EFFECTIVE MARCH 31
Red Deer green cart collection returning to weekly schedule
The City of Red Deer would like to inform residents that green cart collections will return to a weekly schedule starting Monday, March 31. Green carts are an easy way for residents to dispose of their yard waste and other organic materials. If your green cart is full, extra yard waste can be set out one meter away fro...
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Sweet Home on the Lake hopes to earn back customer trust after controversy
Just over a week since Sweet Home on the Lake officially reopened, owners Cody and Eva Borek hope they can earn the trust back of their customers. This comes after the local boutique and cafe business based out of Sylvan Lake, opened their doors on March 18, seven weeks after announcing their permanent closure.They wer...
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shocked, disappointed, but fight not over
Judge denies injunction against closure of Red Deer's overdose prevention site
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RDP unveils Alumni Legacy Way and introduces new Student Industry Engagement Fund
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EFFECTIVE MARCH 31
Red Deer green cart collection returning to weekly schedule
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Red Deer and Area
shocked, disappointed, but fight not over
Judge denies injunction against closure of Red Deer's overdose prevention site
Red Deer's overdose prevention site will close its doors at the end of March 31, as planned, but its future is not yet wholly written.The judge overseeing an application from a lawyer, on behalf of a local man who uses the OPS, has denied a temporary injunction against its closure.The case, which was argued by lawyer A...
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RDP unveils Alumni Legacy Way and introduces new Student Industry Engagement Fund
The Red Deer Polytechnic Alumni Association announced they've donated $100,000 to the RDP Student Industry Engagement Fund.They shared the good news at a ceremony on Thursday afternoon, which also included the unveiling of the Alumni Legacy Way that recognizes the long-time partnership between the Alumni Association an...
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EFFECTIVE MARCH 31
Red Deer green cart collection returning to weekly schedule
The City of Red Deer would like to inform residents that green cart collections will return to a weekly schedule starting Monday, March 31. Green carts are an easy way for residents to dispose of their yard waste and other organic materials. If your green cart is full, extra yard waste can be set out one meter away fro...
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Traffic Stop
Wetaskiwin RCMP arrest two following drug and firearm seizure
The Wetaskiwin RCMP arrested two individuals for drug and firearm related charges following a traffic stop this week.On Tuesday, March 25, police received a report of an impaired driver and responded to the call.Once on scene, Wetaskiwin General Duty Officers and the Wetaskiwin Crime Reduction Unit identified two peopl...
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Alberta
KINDERGARTEN TO GRADE THREE
One-time funding added for reading, writing and math screening supports
Alberta's government is providing one time funding of $7.5 million to help make sure schools have the resources and staff needed to conduct the additional reading, writing and math screenings it began this year. This is in addition to the $10 million allocated for reading, writing and math support this next school year...
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COMES TO KANANASKIS IN JUNE
Alta. temporarily adjusting reservist leave to improve G7 Summit security
The Government of Alberta has issued a temporary regulation enabling Alberta-based Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) reserves to take reservist leave to support security measures at the G7 Summit planned for June in Kananaskis. On March 27, Matt Jones, Minister of Jobs, Economy and Trade, and Alberta's Military Liaison Justi...
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INTERSECTION SAFETY, ROAD UPGRADES
Alberta introducing new fund for traffic safety following changes to photo radar guidelines
Alberta's government has launched a new $13 million Traffic Safety Fund for municipalities to upgrade local roads and intersections that pose demonstrated safety risks. The move comes just ahead of April 1, when a new Automated Traffic Enforcement Technology Guideline goes into effect. This guideline limits ATE jurisdi...
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Provincial Funding
Alberta putting $19M toward municipal flood and drought prevention
EDMONTON - Alberta's government is putting $19 million toward municipal flood and drought prevention projects as part of its new budget.Environment Minister Rebecca Schulz says eight municipalities as well as two Indigenous communities are to receive the grant funding.She says the money will help build a new berm along...
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Local Sports
Season Recap
'At times, we were too soft': Sutter on Rebels missing playoffs for first time in over a decade
The fact the Red Deer Rebels are on the outside looking in as the WHL playoffs begin this Friday is disappointing in the eyes of Red Deer Rebels owner Brent Sutter. The club missed the playoffs for the first time since the 2013-14 season, which has become a rarity over the years. Since the team's inaugural season in 19...
