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Penhold seconds controversial Calgary resolution for debate at Alberta Municipalities conference
Penhold town council has taken on the role of getting a Calgary city council resolution onto the agenda for this year's Alberta Municipalities (ABMunis) conference.That conference takes place Sept. 25-27 at Westerner Park in Red Deer.The resolution in question is one that garnered quite a bit of attention a few weeks a...
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multiple sclerosis
Red Deer MS Walk on May 26 to celebrate resiliency and strength
The annual Red Deer MS Walk, raising funds to fight MS, is slated for Sunday, May 26 at Bower Ponds. The MS Walk is also for raising awareness about what MS is -- that is Multiple Sclerosis, a chronic disease of the central nervous system. According to recent data, around 90,000 Canadians (1 in 400) are living with MS,...
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BRING YOUR SMILES
Market at Red Deer returns to RDP this long weekend
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voting by permanent residents
Penhold seconds controversial Calgary resolution for debate at Alberta Municipalities conference
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"Slow Roll"
Potential traffic disruptions near Lacombe-area rest stop over weekend
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Red Deer and Area
BRING YOUR SMILES
Market at Red Deer returns to RDP this long weekend
The Red Deer Public Market kicks off its latest season on May 18. Previously housed in front of the Memorial Centre and Red Deer Arena, the event moved to Red Deer Polytechnic last year and the transition has been going well."It's been a win-win-win for everybody there. It's a fantastic place to be in; the polytec...
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voting by permanent residents
Penhold seconds controversial Calgary resolution for debate at Alberta Municipalities conference
Penhold town council has taken on the role of getting a Calgary city council resolution onto the agenda for this year's Alberta Municipalities (ABMunis) conference.That conference takes place Sept. 25-27 at Westerner Park in Red Deer.The resolution in question is one that garnered quite a bit of attention a few weeks a...
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"Slow Roll"
Potential traffic disruptions near Lacombe-area rest stop over weekend
RCMP are advising motorists of potential traffic disruptions over the weekend due to an ongoing protest occurring on the QE II at the Juniper Lake Rest stop. RCMP advise that often times these protests have included vehicles conducting a "slow roll" consisting of a small convoy of vehicles driving below the s...
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multiple sclerosis
Red Deer MS Walk on May 26 to celebrate resiliency and strength
The annual Red Deer MS Walk, raising funds to fight MS, is slated for Sunday, May 26 at Bower Ponds. The MS Walk is also for raising awareness about what MS is -- that is Multiple Sclerosis, a chronic disease of the central nervous system. According to recent data, around 90,000 Canadians (1 in 400) are living with MS,...
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Alberta
"Look before you step over something and before you reach": Medicine Hat snakes are leaving their dens
It will be cooler this weekend, but Hatters will still want to keep and eye on where they step. According to Snakes on a Plain founder Sheri Monk, it's snake season."People have been seeing them actually. They've been dispersing from their dens for the past two to three weeks. They don't all leave on the same day,...
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Alberta RCMP link four Calgary homicides to serial killer
Four Calgary homicides from the 1970s have been linked to a serial killer.The RCMP's Historical Homicide Unit (HHU) has been working on the cases, and the RCMP in Alberta has been investigating since their deaths.Eva Dvorak and Patricia McQueenThe earliest of the cases dates back to February 14, 1976, when 14-year-olds...
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Camping season underway in Alberta
Get ready to pitch your tents as the May long weekend marks the start of camping season in Alberta.There are more than 470 provincial parks and recreation areas, including 250 campgrounds, which can accommodate nearly 14,000 campsites. Alberta offers a variety of sites, including those that are reservable, available on...
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The latest news on wildfires in Canada as thousands forced from homes in the West
Wildfires have forced thousands out of several communities in Western Canada. Roughly 6,600 residents have been told to leave their homes in Fort McMurray, Alta., while the rest of the city remains on evacuation alert. In Fort Nelson, B.C., the northern community of about 4,700 people has been evacuated for a week. And...
