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City of Red Deer closes outdoor rinks for the season
Extended warm temperatures in the Red Deer area has led the City of Red Deer to close outdoor skating surfaces. They're also warning residents of hazardous conditions on community ponds, the river, and creeks. As of Friday, the City of Red Deer has closed all neighbourhood outdoor rinks and Bower Ponds for the remainde...
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Blackfalds RCMP says report of attempted child abduction was fake
The Blackfalds RCMP says a report of an alleged child abduction attempt was fabricated.On Feb. 25, police received a report of a possible child abduction after the youth told their mother that someone in a white van had tried to abduct him before school.Mounties say they learned after an investigation that the story ha...
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June 2024 Incident
Trial date set for man charged in Innisfail drug and weapons seizure
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Red Deer and Area

June 2024 Incident
Trial date set for man charged in Innisfail drug and weapons seizure
A trial date has been set for an Innisfail man facing drug and firearms charges. David Samuel Reid, 42, is scheduled for trial in Red Deer Court of Justice on Jan. 27, 2026. It was on June 25, 2024, when Innisfail RCMP, with assistance from Crime Reduction Units for Red Deer and Central Alberta detachments, were conduc...
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allegedly possessed a Taser
Innisfail RCMP charge two following drug seizure
Innisfail RCMP have charged two people following a recent drug seizure.It was just after 3 a.m. on Feb. 27 when Mounties stopped a red Ford F150 on Hwy 2A.During said stop, officers developed grounds to arrest the driver and passenger, under the Excise Act, for possession of unstamped cigarettes.During a search of the ...
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urges caution
City of Red Deer closes outdoor rinks for the season
Extended warm temperatures in the Red Deer area has led the City of Red Deer to close outdoor skating surfaces. They're also warning residents of hazardous conditions on community ponds, the river, and creeks. As of Friday, the City of Red Deer has closed all neighbourhood outdoor rinks and Bower Ponds for the remainde...
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trying to make a difference
Indigenous-owned Red Deer business looking to revolutionize wildfire defense
Red Deer's CJS Industrial is hoping its new technology can help residents, businesses and municipalities during destructive wildfires.The tech is called RUFUS for short -- or the Rural and Urban Fire Suppression System.The Red Deer company, which is Indigenous-owned, developed RUFUS, which they say is an innovative sol...
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What's Trending
June 2024 Incident
Trial date set for man charged in Innisfail drug and weapons seizure
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episode 1: chatting with the mayor
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allegedly possessed a Taser
Innisfail RCMP charge two following drug seizure
33m ago
urges caution
City of Red Deer closes outdoor rinks for the season
2h ago

listen now!
ERD Podcast - Episode 8: Juno nominee, sexiest cities, Sockey Day, and is donating blood actually scary?
trying to make a difference
Indigenous-owned Red Deer business looking to revolutionize wildfire defense
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No public threat
Blackfalds RCMP says report of attempted child abduction was fake
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Alberta

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith promoting budget's income tax cut
A day after her government released its budget, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has hit the road to sell its perks.Alberta is projecting a $5.2-billion deficit, but is offering income tax cuts that will pull more than $1 billion from provincial coffers.The tax break was first promised in the 2023 election, and could sav...
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Alberta government appoints Martin Long as new infrastructure minister
Alberta has a new minister of infrastructure.Martin Long has been appointed to the cabinet post after the previous minister resigned earlier this week.Long, the member for West Yellowhead, says he will continue building infrastructure to keep up with population growth.First elected in 2019, Long has served as a parliam...
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Canada's National Farmers Union standing up for DEI policies
Canada's National Farmers Union (NFU) says it remains steadfast in its commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).In a statement this month, the union clapped back at what it calls attacks on DEI by the U.S. government and several large corporations. Specifically, the NFU points to President Donald Trump's exe...
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BUDGET 2025
Alberta runs budget deficit while cutting $1.2B in taxes amid U.S. tariff threat
The Alberta government revealed a 2025 budget with a deficit Thursday that creates a new tax bracket aimed at saving families hundreds of dollars amid economic uncertainty driven by threats of a trade war with the United States.Taxpayers earning less than $60,000 annually will see their personal income taxes fall by 20...
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urges caution
City of Red Deer closes outdoor rinks for the season
Extended warm temperatures in the Red Deer area has led the City of Red Deer to close outdoor skating surfaces. They're also warning residents of hazardous conditions on community ponds, the river, and creeks. As of Friday, the City of Red Deer has closed all neighbourhood outdoor rinks and Bower Ponds for the remainde...
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Leading scorer
Red Deer Rebels Ty Coupland excited for future of the team
Red Deer Rebels forward Ty Coupland has been involved in the game of hockey since the day he was born.His father Billy, who has been a scout for the WHL's Kelowna Rockets since 2008, was scouting for the NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning when Ty was born.Watching his dad not only scout but coach minor hockey sparked his own lo...
Feb 27, 2025
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17-year career
Red Deer's Rebecca Smith retires from competitive swimming
Red Deer's Rebecca Smith has officially retired from competitive swimming. She announced the closing of the door on that chapter of her life on Wednesday following 17 years in the sport. The 24-year-old explained, in retirement, she's started a new job as a NICU nurse in Calgary after graduating from the nursing progra...
Feb 27, 2025
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Canada

