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RCMP share winners of Name the Puppies contest
The RCMP have announced the winners of its annual Name the puppies contest.The RCMP canine training facility is located in Innisfail, Alberta, just south of Red Deer.The contest, which ran in February and March, invited kids aged 4-14 to submit name suggestions for the first 13 puppies born at that facility in 2025.&qu...
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Red Deer County launches fire cadet program
A new fire cadet program is being launched by Red Deer County.The program will offer a comprehensive and structured pathway for young individuals aspiring to careers in fire and emergency services.It will involve both classroom theory and hands-on training, and the chance to graduate with the NFPA 1001 Firefighter Leve...
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Red Deer County launches fire cadet program
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National Day of Mourning ceremony to be held in Red Deer on April 28
Apr 19, 2025
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AHS pilots language menu to improve health care access
Apr 19, 2025
Red Deer and Area
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Red Deer County launches fire cadet program
A new fire cadet program is being launched by Red Deer County.The program will offer a comprehensive and structured pathway for young individuals aspiring to careers in fire and emergency services.It will involve both classroom theory and hands-on training, and the chance to graduate with the NFPA 1001 Firefighter Leve...
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Morning event
National Day of Mourning ceremony to be held in Red Deer on April 28
The upcoming National Day of Mourning will be observed in Red Deer with a ceremony at Bower Ponds later this month.The annual day falls on Monday, April 28 and ceremonies will be held across the country to recognize the National Day of Mourning for workers killed or injured on the job.It serves as a time for reflection...
Apr 19, 2025
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AHS pilots language menu to improve health care access
Alberta Health Services (AHS) is launching a pilot program in Red Deer, an Inbound Call Interpreter service meant to improve access to medical services for newcomers to Canada. Launched in March at the Johnstone Crossing Community Health Centre, the service enables patients and clients calling in to choose from a pre-r...
Apr 19, 2025
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North Area Structure Plan
Lacombe city council makes amendments to development plan for new fire station
Amendments have been made to the plan for the development of the new fire station in Lacombe to be built along Woodland Drive.This week Lacombe city council approved the amendments to the North Area Structure Plan (NASP).There are two sections of the NASP that required amendments, these being Section 5.7.3 and 5.7.4 un...
Apr 19, 2025
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Federal Election 2025
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PPC leader Maxime Bernier to hold reform discussion in Red Deer
The leader of the People's Party of Canada (PPC), Maxime Bernier, will be in Red Deer on Wednesday evening.Joined by Kyla Courte, the PPC candidate for the Red Deer riding in the upcoming federal election, they'll be discussing reform on April 16 and the public is welcome to attend.It's also an opportunity to learn wha...
Apr 15, 2025
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UNITED PARTY OF CANADA
Candidate profile: Grant Abraham (United) - Ponoka-Didsbury
This is a candidate profile for the April 28, 2025 federal election.All candidates have been asked the same four questions, and were given a 600-word limit.Responses are unedited for grammar and spelling, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of rdnewsNOW and Pattison Media.Advance voting days are April 18, 19, 2...
Apr 14, 2025
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liberal party of canada
Candidate profile: Ayaz Bangash (LIB) - Red Deer
This is a candidate profile for the April 28, 2025 federal election. All candidates have been asked the same four questions, and were given a 600-word limit. Responses are unedited for grammar and spelling, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of rdnewsNOW and Pattison Media. Advance voting days are April 18, 19...
Apr 14, 2025
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Alberta
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AHS encourages getting up-to-date on your shots for National Immunization Awareness Week
Alberta Health Services is encouraging residents to check up on their health records and get up-to-date during National Immunization Awareness Week, April 21-30.The message is even more important as the province is dealing with multiple outbreaks of measles.AHS says the best protection is immunization.The MMR-Var vacci...
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RCMP share winners of Name the Puppies contest
The RCMP have announced the winners of its annual Name the puppies contest.The RCMP canine training facility is located in Innisfail, Alberta, just south of Red Deer.The contest, which ran in February and March, invited kids aged 4-14 to submit name suggestions for the first 13 puppies born at that facility in 2025.&qu...
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SPORTS
Provincial bowling tournament in Medicine Hat sees Edmonton move on to nationals
The Alberta 5 pin Open Championship Provincials took place at Panorama Lanes in Medicine Hat from April 16 to 19, with Edmonton receiving gold for all three of its teams.Edmonton's Men's, Ladies and Mixed teams will move on to the Canadian 5 Pin Bowling Association's national competition in Regina, Saskatchewan in May....
