PURPLE LIGHT NIGHTS
Red Deer group hopes to ease the difficulty of conversations around family violence
Family Violence Prevention Month, which runs through November, once again aims to get people talking more openly about what is a difficult subject.Following an evening of conversation on Nov. 1, the group Soroptimist International of Central Alberta is hoping people will enthusiastically take up the Purple Light Nights...
7h ago
Read More
SENDERO CENTRE -- FORMERLY CASASC
Red Deer-born 'Magnets of Hope' project to help Albertan post-secondary students in times of crisis
Red Deer's newly minted Sendero Centre -- formerly the Central Alberta Sexual Assault Support Centre -- was the site for excitement on Friday.Staff, community members, as well as Alberta's ministers of children and family services, and health, were on hand for the formal changeover which was announced last week.The Sen...
8h ago
Read More
What's Trending
OCT. 28 INCIDENT
Maskwacis man wanted for alleged stabbing in Wetaskiwin
7h ago
so much to choose from
It's your choice at Timberlands
ELEVATED POLLUTION
Special air quality statement issued for Red Deer region
7h ago
PURPLE LIGHT NIGHTS
Red Deer group hopes to ease the difficulty of conversations around family violence
7h ago
Red Deer and Area
OCT. 28 INCIDENT
Maskwacis man wanted for alleged stabbing in Wetaskiwin
A 28-year-old resident of Maskwacis, Nicholas Morin, is wanted by Wetaskiwin RCMP for his alleged involvement in a stabbing that occurred in Wetaskiwin this week.On Oct. 28 around midnight, Wetaskiwin police responded to a 911 call stating a male had been stabbed at a residence. Officers immediately called for a high p...
7h ago
Read More
ELEVATED POLLUTION
Special air quality statement issued for Red Deer region
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) has issued a special air quality statement for the Red Deer area.ECCC said at 4:21 p.m. on Nov. 1 that stagnant winter weather conditions are creating elevated pollution levels, particularly around the city of Red Deer.Conditions should improve by Saturday morning.According ...
7h ago
Read More
PURPLE LIGHT NIGHTS
Red Deer group hopes to ease the difficulty of conversations around family violence
Family Violence Prevention Month, which runs through November, once again aims to get people talking more openly about what is a difficult subject.Following an evening of conversation on Nov. 1, the group Soroptimist International of Central Alberta is hoping people will enthusiastically take up the Purple Light Nights...
7h ago
Read More
SENDERO CENTRE -- FORMERLY CASASC
Red Deer-born 'Magnets of Hope' project to help Albertan post-secondary students in times of crisis
Red Deer's newly minted Sendero Centre -- formerly the Central Alberta Sexual Assault Support Centre -- was the site for excitement on Friday.Staff, community members, as well as Alberta's ministers of children and family services, and health, were on hand for the formal changeover which was announced last week.The Sen...
8h ago
Read More
Alberta
ENERGY
Pathways seeking bids for part of its proposed carbon capture network: Imperial
The Pathways Alliance group of oilsands companies has issued a request for proposals to pipe manufacturers for the massive carbon capture and storage network it wants to build in northern Alberta.The CEO of Imperial Oil Ltd., one of the six oilsands majors behind the proposed $16.5-billion project, provided the update ...
7h ago
Read More
Alberta Appeal Court upholds sentence for Ontario trucker in Edmonton hotel killing
EDMONTON - Alberta's top court has dismissed a Crown appeal of the sentence handed to an Ontario truck driver convicted in the 2011 death of a woman found in an Edmonton hotel bathtub. Cindy Gladue, a 36-year-old Métis and Cree woman, bled to death in the tub in 2011. A jury found Bradley Barton not guilty in 20...
11h ago
Read More
Crucial vote
Premier Smith faces important vote at UCP AGM in Red Deer
The United Conservative Party of Alberta will take centre stage at their Annual General Meeting in Red Deer this weekend.The convention, that begins on Friday and runs through Saturday at Westerner Park, is claimed by the party to be "the largest political convention in Canadian history," with at least 5,500 ...
14h ago
Read More
Alberta introduces bills affecting transgender people, pronouns at school
EDMONTON - Alberta has introduced a trio of bills focusing on transgender people and students using preferred pronouns. Premier Danielle Smith's government proposed Thursday one bill that would require children under 16 to have parental consent if they want to change their names or pronouns at school. A similar law is ...
