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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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Sunterra Quality Food Markets Inc. files for bankruptcy protection
Sunterra Quality Food Markets Inc., an Alberta-based company with multiple arms, including a line of grocery stores, has filed for bankruptcy protection.More precisely, the company filed a notice of intention to make a proposal under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, with Harris & Partners Inc. appointed as the co...
Apr 03, 2025
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Red Deer's unemployment rate among the highest in Canada
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Missing Brooks woman may be in Red Deer: RCMP
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$5M VALUE
Red Deer building permit values up in March compared to 2024
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Red Deer and Area
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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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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$5M VALUE
Red Deer building permit values up in March compared to 2024
Building permit values increased in March for Red Deer, with 82 permits valued at nearly $5 million being issued. In March 2024, there were 86 permits issued at a value of $4 million. Notable permits include: Building permit for construction of an industrial accessory building at 7780 Edgar Industrial Way, valued at $9...
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RED DEER A RECIPIENT
Provincial grant supports firefighter training in more than 65 communities
The Government of Alberta is investing more than $1 million through the Fire Services Training Program Grant to support local fire services, and Red Deer is set to receive $14,091. The funding is meant to help over 65 municipalities, First Nations and Métis Settlements deliver training to firefighters. "Thi...
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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
POLICE
Brooks RCMP asking for public's help to locate missing Brooks woman
Brooks RCMP is asking for the public's help in locating a missing person. Yasmine Agostino, 20, was last seen approximately a week ago in Brooks, RCMP said Friday. Police said she may be located in Red Deer and that there is concern for her safety. Agostino is described as having dark complexion, five-foot-four-inches ...
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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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Local Sports
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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...
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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 ...
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Canada
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 ...
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StatCan's March jobs figures to give glimpse at tariff hit to labour market
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada is expected to release employment figures for March today. Economists polled by Reuters expect a gain of 10,000 jobs in the month, and for the unemployment rate to rise by a tenth of a point to 6.7 per cent. RBC Economics expects the economy instead shed 10,000 jobs last month. Canada's labou...
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Nuclear waste agency looking for Canada's second deep geological repository
TORONTO - An organization tasked with managing Canada's nuclear waste found one site to store millions of bundles of radioactive used fuel for thousands of years hundreds of metres underground - and now it's looking for a second. As the Nuclear Waste Management Organization begins the regulatory process for a deep geol...
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Federal party leaders are campaigning in Quebec today
OTTAWA - 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 conference in Trois-Rivières, Que., this morning. NDP leader Jagmeet Singh will make an announcement and visit a local business ...
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World
Supreme Court allows Trump administration to cut teacher-training money, for now
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Friday granted the Trump administration's plea to cut hundreds of millions of dollars in teacher-training money as part of its anti-DEI efforts, while a lawsuit continues. The justices split 5-4, with Chief Justice John Roberts joining the three liberal justices in dissent. The cu...
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LA County reaches $4 billion agreement to settle sexual abuse claims at juvenile facilities
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Los Angeles County has reached a $4 billion agreement to settle nearly 7,000 claims of sexual abuse in juvenile facilities since 1959, officials said Friday. The agreement, which still needs approval from the Los Angeles County board of supervisors, would be the largest in history and have long-lasti...
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Judge blocks Trump from dismantling agency that funds community groups in Latin American countries
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge agreed on Friday to block the Trump administration from dismantling an independent agency that distributes grant money to community development groups in Latin American and Caribbean countries. U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan ruled that the administration doesn't have the authority t...
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