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SMILE SUNDAYS
Online platform new to Alberta provides healthcare patients industry-changing voice
Kimberley Sidhu received lifesaving care at Rockyview General Hospital in Calgary, and has since experienced healing through the power of storytelling thanks to an online platform new to Alberta.Care Opinion is an independent platform that enables patients and caregivers to share their lived healthcare experiences. Sid...
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Local Sports
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Register now for the 2025 ParticipACTION Community Challenge
Registration for the 2025 ParticipACTION Community Challenge is now open.The challenge is a national sport and physical activity initiative that encourages everyone in Canada to get active from June 1 to 30. After the Challenge ends, $100,000 will awarded to Canada's Most Active Community, with cash prizes to the most ...
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Aug. 8-25
Three local lacrosse athletes selected to Team Alberta for 2025 Canada Summer Games
The Red Deer Lacrosse Association (RDLA) announced three of its athletes will head to the 2025 Canada Summer Games in August.Innisfail's Lac Catudal, Red Deer's Kian Siemens, and Blackfalds' Tyrell Strauss were selected to join Team Alberta at the games, which will take place in St. John's, Newfoundland from Aug. 8-25....
Apr 18, 2025
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U12s at Red Deer's Premier Academy win national cheer gold
Red Deer's Premier Academy is celebrating a gold medal at 2025 Canadian Nationals, held in Niagara Falls earlier this month.The first place finish went to the U12 Level 1 cheer team, and marks the academy's first ever national title."We are incredibly proud of this team and everything they've accomplished," s...
Apr 15, 2025
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Canada
Hockey fans conflicted over travelling to U.S. to see their teams in NHL playoffs
Jack Gurevitch is a Montreal Canadiens superfan and a proud Canadian who's upset by United States President Donald Trump's tariffs and threats to annex Canada, but he says he won't let the political situation influence whether he travels to U.S. cities to support his team in the playoffs. Not everyone in his family agr...
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Fire breaks out on grounds of steel plant northeast of Montreal
MONTREAL - A fire broke out this morning on the grounds of an ArcelorMittal steel factory in the Montérégie region of Quebec. The fire began around 4 a.m. in scrapped vehicles outside the plant, according to the city of Contrecoeur, located about 50 kilometres northeast of Montreal on the south shore of t...
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New Brunswick group hopes to foster pride in basketball's Canadian roots
ST. STEPHEN - The rise in patriotism prompted by a hostile U.S. president is renewing focus on everything Canada has given the world, and a small New Brunswick mill town wants people to know the sport of basketball belongs on that list. A brick building nestled between an empty lot and a sports bar in St. Stephen, N.B....
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Day 3 of advance polls finds Liberals in Ottawa, NDP, Conservatives in BC
OTTAWA - Canadians continue to head to the polls in advance voting today as federal leaders find themselves out West and in the capital. Both NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre remain in British Columbia on Sunday, where they will both make announcements. Liberal Leader Mark Carney is sch...
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Connor, Scheifele use their smarts to make Jets soar
WINNIPEG - Kyle Connor and Mark Scheifele go together like laces and hockey skates. The Jets' top-line duo each had a goal and two assists to boost Winnipeg to a 5-3 victory over the St. Louis Blues in Saturday's Game 1 opening-round playoff match. Scheifele threaded a pass to set up Connor's one-timer with 1:36 remain...
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Frozen pastries recalled in Ontario, Quebec, Alberta, Manitoba and N.S.: CFIA
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is warning consumers across multiple provinces that two brands of frozen pastries have been recalled due to salmonella concerns. The federal authority says Sweet Cream brand and D. Effe T. brand frozen pastries in the apollini mignon, mini lobster tail, Apollo K2, big lobstertail, sf...
Apr 19, 2025
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World
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele proposes prisoner swap with Maduro for Venezuelan deportees
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) - El Salvador President Nayib Bukele proposed carrying out a prisoner swap with Venezuela on Sunday, suggesting he would exchange Venezuelan deportees from the United States his government has kept imprisoned for what he called "political prisoners" in Venezuela. In a post on th...
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Israeli probe into the killings of Palestinian medics finds 'professional failures'
JERUSALEM (AP) - An Israeli probe into the killings of 15 Palestinian medics last month in Gaza by Israeli forces said Sunday it has found "professional failures" and a deputy commander will be fired. Israel at first claimed that the medics' vehicles did not have emergency signals on when troops opened fire b...
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JD Vance meets Pope Francis on Easter Sunday after flap over migration
VATICAN CITY (AP) - U.S. Vice President JD Vance met briefly with Pope Francis on Easter Sunday as the pontiff recovers from pneumonia. Vance's motorcade entered Vatican City through a side gate and parked near Francis' hotel residence while Easter Mass was being celebrated in St. Peter's Square. Francis, who has great...
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