The City of Red Deer says a construction project on Gaetz Avenue is scheduled to begin on Feb. 16.Officials say it will require rotating road closures and that construction will also impact parking and transit service between 45 Street and 43 Street.The work, which is expected to be completed by the end of November 202...

The Red Deer RCMP Crime Reduction Team arrested a 44-year-old man for alleged drug trafficking following an investigation.Police say they arrested the Red Deer resident on Jan. 28 while they were conducting proactive patrols.Officers observed a licence plate on a vehicle that didn't match the registration information. ...

The Queer Neighbours Society of Red Deer, a non-profit organization that advocates for members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community in central Alberta, has released a statement following the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., earlier this week.On Tuesday, tragedy struck Canada when nine people were killed, and approximately ...

Innisfail RCMP and Innisfail Fire are currently on scene of a structure fire at a day home in Innisfail on 53 Ave.Mounties have confirmed, however, there are no injuries to any persons. Police are asking the community to refrain from attending that area to allow fire crews to complete their work.

Alberta's government announced this week it is investing $28 million into new technologies to help increase energy production while decreasing environmental impacts.Through the industry-funded TIER program, provincial officials say they are investing $28 million to support six projects using technologies that are expec...

A trio of major drug seizures was recently made at a southern Alberta border crossing. The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) says its officers seized a combined 1,010 kilograms of cocaine, methamphetamine, suspected heroin, and dode (opium poppies) from three commercial trucks late last year.The first incident occur...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she has not signed a petition currently gathering signatures for a referendum to pull the province out of Confederation. Smith says she hasn't signed any petitions because the process is meant to be driven by citizens. The push for a vote on Alberta becoming its own country is now in...

Prior to Valentine's Day, the Better Business Bureau of Alberta and East Kootenay is warning that criminals posing as prospective romantic partners are defrauding people through investment scams."Romance scams are investment scams," says Mary O'Sullivan-Andersen, President and CEO of The Better Business Bure...

Playoff time has officially arrived for the Red Deer Vipers after a successful Heritage Junior B Hockey League (HJHL) season.The Vipers, who finished first in the league following the end of the regular season, have all the tools to complete a deep playoff run.That'll all start this weekend when they face the Airdrie T...

More accolades have come in this week for a member of the Olds Grizzlys.Forward Ryder Riedel has been named the Inter Pipeline AJHL Rookie of the Week, for the fifth time this season.The Didsbury, Alta, native who led all first-year players with four points from Feb. 2-8, earned six points in his last three games with ...

The Red Deer Polytechnic basketball and volleyball teams will play the Ambrose University Lions. The RDP indoor track team will participate in Running Room Grand Prix #2.Here is a summary of the upcoming competition:Indoor TrackRunning Room Grand Prix #2 | Gary W. Harris Canada Games Centre | Saturday, February 14 | 8 ...

OTTAWA - Several law firms in Ottawa say they're getting an influx of calls from federal workers looking to learn what their options are and how to negotiate or push back against the cuts. Malini Vijaykumar, a partner at Nelligan Law, says unionized em...

OTTAWA - The minister in charge of Canada-U.S. trade is leading a large delegation to Mexico next week as Ottawa looks to diversify its trade links in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs and threats to abandon a critical continental trade...

OTTAWA - The Commissioner of Canada Elections said former Liberal MP Chrystia Freeland unintentionally violated the Elections Act by answering reporters' questions about a 2024 Toronto byelection at two government-organized press conferences. A report ...

TUMBLER RIDGE - Details have emerged about the eight people killed and two seriously injured in the mass shooting at a high school and a home in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. Here's what is known: Zoey Benoit, 12 Lori Hayer says on social media that she got an a...

MONTREAL - Montreal has become the latest Canadian city to put its name forward to become the global headquarters for the proposed International Defence, