts the Rebels playoff hopes on the brink of elimination. With only seven games left (14 possible points) the Rebels trail the Broncos by 13 points for the eighth and fin...
Mar 09, 2025
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Canada
Mark Carney is the new Liberal leader. What happens now?
OTTAWA - Mark Carney was elected to lead the Liberal party on Sunday and will soon become Canada's next prime minister. Carney captured 85.9 per cent of the Liberal vote - far ahead of opponents Chrystia Freeland (who got eight per cent), Karina Gould (3.2 per cent) and Frank Baylis, who came in last with three per cen...
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Eby: B.C. will remove consumer carbon tax as promised once federal barrier is down
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby says his government will move as quickly as it can to remove the consumer-based carbon tax once the federal law upholding it is removed. Eby's response comes after Mark Carney won the federal Liberal leadership race and reiterated during his speech Sunday that he will rever...
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B.C. Mountie tells hearing that 'dark humour' in group chats was to relieve stress
A B.C. RCMP officer says he showed a "lack of judgment" and regrets comments he made in police group chats, but using "dark humour" was a way to vent frustrations about the stressful job of policing. Port Coquitlam RCMP Const. Ian Solven is one of three officers from the detachment facing allegation...
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Conservative candidate drops out of race for Ontario seat as election looms
OTTAWA - The Conservative candidate for a northern Ontario riding has dropped out just weeks ahead of an expected election, citing issues with the local electoral district board. Cassidy Villeneuve, who was nominated to run for the Tories in Nipissing-Timiskaming, says in a letter posted to social media that she's been...
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B.C. expands alcohol ban in its liquor stores to all U.S. booze
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby says Americans can "keep their watery beer" as he announces an expansion of the U.S. alcohol ban from provincial liquor stores. The province had removed alcohol from Republican states in reaction to President Donald Trump's tariff threats against Canada, but Eby s...
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Quebec's Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean haunted by looming U.S. tariffs on aluminum, lumber
SAGUENAY, Que. - The threat of U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs on Canadian goods looms large in Quebec's Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region, where aluminum and wood are economic drivers. In the region north of Quebec City, it's hard to drive along the snow-covered roads without coming across trucks transporting freshly ...
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World
New York State fires 2,000 prison guards who refuse to return to work after wildcat strike
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York fired more than 2,000 prison guards Monday for failing to return to work after a weekslong wildcat strike that crippled the state's correctional system, but said enough officers had come back on the job to declare the illegal work stoppage over. "After 22 days of an illegal strike, the...
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Trump warns that arrest of Palestinian activist at Columbia will be 'first of many'
NEW YORK (AP) - President Donald Trump warned Monday that the arrest and possible deportation of a Palestinian activist who helped lead protests at Columbia University will be the first "of many to come" as his administration cracks down on campus demonstrations against Israel and the war in Gaza. Mahmoud Kha...
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Prosecutor's office says case of a California judge charged in wife's death has ended in a mistrial
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - The case of a Southern California judge charged with murder for fatally shooting his wife has ended in a mistrial, the prosecutor's office said. Jurors in a Santa Ana courtroom could not reach a unanimous verdict in the case against now-74-year-old Orange County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Fer...
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