Provincial Politics
Alberta's Smith says she took private flight on behalf of Saudi government
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she travelled on a private plane on behalf of the Saudi government last fall. Smith says the provincial ethics commissioner had signed off on any non-commercial travel ahead of the trip and that it was proposed by the Saudi government for ``more efficient travel.'' The premier's offi...
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Canada's population edged lower in fourth quarter as non-permanent residents drop
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the country's population edged down in the fourth quarter, dipping 0.2 per cent. The agency says preliminary estimates indicate the population fell by 103,504 people from Oct. 1, 2025 to Jan. 1, 2026 to bring the number ...
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March 15
Blackfalds RCMP arrest man after reported break and enter
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Podcast: You're invited to Big Brothers Big Sisters Lacombe and District's 'A Night Among Stars'
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WCPS appoints Melissa Rogers as director of people services
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coming weeks
Selection of location for new Lacombe fire hall is en route
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Red Deer and Area
March 15
Blackfalds RCMP arrest man after reported break and enter
Blackfalds RCMP arrested a 32-year-old man following a break and enter at a hotel room in Gasoline Alley.Police say on March 15 at 8:14 p.m., they received the report of a break and enter, and on arrival, officers received a description of the suspect.Police began making patrols and found the suspect near a different h...
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Current principal
WCPS appoints Melissa Rogers as director of people services
Wolf Creek Public Schools has appointed Melissa Rogers as the new director of people services.Rogers, who currently serves as the principal of J.S. McCormick School in Lacombe, has over two decades of education experience. She is expected to commence her new role this summer.Her career began in 2001, when she served as...
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coming weeks
Selection of location for new Lacombe fire hall is en route
There continues to be positive movement on the Lacombe fire station relocation file.The search for a new home has been on since 2022, with the downtown facility aging and no longer suited for the size of the city.Last year, city council commissioned a report, which they hoped would help them understand the most ideal l...
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2024 incident
Judicial Inquiry Board suspends Red Deer judge 30 days without pay
Alberta's Judicial Inquiry Board (JIB) has ordered a judge serving in Red Deer suspended for a month without pay for an incident that happened inside a courtroom in late 2024. The sanctions primarily stem from an incident that took place at the since-shuttered Red Deer Courthouse on Nov. 8 of that year, and a subsequen...
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Alberta
Provincial Politics
Alberta's Smith says she took private flight on behalf of Saudi government
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she travelled on a private plane on behalf of the Saudi government last fall. Smith says the provincial ethics commissioner had signed off on any non-commercial travel ahead of the trip and that it was proposed by the Saudi government for ``more efficient travel.'' The premier's offi...
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Provincial Politics
Alberta's Smith hopes to balance budget even with moderate oil prices
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said Tuesday her long-term goal is to be able to balance the province's books even with moderate oil prices. In about 10 years, she said, she'd like Alberta to bring spending in line with revenues that US$60-per-barrel oil would bring to provincial coffers. ``That's where we have be. But ...
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Provincial Politics
Alberta NDP, advocates call on province to take action on accessibility standards
Disability advocates and the Alberta NDP are calling on the government to up its game when it comes to accessibility, saying it comes down to giving people dignity. Alberta is one of just two provinces to not have overarching accessibility legislation and standards, something critics say continues to be a major blemish...
Mar 17, 2026
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Municipal Affairs
Alberta reviewing new plan on forcing oil companies to pay municipal taxes; minister
Alberta may soon require oil and gas companies to be on top of their municipal property taxes if they want to keep producing. It's one of more than a dozen proposals contained in a new report released by the province and by the Rural Municipalities of Alberta. Unpaid municipal taxes by some in the energy industry is a ...
Mar 16, 2026
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Local Sports
Weekend results
RDP Athletics recap: March 13-15
This past week, the Red Deer Polytechnic Kings Volleyball team won gold at the 2026 Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) Men's Volleyball National Championship. The RDP Queens Hockey team earned silver at the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC) Championship. The Kings Hockey team dropped two close ga...
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Top performers
RDP Athletes of the Week: March 13-15
Red Deer Polytechnic (RDP) Athletics is very proud to announce Tora Ward (Queens Hockey) and Brett Lower (Kings Volleyball) as the Boston Pizza RDP Athletes of the Week:Tora Ward - Queens HockeyProgram - Bachelor of Education (3rd)Hometown - Saskatoon, SaskatchewanTora Ward, an Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACA...
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Grades 6-8
Red Deer Public Schools launches Volleyball Skills Academy for middle school girls
The Red Deer Public School Division has launched a new Volleyball Skills Academy.The academy, which will begin this fall, will be for girls in Grades 6-8 at Central Middle School and Westpark Middle School.It's set to offer female students an opportunity to develop their volleyball skills within the regular school day....
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Canada
Canadian computer scientist Gilles Brassard co-recipient of A.M. Turing Award
A Canadian computer scientist is one of this year's recipients of a prestigious award nicknamed the Nobel Prize of computing. Université de Montréal professor Gilles Brassard has won the A.M. Turing Prize with IBM Research scientist Charles H. Bennett....
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CP NewsAlert: Charges stayed on Saskatchewan cult leader Romana Didulo
SWIFT CURRENT, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA - Crown prosecutors have stayed charges against a cult leader whose group made life miserable for residents of a Saskatchewan village. Romana Didulo had been charged with failing to comply with an undertaking and int...
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Tim Hortons white and pink donut mugs recalled due to burn hazard
TORONTO - Health Canada has announced a recall of Tim Hortons ceramic mugs because they may crack or break when filled with hot liquid. The affected mugs are white on the outside and pink on the inside, with a pink handle and a chocolate dip donut des...
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Greer says U.S. trade talks with Canada lagging behind those with Mexico
WASHINGTON - Trade talks with Canada ahead of the mandatory review of the continental trade pact are lagging behind those with Mexico, United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said on Wednesday. Greer told Fox Business that talks are moving ah...
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Man arrested for identity theft no longer with CRA, federal agency says
VANCOUVER - The Canada Revenue Agency says a worker arrested in Vancouver for alleged identity theft and trafficking of private information is no longer with the agency. A spokesman with the agency did not say when Yoan Zola's employment with the agenc...
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Canada's population edged lower in fourth quarter as non-permanent residents drop
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the country's population edged down in the fourth quarter, dipping 0.2 per cent. The agency says preliminary estimates indicate the population fell by 103,504 people from Oct. 1, 2025 to Jan. 1, 2026 to bring the number ...
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World
Labor rights leader Dolores Huerta says she was sexually abused by César Chavez
Labor rights leader Dolores Huerta says she was sexually abused by César Chavez amid reported allegations of abuse by others during his tenure as president of The United Farm Workers union. On Wednesday, an investigation by the New York T...
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Pakistan and Afghanistan announce temporary pause in fighting, 2 days after deadly Kabul strike
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Pakistan and Afghanistan on Wednesday declared a temporary pause in escalating fighting, two days after Kabul blamed Islamabad for a deadly airstrike in the Afghan capital that it said killed hundreds of people at a drug rehab...
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WADA delays decision over potential ban of Trump from major sporting events until after World Cup
The World Anti-Doping Agency on Tuesday put off a decision about barring government officials from major sporting events if their countries voluntarily withhold dues, pushing a potential conflict with President Donald Trump and other U.S. officials unt...
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