Thanks for the Memories
Rebels bid farewell to graduating 20-year-old players
It was an emotional day for the Red Deer Rebels on Monday when they said goodbye to 20-year-old players Jace Weir, Jhett Larson, and Keaton Dowhaniuk.The Rebels season wrapped up on Sunday and the team wasted no time completing their exit interviews a day later.The trio of leaders meant a lot to the club over the years...
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the future isn't written
Red Deer Grade 3s regional winners in long-running ExploraVision science competition
What do mycelium, hemp and fire-retardant microcapsules have in common?Believe it or not, they are the building blocks of a hypothetical technology which a trio of Red Deer Grade 3 students at Don Campbell Elementary hope could limit the extent of damage from future wildfire disasters.The even cooler thing? Those grade...
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5-20 cm expected
Special Weather Statement in effect for city of Red Deer
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all you need to know for the week that was
The CEBL is coming to Red Deer -- a new episode of The Everything Red Deer Podcast
FOLLOWS REGIONAL PERFORMANCE
Chinook's Edge students heading to provincial skills competition
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$32,000 TO DISTRIBUTE
Seven community organizations receiving funding from Rotary Club grant
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Red Deer and Area
5-20 cm expected
Special Weather Statement in effect for city of Red Deer
A Special Weather Statement is in effect for the city of Red Deer.According to Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), wintry weather returns to Alberta this week. Officials say you can expect winter travel conditions from Wednesday overnight to Friday across central Alberta. ECCC says heavy wet snow will begin W...
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FOLLOWS REGIONAL PERFORMANCE
Chinook's Edge students heading to provincial skills competition
Four Chinook's Edge School Division (CESD) students will represent central Alberta in the Skills Alberta provincial competitions coming up in May. The opportunity comes as a result of their placements at regional Skills Alberta competitions in Red Deer and Calgary. "We are incredibly proud of the students and thei...
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$32,000 TO DISTRIBUTE
Seven community organizations receiving funding from Rotary Club grant
The Rotary Club of Red Deer has raised $32,000 to distribute to seven not-for-profit organizations in the Red Deer area. The club's fall granting period has reached final approvals, and the following seven organizations will be receiving funds: Red Deer Community Band Society (formerly the Red Deer Royals) Central Albe...
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$199,824
Town of Olds to create community arts hub through federal grant
The Town of Olds has been awarded $199,824 through the federal government's Green and Inclusive Community Buildings program to renovate its former Operations Shop into a community arts hub, according to the Department of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities.On March 22, Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, Minister of Housing, ...
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Alberta
PROVINCIAL POLITICS
Premier Smith, despite criticism, set to leave for U.S. event with far-right influencer
Premier Danielle Smith is getting set to fly to Florida for an event hosted by a far-right U.S. influencer, with her chief of staff calling the foray a patriotic act of courage by a "noble" leader.Smith is to make a speaking appearance this week with conservative media personality Ben Shapiro at an upcoming f...
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'Into the lion's den'; Amid criticism, Alberta's Smith set to attend U.S. fundraiser
Premier Danielle Smith is getting set to fly to Florida for an event hosted by a far-right U.S. influencer, with her chief of staff calling the foray a patriotic act of courage by a "noble'' leader.Smith is to make a speaking appearance this week with conservative media personality Ben Shapiro at an upcoming fundr...
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Calgary paleontologist part of discovery of new dinosaur with 30-centimetre claws
CALGARY - A University of Calgary paleontologist is part of a discovery of a new species of dinosaur with 30-centimetre-long claws found in a Mongolian desert. Darla Zelenitsky says the remains of the therizinosaur were found in the Gobi desert in 2012 during the construction of a water pipeline. She says the species n...
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ANSWERING THE CALL
Alberta establishing working group to address unpaid oil and gas property tax challenge
In response to calls from the Rural Municipalities of Alberta (RMA) and Alberta Municipalities (ABmunis) for action, the Government of Alberta is establishing a working group with municipal partners to develop an accountability strategy for unpaid oil and gas property taxes.Earlier this month, the RMA released the resu...
