Whether you're looking to renovate, thinking about your first home, simply looking for a place to take the family for a day, or anywhere in between, the Red Deer Home Show is the place to be this weekend. From March 7-9, more than 220 businesses, most of them local to central Alberta, will be on display to share indust...

The Red Deer RCMP are reminding residents of a number of important safety precautions heading into Daylight Savings Time this weekend.Police say the time change can affect home security, and visibility on the roads, among other things.Mounties say residents should use the time change to make sure smoke alarms and carbo...

Safe Harbour Society recently made a move that will improve the quality of life for its residents.This week the local shelter secured 150 bed frames and mattresses that came from the old army base in Springbrook.Safe Harbour anticipates the beds will be ready for shelter guests to sleep on by April. The beds will be a ...

Competitive swimmers in Red Deer can now enjoy the benefits of an updated timing system at the Michener Aquatic Centre thanks to the Red Deer Masters Swim Club. At the end of January, the Club finished installing a new semi-automatic timing system by Time Drops, which is more efficient and reliable than the Colorado Do...

The Conservative Party of Canada has slammed the election of Mark Carney as Liberal leader and prime minister-designate.The Tories, in a news release, claim that Carney is "just like Justin" and charge that his election is a sneaky trick to try to win reelection, as they call Carney "Trudeau's top econom...

Premier Danielle Smith says new federal Liberal leader Mark Carney, who is set to become prime minister, should call a national election immediately.At a time when we are facing unprecedented economic challenges with our largest trading partner, Canada deserves and needs a leader with a mandate from Canadians.New Liber...

The Liberal Party of Canada has elected former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney as its new leader. Grassroots members elected the former central banker to replace outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a convention in downtown Ottawa, ending the party's two-month long leadership race.Carney won 85.9 per cent of t...

The Government of Canada is reporting progress to reduce auto theft across the country.On Friday they announced that auto thefts decreased nearly 20 per cent nationally in 2024 after reaching historic levels in 2023, which is according to Équité Association's recent trend report.The report also states tha...

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...

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...

The Red Deer Rebels struggled on both ends of the ice on Friday night in a 7-1 loss to the Medicine Hat Tigers.They had their hands full against the Eastern Conference leading Tigers, who exploded on offence. Forward Ryder Ritchie had three goals and two assists and Gavin McKenna had a goal and three assists.Meanwhile,...

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 ...

VICTORIA - A group of three former B.C. Conservative legislators have announced they will sit as Independents in the provincial legislature. Dallas Brodie was kicked out of the party on Friday over her comments about residential schools, and Jordan Kealy and Tara Armstrong left the party saying Leader John Rustad had a...

MONTREAL - The Quebec government is creating a committee to make recommendations on how to strengthen secularism in the province. Announced this morning, the committee will study whether Quebec's secularism law, Bill 21, is being respected. The government says it will also document alleged religious infiltration of Que...

WASHINGTON - Canada remains in the crosshairs of U.S. President Donald Trump's enormous tariff agenda, with steel and aluminum duties set to come into force on Wednesday. U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Sunday that Trump will follow through on his threat to impose 25 per cent tariffs on steel and aluminum i...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Mark Carney succeeds Trudeau as Liberal leader Federal Liberals elected Mark Carney to lead their party into the next election in a resounding first-ballot victory on Sunday, putting him on track to soon become the next prime mini...

OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada's interest rate announcement arrives on Wednesday in a cloud of uncertainty thanks to a shifting trade war with the United States. Most economists expect the central bank will deliver another quarter-point rate cut while it waits to see how long the dispute with Canada's largest trading part...

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived in Saudi Arabia to visit the oil-rich kingdom's crown prince ahead of his official meeting with America's top diplomat and others. Saudi state television reported Zelenskyy's arrival Monday in Jeddah, a port city on the Red Sea where the Uk...

PARIS (AP) - Military officials from more than 30 nations will take part in Paris talks on the creation of an international security force for Ukraine, a French military official said Monday. Such an international force would aim to dissuade Russia from launching another offensive after any ceasefire in Ukraine comes i...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court agreed Monday in a case from Colorado to decide whether state and local governments can enforce laws banning conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ children. The conservative-led court is taking up the case amid aggressive actions by President Donald Trump targeting transgender people, includ...