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Local Sports
Tradition lives on in returning lacrosse tournament
The Red Deer Lacrosse Association's "Tradition Lives" tournament returns May 17-20 and has 50 teams participating. Divisions include U9, U11, U13-B, U15-B and U17-B, with the participating teams gathering from across Alberta and some from B.C.This year, the tournament, which started in 1991, has partially mov...
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let me be brave in the attempt
Unified Sports tournament brings together Red Deer schools for fun and teamwork
"Let me win. But if I cannot win, let me brave in the attempt."Stephanie Hagan, with the biggest smile, read those words -- the Special Olympics Oath -- to kick off the second annual Unified Sports Tournament at Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School on Tuesday.The event brings together students from Thurb...
May 14, 2024
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one of the year's marquee events
Woody's Marathon goes May 19, registration open
The 24th Woody's Marathon/Half/10k is quickly approaching and registration remains open for Red Deerians and others to challenge themselves like never before.The annual event is set for Sunday, May 19, with the runs taking competitors through Red Deer's beautiful trail system, as per usual."Only the start and fini...
May 11, 2024
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Canada
CP NewsAlert: Ottawa rejects Toronto request to decriminalize drug possession
OTTAWA - Addictions Minister Ya'ara Saks has rejected Toronto's request to decriminalize the possession of controlled drugs, citing concerns about public safety. More coming. The Canadian Press
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McGill seeking new injunction to dismantle pro-Palestinian encampment on campus
MONTREAL - McGill University says it's going to court again to dismantle the pro-Palestinian encampment that has been set up on its downtown Montreal campus since late April. Earlier this week McGill failed to convince a Superior Court judge that the situation at the encampment was sufficiently urgent to justify a prov...
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Doctors recommend ways to combat waste, pollutants in health-care
Health-care professionals are joining forcesto cut down on waste including single-use plastics, surgical gloves and syringes where possible. Many have provided recommendations to the advocacy group Choosing Wisely Canada. Here's a look at howclinicians can change their practice while caring for patients and the planet....
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NACI recommends universal immunization program against RSV for infants
The National Advisory Committee on Immunization is recommending a universal immunization program against respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, for all infants. It says provinces and territories should work toward providing the antibody drug Nirsevimab for all infants before their first RSV season. But it says they c...
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President tells Gaza protesters that University of B.C. must remain neutral
VANCOUVER - The president of the University of British Columbia has told pro-Palestinian protesters that the school must remain neutral on the Gaza conflict. Benoit-Antoine Bacon says in response to demands by the organizers of a protest encampment on the Vancouver campus that professors and students hold a broad range...
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Ottawa to make pathway for newcomers who lack official status, speed up deportations
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says some immigrants to Canada who lack official status need a pathway to help them stay, while in other cases Ottawa must speed up deportation procedures. The Liberals pledged in late 2021 to "explore ways of regularizing status for undocumented workers who are contributing ...
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World
Up in smoke: Workers remove dozens of apparent marijuana plants from Wisconsin Capitol tulip garden
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Someone's plans to harvest dozens of apparent marijuana plants grown on the Wisconsin state Capitol grounds have gone up in smoke. The plants sprouted in a tulip garden outside the Capitol, WMTV-TV reported Thursday. Tatyana Warrick, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Administration, told Th...
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Man who sought revenge for a stolen phone pleads guilty to fire that killed a Senegalese family of 5
DENVER (AP) - A Colorado man pleaded guilty Friday to a house fire that killed five members of a Senegalese family in 2020 in a case of misplaced revenge caused by mistakenly tracking his stolen iPhone to the home. Kevin Bui, now 20, was a teenager at the time of the fire but prosecuted as an adult. He has been portray...
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Indiana judge opens door for new eatery, finding `tacos and burritos are Mexican-style sandwiches'
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) - An Indiana judge who declared that "tacos and burritos are Mexican-style sandwiches" has cleared the way for the opening of a new restaurant, delighting a restauranteur following a legal battle. Martin Quintana, 53, has been trying for about three years to open his second The Famous Ta...
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