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City of Red Deer closes community sports fields due to heavy rain
The City of Red Deer reports that all community sports fields are closed today due to wet conditions.This includes Great Chief Park, Setters Field, Woody's Athletic Park, and all other sports fields and ball diamonds.As a result, all scheduled activities at these fields have been cancelled.The City of Red Deer says the...
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Red Deer RCMP investigating armed robbery at liquor store
Red Deer RCMP are searching for the man responsible for an armed robbery yesterday.Police say the robbery took place at a liquor store at the East Hill Shopping Centre on May 31 at approximately 11:51 p.m.Police were called to the business after a 911 call reported a robbery at the location. That day, Mounties say, a m...
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Support for complex classrooms
CESD approves $151M budget for 2026-27
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Red Deer Catholic hosts Indigenous families dinner and sharing circles to help form 3-year strategic plan
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activities cancelled
City of Red Deer closes community sports fields due to heavy rain
The City of Red Deer reports that all community sports fields are closed today due to wet conditions.This includes Great Chief Park, Setters Field, Woody's Athletic Park, and all other sports fields and ball diamonds.As a result, all scheduled activities at these fields have been cancelled.The City of Red Deer says the...
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Support for complex classrooms
CESD approves $151M budget for 2026-27
The Chinook's Edge School Division has approved a $151 million budget for the 2026-27 school year.The budget, the division says, provides further support for complex classrooms and reflects a commitment to supporting learner needs."The budget was developed in alignment with the Chinook's Edge Education Plan and ou...
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Indigenous education
Red Deer Catholic hosts Indigenous families dinner and sharing circles to help form 3-year strategic plan
Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools and the Indigenous Education Services (IES) Team recently hosted the Indigenous families dinner and sharing circles to help form the division's three-year strategic plan for Indigenous education.The event was held on May 21, which brought together students, families, staff, and commun...
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Maskwacis RCMP charge man after threats, but he remains at-large
RCMP have charged one person following an investigation in Maskwacis.On May 25, at around 6 p.m. in Samson Cree Nation, RCMP received a call from someone who was reported that a male suspect had allegedly threatened to hit him with a golf club.The suspect is said to have gone in the house, retrieved a firearm, and thre...
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Alberta
Advocacy group says Province is 'failing'
Seniors deserve better care in their golden years: Friends of Medicare
An Alberta health care watchdog says it wants to remind the UCP government that seniors are valued, and its executive director believes those who built this province should be treated better.Chris Galloway with Friends of Medicare made the comments during an interview with Pattison Media Monday, the first day of Senior...
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Provincial Politics
Separatism and energy; Alberta's Smith to meet with counterpart in Quebec this week
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is planning to meet with her counterpart in Quebec City this week, with separatism and energy possible topics of discussion. Smith says she's hoping Quebec Premier Christine Frechette will be open to talking about an east-west energy corridor. Smith says every time she has met with leader...
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WATCH
Alberta partially rolls out new surgery funding model for public hospitals
Alberta is rolling out a new surgery funding model that ties money to patients, starting in a dozen public hospitals across the province. The government calls it patient-focused funding and says it began last month for the initial group of hospitals. Hospital operators are being funded based on the number and type of p...
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injury prevention
Safe Kids Week runs June 1-7
During Safe Kids Week, Primary Care Alberta is encouraging parents to speak with their young ones about safely moving through the community.As PCA notes, Parachute is a national charitable organization dedicated to injury prevention, and is a key player in Safe Kids Week, which runs June 1-7.This year, PCA is encouragi...
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Three-day tournament
NextGen Western Golf Championship comes to Ponoka on Thursday
The NextGen Western Golf Championship is set for Ponoka this week.The three-day tournament put on by Golf Canada will take place from June 4-6 at the Wolf Creek Golf Resort and feature 156 junior boys and girls.They will play 54 holes and compete for the stroke play championship, which will count towards the players' W...
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Due to weather
Sylvan Lake Gulls postpone Tuesday's home game
The Sylvan Lake Gulls have announced that their game against the Energy City Cactus Rats on Tuesday, June 2, has been postponed due to the rain.As a result, they'll play the Cactus Rats on Wednesday, June 3, at 7:05 p.m. at Gulls Stadium.All tickets will be transferred to the rescheduled game.
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activities cancelled
City of Red Deer closes community sports fields due to heavy rain
The City of Red Deer reports that all community sports fields are closed today due to wet conditions.This includes Great Chief Park, Setters Field, Woody's Athletic Park, and all other sports fields and ball diamonds.As a result, all scheduled activities at these fields have been cancelled.The City of Red Deer says the...
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Canada
Racism is a risk when Vancouver hosts World Cup, but measures exist: B.C. AG Sharma
VICTORIA - Hosting seven World Cup games in Vancouver comes with the risk of racism, but B.C.'s attorney general says her government will do everything it can to make sure that won't happen. Niki Sharma made the comment as she was unveiling her govern...
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Separatism and energy: Alberta's Smith to meet with counterpart in Quebec this week
CALGARY - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is planning to meet with her counterpart in Quebec City this week, with separatism and energy possible topics of discussion. Speaking at an unrelated news conference in Calgary, Smith was asked about her upcomin...
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Invasive mosquitoes and brain-swelling virus detected in B.C.'s Sea-to-Sky region
VANCOUVER - Health officials in British Columbia say invasive mosquitoes and a virus that can cause brain swelling in humans have been detected in the Sea-to-Sky region north of Vancouver, after an investigation triggered by a cluster of childhood ence...
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Alert for shooter at health clinic in northern Saskatchewan: RCMP
PELICAN NARROWS - Mounties issued an alert Monday for an active shooter at a health clinic in northern Saskatchewan. Residents in Pelican Narrows are being asked to find a safe location and lock their doors. It's unclear if there are any casualties. Th...
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LeBlanc to meet Trump's trade czar in Washington on Tuesday
WASHINGTON - Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc is set to travel to Washington on Tuesday to meet with his American counterpart as official negotiations between Ottawa and the Trump administration on a critical continental trade pact lag behin...
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Praise from Poilievre, but ex-B. C. Conservative MLAs say new leader will polarize
VICTORIA - Two former B.C. Conservative legislators now sitting as Independents say new leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay will polarize the province. Amelia Boultbee said Findlay's victory on Saturday showed that part of the B.C. Conservative base and board w...
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World
Trump reconsidering $1.8 billion fund, AP source says, as Justice Department temporarily pauses it
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump is reconsidering whether to move forward with a $1.8 billion fund meant to compensate his allies, a person familiar with his thinking said Monday, as the Justice Department said it would temporarily pause its im...
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US to drastically slash the number of embassies in Africa that can process visas
WASHINGTON (AP) - The State Department plans to drastically slash the number of U.S. embassies and consulates in Africa that can process visas for foreigners seeking to come to the United States. The almost 50 U.S. embassies and consulate...
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Trump says Israel and Hezbollah have agreed to dial back fighting
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that Israel and Hezbollah have agreed to dial back fighting after he talked with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and communicated with the Lebanese militant group through mediators. ...
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