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ASIRT: No wrongdoing by Red Deer officer in April 2023 Anders shooting
A Red Deer RCMP officer has been cleared of any wrongdoing in connection to an incident that took place in the city's Anders neighbourhood on April 13, 2023.The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) released its final report on this case on Feb. 13.According to ASIRT, that day, a man living at a home on Andrew...
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Health Minister Adriana LaGrange named in $1.7 million lawsuit by former AHS CEO
Former Alberta Health Services CEO Athana Mentzelopoulos is suing the province, as well as health minister Adriana LaGrange. In the statement of claim filed in court by Mentzelopoulos, she alleges she was fired for looking into high-level government interference and overpays on multimillion-dollar contracts. She also a...
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2025 Charity
Dress for Success Central Alberta chosen as Bower Place's Charity of Choice
Dress for Success Central Alberta has been named Bower Place's 2025 Charity of Choice.A charity of choice is selected each year by Bower Place to dedicate resources. Preference is given to registered charitable organizations who contribute to the central Alberta community, and directly support families or kids.Historic...
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ASIRT: No wrongdoing by Red Deer officer in April 2023 Anders shooting
A Red Deer RCMP officer has been cleared of any wrongdoing in connection to an incident that took place in the city's Anders neighbourhood on April 13, 2023.The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) released its final report on this case on Feb. 13.According to ASIRT, that day, a man living at a home on Andrew...
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two guns seized
Wetaskiwin RCMP arrest three in alleged armed robbery
Two citizens of Maskwacis and another from Wetaskiwin have been arrested in connection to an armed robbery that happened on Feb. 6.RCMP say they received a call about the alleged robbery that took place at a residence in Wetaskiwin where three suspects allegedly entered the home, pointed guns at the head of the victim ...
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waiting on a federal election call
Three names emerge to replace Earl Dreeshen as MP for Red Deer
The race to replace long-time Red Deer-area MP Earl Dreeshen is heating up.Dreeshen, who has served the riding of Red Deer-Mountain View, and before that the riding of Red Deer, since 2008, announced last month that he won't seek re-election whenever a federal election is called.Three names have since emerged as possib...
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Everything Red Deer Podcast -- Ep. 2: Join the Red Deer Titans, and The Outreach Centre's Holiday Hope campaign
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who are the contenders?
Everything Red Deer Podcast: WHL Trade Deadline edition ft. POVs on the Rebels, Tigers and Hurricanes
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Alberta
Provincial Politics
Alberta Energy Regulator names former oil and gas CEO as top executive
Alberta's energy watchdog has chosen a former oil and gas company CEO as its new boss.Rob Morgan, who most recently led Strathcona Resources Ltd., is to take the helm starting Tuesday, the Alberta Energy Regulator said in a release Thursday.Morgan is an engineer with four decades of oil and gas industry experience, the...
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NENSHI: "ABSOLUTELY SHOCKING"
Health Minister Adriana LaGrange named in $1.7 million lawsuit by former AHS CEO
Former Alberta Health Services CEO Athana Mentzelopoulos is suing the province, as well as health minister Adriana LaGrange. In the statement of claim filed in court by Mentzelopoulos, she alleges she was fired for looking into high-level government interference and overpays on multimillion-dollar contracts. She also a...
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Agriculture
New farm crisis line now available
The National Farmer Wellness Network Crisis Line is now available to producers who may be struggling with their mental health.The initiative from the Canadian Centre for Agricultural Wellbeing officially started on February 4.It is being called in a news release "a transformative initiative designed to address the...
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Provincial Politics
Premier Smith defends health minister amid scandal on health purchases
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says Health Minister Adriana LaGrange has her full support as they navigate allegations of high-level government corruption in medical contracts.Smith made the comment in response to questions from reporters while in Washington, D.C., with other premiers to lobby against U.S. tariffs.She ...
