Tariff uncertainty foils 'slam dunk rebound year' for national home sales: CREA
The Canadian Real Estate Association has downgraded its forecast for home sales activity in 2025, while the number of homes that changed hands across the country in March was down 9.3 per cent compared with a year ago. The association says Canadian home sales in March also fell 4.8 per cent on a seasonally adjusted mon...
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Party leaders in Montreal ahead of this week's election debates
OTTAWA - Federal party leaders are campaigning in the Montreal area ahead of the two election debates that will take place Wednesday and Thursday. It will be the first time Liberal Leader Mark Carney and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre square off in a debate. This morning, Carney is scheduled to make an announceme...
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Rookie all-stars
St. Joseph High School robotics team wins prestigious award at international competition
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Tourism Red Deer launches new campaign encouraging travellers to visit
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Rookie all-stars
St. Joseph High School robotics team wins prestigious award at international competition
The St. Joseph High School FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) team, the Gyron Falcons, have returned from an international competition in the U.S. and did not come empty handed.After competing in the tournament in Nampa, Idaho from March 27-29, they claimed the rookie all-star award, which recognizes a team that, "e...
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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...
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Highway 2 More!
Tourism Red Deer launches new campaign encouraging travellers to visit
Tourism Red Deer has launched a new campaign in hopes of bringing more travellers into the community.The new initiative, "Highway 2 More!" is designed to highlight and showcase what Red Deer has to offer beyond the highway.It focuses on the community's unique attractions such as a mix of outdoor adventures, c...
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successful pilot program
Red Deer makes transit fare assistance program permanent
Transit fare assistance in Red Deer is now permanently available.Originally a pilot program funded by the Government of Alberta, and which gives riders the chance to buy a monthly pass up to 55 per cent off, the program was approved to continue onward during 2025 budget deliberations.The renewal deadline for qualified ...
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Federal Election 2025
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...
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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...
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Federal election candidates set for local ridings
Nominations for the upcoming federal election are now closed and the candidates for the four electoral districts in the Red Deer area are now set.A total of 21 candidates representing seven different party's have been determined for the electoral ridings of Red Deer, Ponoka-Didsbury, Battle River-Crowfoot, and Yellowhe...
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Alberta
Provincial Politics
Alberta's Smith resists calls from NDP to pull lawyers from health probe process
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says hiring lawyers to funnel requests from the auditor general isn't meant to obstruct an investigation into multimillion-dollar health contracts - it's about helping get to the truth.The government has instructed Alberta Health public servants to contact a lawyer to co-ordinate if audit...
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Health
Alberta reports 16 more cases of measles, bringing total to 74
Alberta is reporting 16 more cases of measles, bringing the provincial total to 74 since the beginning of March.The government says the new cases were reported in Alberta's central and southern zones.Nearly all cases are in school-aged children, with 18 cases being reported in children under the age of five.The provinc...
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On Schedule/On Budget
'We should be fine': Impact of U.S. tariffs not a major worry for new Flames arena
It's three floors down and nowhere to go but up for the new $900-million arena for the NHL's Calgary Flames, even with the ongoing tariff war with the United States.The building - to be named Scotia Place - is being built in the shadow of the Saddledome and its iconic saddle-shaped concave roof. The hockey arena is par...
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Alberta RCMP launches new non-emergency reporting line
Albertans now have a new way to report non-urgent crimes.Effective April 14, 2025, people across the province can phone 310-RCMP (310-7267) to make non-emergency police reports.Chris Spence, Director of the Alberta RCMP Operational Communication Centre, says the function is designed to streamline the crime reporting pr...
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Local Sports
RED DEER CATALINA SWIM CLUB
Nicholas Bennett finishes strong with twin gold medals at Speedo Canadian Open
Representing the Red Deer Catalina Swim Club, Nicholas Bennett won two gold medals as the Speedo Canadian Open finished off last weekend.Held at the Kinsmen Sport Centre, the competition wrapped up on April 12 following three days of meets, featuring 331 swimmers from 91 clubs across nine provinces.Bennett took the mul...
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Rookie all-stars
St. Joseph High School robotics team wins prestigious award at international competition
The St. Joseph High School FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) team, the Gyron Falcons, have returned from an international competition in the U.S. and did not come empty handed.After competing in the tournament in Nampa, Idaho from March 27-29, they claimed the rookie all-star award, which recognizes a team that, "e...
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JOINS SASKATCHEWAN RATTLERS
Bentley's Declan Peterson picked third overall in CEBL Draft
Bentley local Declan Peterson will play for the Saskatchewan Rattlers in the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) after he was picked by the franchise last Thursday. On April 10, the 2025 CEBL draft saw Peterson chosen third overall in round one. All together, 30 student athletes were selected from 25 different acad...
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Canada
First Nation launches challenge of B.C.'s approval to raise Mount Polley mine dam
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia First Nation has filed a legal challenge over the plan to allow the Mount Polley mine to raise its tailings dam a decade after a similar storage site at the mine gave way, creating one of the province's largest environmental disasters. The Xatsull First Nation has filed a petition in B.C....
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Four injured in apparent hit-and-run on TMU campus, Toronto police say
TORONTO - Four people were injured after a vehicle crashed into multiple people on a pedestrian walkway on Toronto Metropolitan University's downtown campus, police said. The vehicle did not remain at the scene of the crash Tuesday afternoon, police said. Paramedics say two people were sent to hospital, one with minor ...
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Canadian university teachers warned against travelling to the United States
HALIFAX - The association that represents academic staff at Canadian universities is warning its members against non-essential travel to the United States. The Canadian Association of University Teachers says it released updated travel advice today due to the "political landscape" created by the Trump adminis...
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Ottawa announces help for businesses hurt by U.S. tariffs
OTTAWA - Federal Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne has announced help for Canadian businesses affected by the trade dispute with the U.S., giving them time to adjust their supply chains. The minister says the government intends to provide temporary six-month tariff relief for goods imported from the U...
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Tariff uncertainty foils 'slam dunk rebound year' for national home sales: CREA
The Canadian Real Estate Association has downgraded its forecast for home sales activity in 2025, while the number of homes that changed hands across the country in March was down 9.3 per cent compared with a year ago. The association says Canadian home sales in March also fell 4.8 per cent on a seasonally adjusted mon...
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In the news today: Party leaders in Montreal ahead of debates
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Party leaders in Montreal ahead of debates Federal party leaders are campaigning in the Montreal area ahead of the two election debates that will take place Wednesday and Thursday. It will be first time Liberal Leader Mark Carney ...
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World
Peruvian court sentences former President Humala and wife to 15 years for money laundering
LIMA, Peru (AP) - A Peruvian court on Tuesday sentenced former President Ollanta Humala and his wife, Nadine Heredia, to 15 years in prison for laundering funds received from Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht to finance his 2006 and 2011 campaigns. The judges of the National Superior Court found that Humala and He...
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Four journalists accused of working for Kremlin foe Navalny convicted of extremism
MOSCOW (AP) - A Russian court convicted four journalists of extremism Tuesday for working for an anti-corruption group founded by the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny and sentenced them to 5 1/2 years in prison each. Antonina Favorskaya, Kostantin Gabov, Sergey Karelin and Artyom Kriger were found guilty of involv...
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Iranian supreme leader expresses endorsement of talks with US
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran's supreme leader said Tuesday that the first round of talks with the United States went "well," in his first public comment on the negotiations, state television reported. The comments by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, while couched, represented his endorsement ...
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