Oct 31, 2024
Read More
Local Sports
Canada's Homan to play for Pan Continental gold after semifinal win over China
LACOMBE, Alta. - Canada's Rachel Homan will play for gold at the Pan Continental curling championship after posting a 6-5 extra-end victory over China's Wang Rui in semifinal action Friday. Homan didn't need to throw her final stone in the extra end after a last-gasp double takeout attempt by Wang only removed one Cana...
10h ago
Read More
HALF PRICE FOR ONE WEEK
Woody's Marathon opens early registration
The 25th annual Woody's RV Marathon may not hit the trails until next year, but registration is open now and for one week, you can get 50 per cent off the registration fee.Participants can choose to run a 10k, half marathon, or marathon through Red Deer's park and trail system and along the Red Deer River. Registration...
14h ago
Read More
Hit the Slopes
Central Alberta Freestyle Ski Club prepares for upcoming season
The Central Alberta Freestyle Ski Club season is right around the corner and registration is officially open. There may not be much snow on the ground but kids and athletes alike can prepare for the upcoming ski season. The ski club offers moguls (single and dual) and slopestyle ( park and halfpipe) programs for athlet...
Oct 31, 2024
Read More
Canada
Court approves buffer zone ahead of expected protests at Vancouver Sikh temple
VANCOUVER - A B.C. Supreme Court judge has granted an order to establish a buffer zone around one of the province's largest Sikh temples this Saturday in advance of expected confrontations between protesters and Indian consular officials. The Khalsa Diwan Society, which runs the Ross Street Gurdwara, says in court docu...
11h ago
Read More
Alberta Appeal Court upholds sentence for Ontario trucker in Edmonton hotel killing
EDMONTON - Alberta's top court has dismissed a Crown appeal of the sentence handed to an Ontario truck driver convicted in the 2011 death of a woman found in an Edmonton hotel bathtub. Cindy Gladue, a 36-year-old Métis and Cree woman, bled to death in the tub in 2011. A jury found Bradley Barton not guilty in 20...
11h ago
Read More
Supreme Court sued over its refusal to translate decisions before 1970 into French
MONTREAL - A Quebec civil rights group is suing the office of the registrar of the Supreme Court of Canada because of the high court's refusal to translate its historic decisions into French. Droits collectifs Québec says it filed an application today in Federal Court after failing to get the office of the regis...
13h ago
Read More
Thieves speed off with bronze statue of Formula One racing legend Gilles Villeneuve
MONTREAL - A museum dedicated to revered Formula One driver Gilles Villeneuve is racing to find its stolen bronze statue of the Quebec speedster before it gets melted down for cash. Alain Bellehumeur, general manager of the Gilles Villeneuve Museum, says the 5 foot 3 inches tall statue was apparently sawed off at the a...
13h ago
Read More
Limit on preliminary inquiries doesn't apply to some ongoing cases: Supreme Court
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says a change to the law that limited the right of an accused person to a preliminary inquiry does not apply to some ongoing cases. The top court's ruling today helps clarify who is eligible for a preliminary inquiry - a judicial hearing to see if there is enough evidence for a tria...
13h ago
Read More
B.C. port employers issue lockout notice in labour dispute with foremen union
VANCOUVER - Ports in British Columbia are waking up to the possibility of another provincewide labour disruption as employers say they will lock out members of the union representing more than 700 foremen after it served a strike notice. The BC Maritime Employers Association says in a statement that it has issued a for...
15h ago
Read More
World
Delegates agree to establish Indigenous subsidiary body at COP16 biodiversity summit in Colombia
CALI, Colombia (AP) - Delegates came to an agreement late Friday at the United Nations conference on biodiversity to establish a subsidiary body that will include Indigenous peoples in future talks and decisions on nature conservation. The COP16 summit hosted in Cali, Colombia, was a follow-up to the historic 2022 acco...
1h ago
Read More
Delegates agree to establish Indigenous subsidiary body at COP16 biodiversity summit in Colombia
CALI, Colombia (AP) - Delegates came to an agreement late Friday at the United Nations conference on biodiversity to establish a subsidiary body that will include Indigenous peoples in future talks and decisions on nature conservation. The COP16 summit hosted in Cali, Colombia, was a follow-up to the historic 2022 acco...
1h ago
Read More
Jury convicts former Kentucky officer of using excessive force on Breonna Taylor during deadly raid
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A federal jury on Friday convicted a former Kentucky police detective of using excessive force on Breonna Taylor during a botched 2020 drug raid that left her dead. The 12-member jury returned the late night verdict after clearing Brett Hankison earlier in the evening on a charge that he used exc...
4h ago
Read More