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Red Deer and Area

hot week ahead
Heat warning issued for Red Deer
A heat warning has been issued for the Red Deer area, and many other parts of the province.According to Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), the region will experience daytime high temperatures near 30 degrees Celsius with overnight low temperatures ranging between 14 to 18 degrees Celsius, for the rest of thi...
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Allegedly fled traffic stop
Lacombe Police Service searching for wanted 42-year-old man
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a Tofield man accused of fleeing the scene of a traffic stop this week.The Lacombe Police Service says Aaron Olson, 42, was pulled over on Monday, July 28 at approximately 12:44 a.m. while driving a white Dodge Ram truck heading eastbound on Highway 12 at 58 Street in Lacombe...
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11-year sentence
Death of inmate at Bowden Institution
The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) is reporting the death of an inmate at Bowden Institution.Erick Reid is said to have died July 29.At the time of death, Reid was 34, and serving an 11-year, six-month, and 30-day sentence, having commenced Nov. 6, 2018.As in all cases involving the death of an inmate, the CSC wi...
12h ago
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18 hectares
Town of Sylvan Lake signs lakefront lease agreement
The Town of Sylvan Lake has entered into a lease agreement with the Government of Alberta for over 18 hectares of lakefront north of the retaining wall, including sand and water.The leased area extends from 34 Street to Lighthouse Park at the mouth of the marina and varies from approximately 50 to 175 metres into the l...
12h ago
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Alberta

Provincial Politics
Citizen Initiative Petition issued
A former deputy premier's petition to have Alberta declare that its official policy is to remain in Canada can start rolling out across the province.Chief electoral officer Gordon McClure says canvassers with the Alberta Forever Canada citizen initiative can begin gathering signatures.Submitted by Thomas Lukaszuk, a fo...
13h ago
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cheers & jeers in battle river-crowfoot
Pierre Poilievre owns the night at byelection forum in Camrose
There were cheers, and a few jeers Tuesday night in Camrose, Alta. as 10 candidates in the Battle River-Crowfoot byelection took to the stage for a forum hosted by the Camrose & District Chamber of Commerce. Most of the cheers, perhaps predictably, were for Conservative Party of Canada leader Pierre Poilievre, who ...
Jul 30, 2025
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Alberta premier's request for separation referendum question approval rebuffed
EDMONTON - Alberta's chief electoral officer is rebuffing calls from Premier Danielle Smith and her justice minister to reverse course and sign off on a proposed referendum question on separation. On social media, Smith and Justice Minister Mickey Amery said earlier Tuesday that Albertans should be able to embark on ga...
Jul 29, 2025
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July 29, 2025
Update 17: Alberta wildfire update
Warmer weather this week could lead to more wildfires starting and make existing fires spread faster.Current situation (as of 3 p.m., July 29)There are 49 wildfires currently burning across Alberta in the Forest Protection Area, and three mutual aid fires.10 are classified as out of control, eight are being held and 31...
Jul 29, 2025
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Canada

Wildfire evacuations underway for about 400 properties near Peachland, B.C.
PEACHLAND - Tactical evacuations are underway for about 400 properties due to a fast moving wildfire burning between Peachland and West Kelowna, B.C. Central Okanagan Emergency Operations says residents of properties east of Trepanier Bench Road, south of Highway 97C and north of Highway 97 should be prepared to be awa...
6h ago
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Eby says B.C. insulated from Trump copper tariff, cites need for trade diversity
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby says an incoming 50 per cent United States tariff on some copper products highlights the need for diversified markets. He says the tariffs will affect provinces differently, pointing out that most of B.C.'s copper goes to Asia, keeping the province "insulated" fro...
7h ago
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Eby calls softwood lumber dispute "canary in the coal mine" of U.S. protectionism
VICTORIA - Premier David Eby says the federal government cannot forget about the fate of British Columbia's softwood lumber industry as the deadline for a trade deal between the United States and Canada is hours away. Aug. 1 is the deadline the United States has set for a trade deal with Canada, and Eby says he hopes h...
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Here are some facts about the massive Russian quake and the tsunami it sent to B.C.
When one of the biggest earthquakes ever recorded struck off Russia's coast on Tuesday, it triggered a tsunami that raced across the Pacific to British Columbia. Here are some facts about the quake and the waves that followed. WHERE DID THE QUAKE HAPPEN? The epicentre was off southeastern Russia, about 119 kilometres e...
11h ago
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Many voters cast ballot in last federal election without being fully informed: poll
TORONTO - A new survey suggests more than half of Canadians believe they didn't have enough information or needed more to cast their ballot in the last federal election. The Ipsos poll says 57 per cent of respondents either believed they didn't have enough local news or could have used more to assess candidates back in...
12h ago
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1988 Quebec missing person's case solved after bones found in river identified
MONTREAL - Montreal-area police say a missing person's case from 1988 has been solved with the recent discovery of human remains in a vehicle submerged in a river. Robert St-Louis, a 42-year-old father of five from Laval, Que., disappeared in June 1988. A diving group called Exploring With a Mission, hired by the St-Lo...
12h ago
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