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Red Deer and Area

DECEMBER 2024 INCIDENT
Red Deer RCMP arrest alleged armed robbery suspect
Red Deer RCMP have arrested an individual in connection to an alleged armed robbery attempt that took place in December 2024. At about 6:30 a.m. on Dec. 22, 2024, Red Deer RCMP responded to a panic alarm at a business on Reichley Street in Red Deer. When they arrived, police say they found an unknown male who had alleg...
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election yet to be called
Conservative Party, People's Party choose candidates for new federal Red Deer riding
Burton Bailey will be the next Conservative Party of Canada candidate for the new re-aligned riding of Red Deer in the next federal election, according to a newsletter sent out this week by the party to members. Bailey, who has served for several years as executive assistant to Red Deer-North MLA Adriana Lagrange, was ...
Mar 15, 2025
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local man seeking to prevent closure
Judge's decision pending in overdose prevention site injunction case
A Constitution-based injunction hearing began at the Red Deer Justice Centre on Friday, seeking to prevent the closure of the local overdose prevention site (OPS). Opened in October 2018, it was last fall the provincial government announced its funding would not be renewed and therefore it would close by March 31, 2025...
Mar 15, 2025
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JAN. 15 NUMBERS
Pigeon Lake residents pocket $100,050 in lotto win
Two Pigeon Lake residents are now $100,050 richer after securing an EXTRA win in the Jan. 15 draw. Helene and David K. play WESTERN 649 and EXTRA twice a week and often check their tickets together. "I kept looking up each number and they matched one by one," Helene said. "I was so excited but I waited u...
Mar 14, 2025
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Alberta

Workers represented by United Steelworkers ratify new contract at CPKC
Canadian Pacific Kansas City says about 600 workers represented by the United Steelworkers union have ratified a new four-year collective agreement.The union represents clerical and intermodal employees at the railway in Canada.CPKC chief executive Keith Creel says the agreement helps provide long-term labour stability...
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Prevent the spread
Measles outbreak identified in northern Alberta
The Government of Alberta is alerting the public of a measles outbreak in the northern part of the province in an effort to halt further spread of the disease.As of March 13, health officials have confirmed six cases in the province but were all a part of the same household. Despite that, it raises concerns about the p...
Mar 15, 2025
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PROVINCIAL POLITICS
Premier Smith says Carney should immediately call election
Premier Danielle Smith says new prime minister Mark Carney should immediately call a general election as she argued his cabinet remains as hostile to Alberta as the one assembled by his predecessor. "I am extremely concerned that this cabinet includes most of same ministers responsible for the most damaging govern...
Mar 14, 2025
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IN ADDITION TO CONVENTIONAL
Alberta to begin collecting bitumen royalties in-kind
The Government of Alberta has announced it will now collect bitumen royalties in-kind (BRIK) in addition to conventional royalties in-kind (CORIK) in an effort to maximize resource revenue. The Alberta Petroleum Marketing Commission (APMC), the province's commercial oil and gas agency, can now combine conventional and ...
Mar 14, 2025
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Canada

Rainy, warm weather leads to flooding, school closures in parts of Quebec
MONTREAL - Record warm weather has sent several Quebec rivers spilling over their banks, leading to school and road closures and voluntary evacuation notices in some parts of the province. In Beauceville, Que., south of Quebec City, officials cancelled classes and opened an evacuation centre at the local arena after an...
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Marathon Vancouver airport hotel strike ends after 1,411 days
RICHMOND, B.C. - The union representing workers at the Radisson Blu Vancouver Airport Hotel says staff have ratified a new collective agreement, ending a nearly four-year-long strike. Unite Here Local 40 says the 1,411-day strike was the longest in Canadian history and the agreement provides a pathway back to work for ...
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Court finds stabbing at UWaterloo was not terrorism but was hate crime
An Ontario court has found that a stabbing at a University of Waterloo gender studies class was not terrorism but constituted a "particularly grave" hate crime. The judge sentencing Geovanny Villalba-Aleman says the evidence does not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that his hatred toward the LGBTQ+ community ...
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Poilievre says he'll repeal carbon price law, including the industrial charge
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says that he will repeal the entire carbon price law if elected, including on businesses and the industrial charge. On Friday, Prime Minister Mark Carney began the process to end the consumer carbon price on things like gasoline. The order-in-council says the fee will be re...
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Prime Minister Carney kicks off international trip in France
PARIS - Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada must strengthen ties with France and other allies in the face of geopolitical and economic crises. Making opening remarks in Paris before a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron, Carney stressed both countries' shared values of sovereignty, solidarity and sustainab...
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In the news today: Mark Carney's move to kill carbon price now official
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Carney's move to kill carbon price now official but debate over it not dead Prime Minister Mark Carney's theatrical document signing to eliminate the consumer carbon price on Friday has done little to end the political furor over ...
8h ago
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