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Local Sports
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...
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World Shoto Cup
Shotokan Karate Club of Red Deer wins big on global stage
Athletes of the Shotokan Karate Club of Red Deer returned from representing Canada on the world stage with some hardware. The World Shoto Cup, which took place last September in London, England, featured athletes from around the world to compete in a display of skill, dedication, and sportsmanship. (Supplied photo) Red...
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Thanks for the Memories
Rebels bid farewell to graduating 20-year-old players
It was an emotional day for the Red Deer Rebels on Monday when they said goodbye to 20-year-old players Jace Weir, Jhett Larson, and Keaton Dowhaniuk.The Rebels season wrapped up on Sunday and the team wasted no time completing their exit interviews a day later.The trio of leaders meant a lot to the club over the years...
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Canada
B.C. drug decriminalization and safer supply associated with more overdoses: study
VANCOUVER - A study into safer supply and drug decriminalization policies in British Columbia has found that both were associated with increased opioid overdose hospitalizations. The report says that there was no change in deaths associated with safer supply, while neither policy appeared to mitigate the opioid crisis ...
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Beijing's envoy calls for more trade with Canada as U.S. trade war continues
OTTAWA - Beijing's ambassador to Canada says China is interested in stepping up trade with Ottawa as the U.S. continues to pursue a global trade war. Wang Di says Washington should not force Canada to choose between the U.S. and China because that would further destabilize the global economy. At a trade promotion event...
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Calgary paleontologist part of discovery of new dinosaur with 30-centimetre claws
CALGARY - A University of Calgary paleontologist is part of a discovery of a new species of dinosaur with 30-centimetre-long claws found in a Mongolian desert. Darla Zelenitsky says the remains of the therizinosaur were found in the Gobi desert in 2012 during the construction of a water pipeline. She says the species n...
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Quebec man found in contempt of court for swastikas outside his home
MONTREAL - A Quebec man has been found in contempt of court for refusing to remove swastikas from outside his home in a municipality that he accuses of being "the most racist city in the world." A Quebec Superior Court judge ruled earlier this month that Yahia Meddah had not taken seriously injunctions orderi...
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Montreal officially replaces city hall welcome sign that included woman wearing hijab
MONTREAL - The City of Montreal has officially taken down a welcome sign that stirred controversy last fall because it depicted a woman wearing an Islamic headscarf. The sign in the lobby of the newly renovated city hall, which showed a woman wearing a hijab, drew criticism online, prompting Mayor Valérie Plante...
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CP NewsAlert: Three heli-skiers killed in B.C. avalanche
KASLO, B.C. - Three men have been killed in an avalanche on the east side of Kootenay Lake in southeast B.C. RCMP say the avalanche happened in an alpine area on Monday, sweeping away a group of four heli-skiers. More coming. The Canadian Press
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World
US Vice President Vance to join his wife on Friday trip to Greenland
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. Vice President JD Vance said Tuesday that he's joining his wife on a Friday trip to Greenland, suggesting in an online video that global security is at stake. "We're going to check out how things are going there," Vance said in a video posted to social media. "Speaking for Presiden...
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Appeals court allows Trump administration to suspend approval of new refugees amid lawsuit
WASHINGTON (AP) - An appeals court on Tuesday allowed the Trump administration to suspend entry of new refugees as a lawsuit plays out over the president's executive order halting the nation's refugee admissions system. Refugees conditionally approved before President Donald Trump took office must still be processed un...
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Video and 911 calls played by police detail chaos from deadly shooting in New Mexico
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) - Police released video footage and 911 emergency calls Tuesday depicting chilling scenes of people running in panic as gunfire crackled in a New Mexico park where three people were killed and 15 others were wounded during an unauthorized car show. One of the video recordings, taken by a bystander...
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