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Officers cleared of wrongdoing in June 2025 Ermineskin Cree incident
The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) has cleared two officers of wrongdoing in connection with a non-fatal shooting incident on June 24, 2025, at Ermineskin Cree Nation. The investigation was directed to ASIRT before the establishment of the Police Review Commission on Dec. 1, 2025, and related changes to...
Aug 14, 2026
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Alberta Open Farm Days returns August 15-16
It's that time of the year again when Albertans are invited to visit local farms and learn about what producers are doing to make the world go round. Alberta Open Farm Days runs Aug. 15 and 16, with about 150 sites participating this year. Executive committee member Tannis Baker shares that this year's theme is 'Rangel...
Aug 11, 2026
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Red Deer and Area
last seen aug. 12
Missing: Beauty Okeymow, 17, of Maskwacis
Maskwacis RCMP is asking for the public's help in locating 17-year-old Beauty Okeymow. Beauty was last seen on Aug. 12 in Maskwacis, and the RCMP are worried for her well-being Beauty is described as:Medium complexion;5 feet, 6 inches tall;169 pounds;Brown hair; andBrown eyes. If you have any information on Beauty's wh...
Aug 15, 2026
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Alberta Crop Report: August 14, 2026
The Central Region is expected to yield 23 per cent above its five-year average, according to the Alberta Crop Report, for conditions as of Aug. 14.The Central also has the highest expected yield of barley, oats and dry peas, at 82, 92 and 47 bushels per acre, respectively.Central has the second-highest crop rating at ...
Aug 15, 2026
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Blue-green algae advisory for Pine Lake
A blue-green algae bloom advisory has been posted for Pine Lake, according to Alberta Health Services.Per AHS:A cyanobacterial (blue-green algal) bloom and/or toxins have been identified in the waters of Pine Lake. Residents living near the shores of this lake, as well as visitors, are advised to take the following pre...
Aug 15, 2026
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Officers cleared of wrongdoing in June 2025 Ermineskin Cree incident
The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) has cleared two officers of wrongdoing in connection with a non-fatal shooting incident on June 24, 2025, at Ermineskin Cree Nation. The investigation was directed to ASIRT before the establishment of the Police Review Commission on Dec. 1, 2025, and related changes to...
Aug 14, 2026
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Alberta
Provincial government
Residents feedback wanted on Berland Sub-Region use
The provincial government is looking for public feedback from all Albertans on the Berland sub-regional plan.Located southest of Grande Prairie, the area includes 19,529 square kilometres of protected land and borders Jasper National Park; it's used for resource development, agriculture, recreation, tourism, forestry a...
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Elections Alberta addresses misinformation about voter registration
Elections Alberta is calling out what it describes as a "significant volume of social media misinformation" related to vote registration and its own Voterlink tool."Elections Alberta is monitoring several streams of misinformation that have been increasing as we get closer to the referendum on October 19...
Aug 14, 2026
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Provincial Politics
Alberta delaying new restrictions on flags in schools, national anthem mandate
Alberta is delaying until later this year the implementation of new rules restricting which flags can be flown in schools. The province says it's also delaying a new mandate for schools to play the national anthem once a week. The new rules were expected to come in effect on Sept. 1 in time for the school year. They st...
Aug 14, 2026
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Environment
Alberta to do long-term water security study to support population, industry growth
Alberta's government says it's looking to do a study on the long-term security of the province's water supply. Environment Minister Grant Hunter says Alberta's population, industry and farming sector are all growing and reliable access to water is needed to sustain the growth. He says the study will look 100 years ahea...
Aug 13, 2026
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Local Sports
the future
Central Alberta golfers competed in big tournaments this week
Young central Alberta golfers were all over the map this week.The 2026 Canadian Junior Girls Championship was held at TPC Toronto and featured Red Deer's Eileen Park finishing at even par, tied for seventh. Park shot 70-69-73-72, moving down three spots on the final day, and ending up 11 strokes off the pace.Saylar May...
Aug 15, 2026
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contest runs through august 27
Residents challenged to name Lacombe's new ice resurfacer
Lacombe is looking to residents to name its new ice resurfacer -- what many may refer to as a Zamboni.According to the city, residents of both Lacombe and Lacombe County are invited to submit name suggestions. Up to five finalists will be selected for public voting.The winning name will be displayed on the ice resurfac...
Aug 13, 2026
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Second-straight year
Sylvan Lake Gulls advance to WCBL championship series
For the second straight year, the Sylvan Lake Gulls are headed back to the Western Canadian Baseball League (WCBL) championship series.On Wednesday evening, they defeated the Okotoks Dawgs 9-8 at Gulls Stadium to sweep the West Division final series. The Gulls entered the contest in a position to eliminate the Dawgs fo...
Aug 13, 2026
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Canada
In the news today: LeBlanc meets U.S. envoy, gas price relief, Hayden Panettiere dead
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... LeBlanc meets with U.S. trade representative as tariff deadline looms Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc spent the weekend in Washington to work with Donal...
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Carney to make announcement in St. John's with Quebec, N.L. premiers
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to make an announcement about energy security after reports that Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador have reached a deal regarding Churchill Falls. Carney's public itinerary says he will be joined by Newfound...
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Statistics Canada to report how rebounding gas prices affected inflation in July
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada is set to report fresh inflation figures for July this morning. A poll of economists expects the annual rate of inflation ticked up to 2.9 per cent last month after cooling sharply to 2.8 per cent in June, according to LSEG D...
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Inside the Montreal lab working to prepare Canada against future pandemics
MONTREAL - In a biomedicine laboratory at Polytechnique Montréal, animal protein grows in a bubbling orange solution as researchers in white lab coats take samples with large syringes. Neatly-labelled glass bottles filled with clear liquid line the she...
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Conservatives call for extension of temporary gas price relief until next summer
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says the federal government should give Canadians at least another 10 months of relief at the pumps. The Liberals suspended the federal fuel excise tax in April in response to global price shocks sparked b...
15h ago
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Ontario, Canada governments announce $1 billion for infrastructure to support housing
OTTAWA - Ontario and Ottawa are announcing up to $1 billion to help municipalities in the province build infrastructure for more homes. The money will go to municipalities that do not collect development charges for things like roads, bridges and water...
15h ago
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World
Trump orders Pentagon to scale back joint exercises with South Korea
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon on Sunday to scale back planned joint military exercises with South Korea after the Republican president said it declined to help denuclearize Iran. Trump said in a social medi...
12h ago
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Tommy John, namesake for a pioneering elbow surgery that saved his career, dead at 83
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Tommy John, who won 288 games during a 26-year big league career and became the first pitcher to successfully return following groundbreaking elbow surgery that later was named after him, has died. He was 83. He died at...
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Ukraine launches one of its largest aerial attacks of the war, killing at least 6 people in Russia
Ukraine launched hundreds of drones across Russia on Sunday, killing at least six people in one of Kyiv's largest aerial attacks of the war. Kyiv has stepped up its attacks on Russia this year, with long-range missiles and swarms of drone...
Aug 16, 2026
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