A Canadian citizenship ceremony at Red Deer Polytechnic was the site for big emotions and even bigger smiles this week.rdnewsNOW and The Everything Red Deer Podcast caught up with Alberta Citizenship Judge James Clover, who was conducting the second local ceremony since the fall.There were 122 people who officially bec...

Two youths have been arrested, and charges are pending, following an incident in downtown Red Deer this past Tuesday.RCMP and the City of Red Deer previously reported that sometime between 7:30 and 8 a.m. on March 24, on the north side of City Hall, a student from Central Middle School was threatened with a knife, and ...

Councillors in an Alberta town have voted to become the latest community in the province to ban decorative flags and crosswalks from public land, a move that effectively forbids symbolic artistic statements, such as rainbow-hued Pride crosswalks.It's a decision opponents say is a step toward erasing the voices of margi...

The Alberta Food & Beverage Expo is set to return to Red Deer this week.On Saturday, March 28, residents can head to Westerner Park from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. to attend the award-winning trade show that will feature hundreds of exhibitors.Chris Meilleur, CEO of MeiBel Consulting and the Alberta Food and Beverage Expo, ...

Twenty-five Edmonton and area medical professionals say they're concerned new Alberta limits on medical assistance in dying would cause needless suffering and put clinicians in ``ethically untenable'' positions. The doctors, psychiatrists and others that work in the medical assistance in dying program, better known as ...

An investigation has found Service Alberta Minister Dale Nally violated an election law in his official response to a recall petition targeting him. A letter from the Elections Alberta commissioner says Nally accessed a list of electors for ``a purpose not unauthorized by the Election Act.'' However, commissioner Paula...

A deal in the energy business will see Tenaris acquire the oilfield division of Red Deer-based AllTorque.A release from Tenaris describes AllTorque as a "leading original equipment manufacturer known for its sophisticated tubular running technology.""This acquisition marks another important step in Tenar...

Alberta RCMP welcomed 21 new police officers to the force following graduation from the Cadet Training Program.They'll now be deployed to communities across Alberta, including Barrhead, Cardston, Chateh, Coronation, Drayton Valley, Fort Vermilion, High Prairie, Hinton, Lloydminster, McLennan, Piikani Nation, Provost, R...

Alberta's government says it's soon instituting provincewide rules to police bad behaviour among local municipal councils. The move comes after Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative government prohibited councils last year from adopting their own codes of conduct, saying those codes were being misused to silence...

Conflicting recommendations on redrawing Alberta's electoral boundaries are leading the Opposition NDP to warn that Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservatives are trying to gerrymander electoral districts to increase the power of rural votes. The majority opinion in the Electoral Boundaries Commission's report recom...

WINNIPEG - The NDP leadership candidates are making their last pitch to party members before voting in the six-month campaign concludes later today. Each of the five candidates will have time at the convention this morning to outline their vision for p...

WINNIPEG - The next NDP leader will be announced on Sunday. There are five candidates on the ballot and voting concludes Saturday. Here's a quick look at the candidates and how the last six months have gone for them. Avi Lewis Work: Lewis is a document...

OTTAWA - Gender-equality activists say a Toronto woman who was killed this month after decades pushing for women's rights in her native Iraq would not want Canadians to give up the fight for equality. Toronto resident Yanar Mohammed opened the first wo...

VANCOUVER - BC Hydro says it's relocating and repurposing the majority of its work camp for building the Site C hydroelectric dam to support the construction of the North Coast Transmission Line project, as its construction will begin this summer. A s...

OTTAWA - The federal government has launched a trade inquiry on global imports of frozen and canned vegetables. A statement from the Department of Finance says the government sought the inquiry in response to a request from the Canadian Association of ...

VICTORIA - A University of British Columbia political analyst says calls for the resignation of Independent MLA Hon Chan are appropriate, after the legislator was charged this week in relation to an alleged incident of intimate partner violence in 2024...

WIGGINS, Miss. (AP) - Five people were killed when a train and van collided in rural Mississippi, authorities said Friday. All five killed were in the van, Stone County Coroner Wayne Flurry said. The lone surviving van passenger, a 23-yea...

JUPITER ISLAND, Fla. (AP) - Tiger Woods' arrest Friday for a car crash in Florida was at least the fourth auto-related incident involving the golfer and the second in which he was charged with driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - An Iranian missile attack Friday wounded at least 10 U.S. service members and damaged several planes at a military base in Saudi Arabia, according to two U.S. officials familiar with the situation. Two of the troops were...

HUNTINGDON, Tenn. (AP) - A school bus crash in west Tennessee on Friday killed two students and injured at least seven other people, officials said. The crash involving a Tennessee Department of Transportation dump truck, a Chevrolet Trai...

JUPITER ISLAND, Fla. (AP) - Tiger Woods was released on bail late Friday, hours after his Land Rover clipped a truck, rolled onto its side and the golfer was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence, officials said. Woods had ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - New U.S. House districts in Missouri backed by President Donald Trump can be used ahead of the midterm elections, despite the potential for a voter referendum on the new map, a judge ruled Friday. The decision ...