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Alberta RCMP remove 50 impaired drivers for National Impaired Driving Enforcement Day
Alberta RCMP removed 50 impaired drivers from the roads on Saturday, Dec. 6 as part of their role in National Impaired Driving Enforcement Day.Of the 50 drivers, 28 received Immediate Roadside Sanctio...
Dec 12, 2025
Alberta's teachers accusing province of bad faith bargaining over recent strike
Alberta's teachers are accusing the province of bad faith bargaining over the recent strike.Jason Schilling, the head of the Alberta Teachers' Association, says they have filed a complaint with the Al...
Dec 12, 2025
Trial dates set for local man charged in drug and weapons seizure
Trial dates have been set for a central Alberta man charged following the seizure of drugs and firearms from a local residence this fall. Jesse Bergstrom, 41, is scheduled for trial in Red Deer Court ...
Dec 12, 2025
Sentencing date set for man charged in local drug trafficking investigation
A sentencing date has been set for a Red Deer man charged in a local drug trafficking investigation. Richard Gerald Askin, 34, is scheduled for sentencing in Red Deer Court of Justice on Dec. 18, 2025...
Dec 12, 2025
Advocacy groups apply to keep court case against Alberta trans law alive
Two advocacy groups fighting the Alberta government on transgender laws say they are switching tactics to continue their battle in court.The renewed challenge from the groups Egale and Skipping Stone ...
Dec 11, 2025
Red Deer's Madi Phillips named to provincial ski team
Red Deer's Madi Phillips has been named as one of 25 athletes to crack Freestyle Alberta's provincial team for the 2025-26 season.The provincial squad is split into two teams, one for moguls and the o...
Dec 11, 2025
Alberta MLAs championing cross-border ties with U.S. lawmakers
Alberta MLAs Jennifer Johnson and Shane Getson are planning to build on a year of engagement with U.S. state legislators at the Council of State Governments National Conference in Chicago. That's acco...
Dec 11, 2025
Province taking steps to build continuing care and more acute capacity
Alberta's government says its new Assisted Living Framework is striving to relieve pressure on hospitals and ensure Albertans get the care they need, when and where they need it.Through the new Assist...
Dec 11, 2025
Information and Privacy Commissioner publishes 2024-25 Annual Report
The 2024-25 Annual Report of the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC) of Alberta was tabled by the Speaker of the Alberta Legislative Assembly on Wednesday and has now been publis...
Dec 11, 2025
Red Deer's annual CentreFest moving from July to June
A typically end-of-July event is moving up a month.CentreFest, for its 23rd year, will be held June 27-28, 2026, and from noon to 6 p.m. daily.Chelsea Bates, Red Deer Summer CentreFest Society board m...
Dec 11, 2025