Four-straight wins
Rebels defeat Blazers in statement win to move into first place
The Red Deer Rebels won their fourth straight game on Tuesday night.In what could be the Rebels' toughest test so far this season, they proved they are for real, defeating the Kamloops Blazers 5-3 at the Centrium.Tied in the dying minutes, Rebels forward Kalder Varga scored to put the team ahead, and Patrick Sopiarz ad...
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Unofficial results: Sean McWade wins Town of Sylvan Lake byelection
The unofficial results are in for the Town of Sylvan Lake byelection, and Sean McWade has been voted in.With 578 votes, McWade was declared the winner to join town council after polls closed on election night on Monday. Finishing below McWade were Ruby Cole-Ellis (342), Juanna Thompson (334), Joan Barnes (198), Tim Nel...
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Didsbury RCMP charge 57-year-old man after alleged break and enter
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Agri-Trade Equipment Expo set for next week in Red Deer
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Unofficial results: Sean McWade wins Town of Sylvan Lake byelection
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Armed with a knife
Didsbury RCMP charge 57-year-old man after alleged break and enter
Didsbury RCMP have charged a 57-year-old man after he allegedly broke into a home armed with a knife.Police say on Nov. 3, they arrested Benjamin Douglas, 57, of Didsbury at a residence in town on several charges, including robbery, break and enter a dwelling house, disguise with intent to commit an offence, uttering t...
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Nov. 11-13
Agri-Trade Equipment Expo set for next week in Red Deer
We are just over a week away from the start of the 2026 Agri-Trade Equipment Expo at Westerner Park.From Nov. 11-13, the premier farm equipment show will once again be in Red Deer, with over 500 exhibitors set to be in attendance.Show manager Krissy Fiddler said they're super excited for the show to begin."Coming ...
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578 votes
Unofficial results: Sean McWade wins Town of Sylvan Lake byelection
The unofficial results are in for the Town of Sylvan Lake byelection, and Sean McWade has been voted in.With 578 votes, McWade was declared the winner to join town council after polls closed on election night on Monday. Finishing below McWade were Ruby Cole-Ellis (342), Juanna Thompson (334), Joan Barnes (198), Tim Nel...
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Cyanobacteria advisories lifted across Alberta
Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) advisories have been lifted across Alberta, according to Alberta Health Services.Recent weather has cooled lake and reservoir water temperatures to such an extent that cyanobacteria and water quality, including fecal bacteria levels, present a low health risk for usage of the lake for r...
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Alberta bill to limit institutional speech, comments from post-secondary schools
Alberta has introduced legislation to restrict post-secondary schools from being able to publicly weigh in on social and political issues. Advanced Education Minister Myles McDougall says schools could still make official expressions of sympathy, and that the bill, should it pass, would not restrict the rights of staff...
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AJHL & other organizations comment on sexual exploitation investigation
The Alberta Junior Hockey League released a statement on Monday, Nov. 2, regarding the arrest of a prominent junior hockey figure, Tyler King. "The Alberta Junior Hockey League is extremely grateful to the RCMP for their diligence in this investigation over the past two years. The dignity, privacy, and well-being ...
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and water quality advisories
Cyanobacteria advisories lifted across Alberta
Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) advisories have been lifted across Alberta, according to Alberta Health Services.Recent weather has cooled lake and reservoir water temperatures to such an extent that cyanobacteria and water quality, including fecal bacteria levels, present a low health risk for usage of the lake for r...
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Provincial Politics
Alberta Premier Smith defends proposed riding redraw that Opposition calls cheating
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is defending a proposal to redraw provincial boundaries in a way the Opposition NDP says is cheating. The legislature is soon expected to debate a report that pitches diluting urban ridings in the city of Lethbridge by merging them with surrounding rural ones. Smith says so-called hybrid ...
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Four-straight wins
Rebels defeat Blazers in statement win to move into first place
The Red Deer Rebels won their fourth straight game on Tuesday night.In what could be the Rebels' toughest test so far this season, they proved they are for real, defeating the Kamloops Blazers 5-3 at the Centrium.Tied in the dying minutes, Rebels forward Kalder Varga scored to put the team ahead, and Patrick Sopiarz ad...
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Former Rebel Ryan Nugent-Hopkins breaks Oilers all-time games played record tonight
Former Red Deer Rebel Ryan Nugent-Hopkins will become the all-time games played leader in Edmonton Oilers history Tuesday night, when his team plays in New Jersey.The game will be the Burnaby, B.C. native's 1,038th game, surpassing fellow franchise legend Kevin Lowe.In third is Ryan Smith with 971 games. Current forwar...
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Back on track
Rebels This Week: Nov. 2-8
TOP OF THE TABLE!The Red Deer Rebels are tied atop the Western Hockey League overall standings thanks to a perfect 3-0 record this past week!Sunday, November 1 - Beckett Hamilton scored his second goal of the game in overtime lifting the Rebels to a 3-2 win over the Edmonton Oil Kings at Rogers Place. Poul Andersen als...
Nov 2, 2026
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Canada
More intense U.S. trade negotiations have started, Carney says
ST JOHN'S - Prime Minister Mark Carney says "more intense" trade negotiations with the United States have started since his call with President Donald Trump last weekend. "We've made progress but we haven't finished," Carney told reporters Tuesday in S...
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Carney says Russian team won't be allowed at Alberta's world junior hockey tournament
Prime Minister Mark Carney says Russia will not be allowed to compete at next month's world junior hockey championship in Alberta. Carney, speaking in Antigua at the Commonwealth Summit, said Russian and Belarusian athletes will not be permitted to rep...
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UBC professor says calling police on Galloway was 'act of care' after suicide remark
VANCOUVER - A University of British Columbia professor has testified about a colleague's decision to call police to visit Steven Galloway after he was accused of sexual assault, describing it as an "act of care" toward the author, who had spoken of kil...
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B.C. Conservatives turmoil didn't stop the political donations from flowing
VICTORIA - The Conservative Party of B.C. raised almost three times the donations as the New Democrats during the third quarter of 2026, despite experiencing internal turmoil at the time. This fundraising figure for the party of premier-designate Lorn...
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Elections chief issues warning about AI's influence on voters
OTTAWA - Canada's chief electoral officer is raising concerns about the rising influence of AI on the democratic process. Stéphane Perrault says voters are now more likely to use AI agents than Elections Canada's official website to get names of politi...
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AFN chief says no one besides Carney, Kinew talked about abolishing Indian Act
OTTAWA - The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says the only leaders to discuss abolishing the Indian Act during a landmark meeting last week were Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew and Prime Minister Mark Carney. Carney said after the meeting th...
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World
Democrat Tina Kotek wins reelection for governor in Oregon
Democrat Tina Kotek won election Wednesday as governor of Oregon, defeating Republican Christine Drazan. Kotek, the incumbent governor, previously served as Oregon's House speaker and has frequently sparred with President Donald Trump's administration....
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Republican Pete Ricketts wins reelection to U.S. Senate from Nebraska
Republican Pete Ricketts won election Wednesday to the U.S. Senate representing Nebraska, defeating independent candidate Dan Osborn. Ricketts will now serve his first full six-year term, following his 2023 appointment to replace Republican Sen. Ben Sa...
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Democrat Katie Hobbs wins reelection for governor in Arizona
Democrat Katie Hobbs won election Wednesday as governor of Arizona, defeating Republican Andy Biggs, Republican Gertritrude Gonzalez (write-in) and Republican Alice Novoa (write-in). Hobbs won despite being viewed as the most vulnerable Democratic gove...
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