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DEMAND EXCEEDING AVAILABILITY
Sylvan Lake sport associations seek solution to ice time shortage
Sport organizations in Sylvan Lake for hockey and lacrosse are seeking assistance from the town and town council to address a shortage of ice and recreation space. Three letters were presented to council during its Jan. 27 regular meeting on behalf of the Sylvan Lake Minor Hockey Association (SLMHA), Sylvan Lake Recrea...
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3-1
Rebels fall to Hurricanes on the road
The Red Deer Rebels pushed in the third period but came up short in a 3-1 loss to the Lethbridge Hurricanes on the road Wednesday.Red Deer outshot their opponents 31-28 at the VisitLethbridge.com Arena but lost the special teams battle in the set back. On three powerplay attempts, the Rebels were held scoreless. Meanwh...
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WHL Scholarship
Rebels sign American forward Owen Shadrick
From the west coast to central Alberta, the Red Deer Rebels have added another forward to their squad.On Wednesday the club announced they signed 16-year-old forward Owen Shadrick from Valencia, California to a WHL Scholarship and Development Agreement.This season, Shadrick, who shoots left handed, suits up for the Chi...
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Canada
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Canada still top of mind for Trump, 'not a good place to be'
OTTAWA - As President Donald Trump signed an executive order for reciprocal tariffs on Thursday that escalates his trade threats, his administration took aim at Canada's digital services tax as a major trade irritant. The White House sent out a document calling digital taxes in both Canada and France "unfair"...
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Canadian-led study sheds new light on planets forming in 'cosmic nursery'
A new study is offering a clearer picture of how planets are born alongside stars, with the lead researcher from British Columbia calling the findings an exciting step toward understanding the formation of planets and their atmospheres. University of Victoria doctoral candidate Dori Blakely says researchers have known ...
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Changes to Inuit child funding program putting families at risk: health care workers
OTTAWA - Health-care workers in Nunavut say changes to a federal funding program for Inuit children are forcing some pregnant to make a tough choice: have a safe birth or ensure the kids they already have are properly cared for. The Inuit Child First Initiative (ICFI) was launched in 2019 to ensure Inuit kids have acce...
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CP NewsAlert: B.C. cancels $1,000 grocery rebate, pauses hiring over tariff threats
VICTORIA - British Columbia's finance minister says the government is cancelling the $1,000 grocery rebate it promised during the election and will pause government hiring over U.S. President Donald Trump's threatened tariffs. Brenda Bailey says the impacts of the "reckless" and "destabilizing" tari...
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Trudeau congratulates Syrian interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa despite terrorist listing
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau congratulated Syria's interim president today, despite him leading a group Canada still designates as a terrorist organization. Ahmed al-Sharaa leads Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, a group Canada has listed as a terrorist organization since 2013. That group, often called HTS, toppled the r...
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Border guards can cancel temporary visas in addition to turning people away
OTTAWA - A notice published Wednesday by Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada gives border guards the "explicit" authority to revoke temporary resident visas and electronic travel documents in certain circumstances. Border guards have always been able to turn people away if they believe someone will ov...
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Former Arkansas Gov. Jim Guy Tucker, who stepped down in the wake of Whitewater, dies at 81
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Jim Guy Tucker, who became Arkansas' governor when Bill Clinton was elected president but was later forced from office after being convicted during the Whitewater investigation, has died. He was 81. Anna Ashton, Tucker's daughter, said the former governor died Thursday in Little Rock from compl...
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Texas judge fines New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A Texas judge on Thursday fined a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas in one of the first challenges in the U.S. to "shield laws" enacted in Democratic-controlled states where abortion is legal. The ruling was handed down on the same day New York Gov. Kath...
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Florida man is executed for the 1997 killing of a couple whose toddler witnessed the attack
STARKE, Fla. (AP) - A Florida man convicted of killing a husband and wife at a remote farm as the couple's toddler looked on was put to death Thursday in the state's first execution of the year. James Dennis Ford, 64, was pronounced dead at 6:19 p.m. following a lethal injection at Florida State Prison, state officials...
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