Mar 26, 2025
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NEXT EVENTS IN APRIL
West of the Fifth Pro Rodeo kicks off in Rimbey
Rimbey's West of the Fifth Pro Rodeo kicked off its 2025 calendar year in Canadian Professional Rodeo with two performances over the weekend of March 21-23. Cache Schellenberg, a second-year pro, put on a solid 80 point ride on Duffy Rodeo's 2L Sonora to record his first pro win in Canada ($996.40) and get the season o...
Mar 25, 2025
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outstanding season
Red Deer's Easton Daneault named AJHL Rookie of the Year
Red Deer's Easton Daneault has been named the Alberta Junior Hockey League's Rookie of the Year.Daneault, a 16-year-old forward with the Drumheller Dragons, was named as a finalist a couple weeks ago, alongside fellow Red Deerian Cooper Moore of the Lloydminster Bobcats.Two weeks in a row this past December, Daneault w...
Mar 25, 2025
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Canada
In the news today: Day 2 of tariff talks for PM, premiers, and RCMP, crime and AI
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Carney to host meeting with premiers today For the second day in a row, Liberal Leader Mark Carney has been pulled away from campaigning to discuss U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs. Carney, in his role as prime minister, will...
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Canadian police partner with AI in arms race against criminals. But at what cost?
VANCOUVER - In one corner of the battle are criminals using artificial intelligence to generate child sexual abuse material - and in the other, AI is being used to help hunt down the offenders. The rise of artificial intelligence has kicked off an arms race between perpetrators and police in Canada. The RCMP's National...
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Prime Minister Mark Carney hosting a meeting with Canada's premiers today
OTTAWA - For the second day in a row, Liberal Leader Mark Carney has been pulled away from campaigning to discuss U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs. Carney, in his role as prime minister, will meet virtually with Canada's premiers today to discuss the country's response to Trump's latest duties. The president signe...
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UBC scientists invent stir stick that detects drugged drinks
VANCOUVER - Researchers at the University of British Columbia say they're gearing up to start "real-world testing" of a stir stick that can detect if a drink has been spiked with drugs. The university says in a news release that the device called "Spikeless" was developed in its faculty of applied s...
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'Wrong direction': B.C. Chamber of Commerce latest group to decry tariff bill
Proposed legislation in British Columbia to give the cabinet sweeping powers to respond to threats from foreign governments amid Canada's tariff fight is getting more pushback from businesses as the Greens meet with the government about their concerns. BC Chamber of Commerce President Fiona Famulak says in a letter to ...
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Canada's greenhouse gas emissions edge down in 2023, among lowest totals since 1990s
A national tally of Canada's climate progress indicates greenhouse gas emissions fell slightly in 2023 and are now about eight per cent lower than they were in 2005. Canada's official greenhouse gas inventory indicates emissions dropped by one per cent from 2022 to 2023, with emissions largely flat across major industr...
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World
Strong earthquake rocks Thai capital of Bangkok, prompting evacuations from swaying buildings
BANGKOK (AP) - A strong 7.7 magnitude earthquake rocked the Thai capital Friday, causing buildings to sway. The U.S. Geological Survey and Germany's GFZ center for geosciences said the midday temblor was a shallow 10 kilometers (6.2 miles), with an epicenter in neighboring Myanmar, according to preliminary reports repo...
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Another federal judge blocks Trump policy banning transgender troops in the military
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - A U.S. judge in Washington state has blocked enforcement of President Donald Trump's order banning transgender people from serving in the military - the second nationwide injunction against the policy in as many weeks. The order Thursday day from U.S. District Court Judge Benjamin Settle in Tacoma ...
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King Charles III experiences side effects after receiving medical treatment and is in hospital
LONDON (AP) - King Charles III was hospitalized for observation on Thursday after experiencing "temporary side effects,'' related to a scheduled cancer treatment, Buckingham Palace said in a statement. His engagements for Thursday afternoon and Friday were canceled. "His majesty has now returned to Clarence H...
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