Ottawa tells First Nations chiefs committee to sort out child welfare talks with AFN
OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu says Ottawa needs the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) and a committee trying to renegotiate a child welfare agreement to decide who's leading the talks before any progress can be made. "There has been confusion regarding the role of the National Children's Chiefs C...
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Joly says Ukraine needs a security guarantee after Trump-Zelenskyy fight
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly says there's a good chance that Russia could re-invade Ukraine if there are no security guarantees in a peace deal. Her statement comes after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. President Donald Trump engaged in a shocking verbal brawl in the White House today...
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Transport Minister Anand says she's seeking re-election in face of Trump's threats
OTTAWA - Anita Anand, minister of transport and internal trade, says she's changed her mind and will run in the upcoming federal election. In January, Anand said she would not run for the Liberal party leadership and would not seek re-election as she considered returning to her former life as an academic. But she now s...
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Anand meets with provincial counterparts to discuss boosting interprovincial trade
OTTAWA - Transport and Internal Trade Minister Anita Anand says she wants to boost internal trade by getting the provinces to recognize out-of-province labour certifications and regulations. Anand is meeting in Toronto today with the Committee on Internal Trade, made of provincial and territorial trade ministers. The f...
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Time running out for Canadians seeking visas for family in Gaza
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Time is running out for Canadians hoping a federal visa program will provide an escape route for Palestinian family members trapped in Gaza, leaving some still grappling with the complex application process and worried their loved ones won't get out. Damey Lee is part of a group of immigration lawyer...
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Quebec replaces digital technology minister who resigned over auto board scandal
QUÉBEC - Quebec's premier has replaced his cybersecurity and digital technology minister after a scandal with the auto insurance board's online platform forced the resignation of Éric Caire. Premier François Legault today named backbencher Gilles Bélanger as Caire's replacement, after an exp...
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World

Iowa's governor signs a bill removing gender identity protections from the state's civil rights code
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Iowa became the first U.S. state to remove gender identity protections from its civil rights code on Friday when Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law a bill that opponents say will expose transgender people and other Iowans to discrimination in all aspects of daily life. The new law, which goes int...
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Jury finds Illinois landlord guilty of murder, hate crime in 2023 attack on Palestinian American boy
JOLIET, Ill. (AP) - A jury found an Illinois landlord guilty of murder and hate crime charges Friday for a brutal 2023 attack on a Palestinian American family that left a 6-year-old dead. Joseph Czuba, 73, was charged in the fatal stabbing of Wadee Alfayoumi and the wounding of his mother, Hanan Shaheen on Oct. 14, 202...
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Pope had a bronchial spasm and his prognosis remains guarded, Vatican says
ROME (AP) - Pope Francis suffered a bronchial spasm Friday that resulted in him breathing in vomit, requiring non-invasive mechanical ventilation, but he responded well and remained conscious and alert at all times, the Vatican said. The episode, reported late Friday by the Vatican, resulted in doctors keeping his prog...
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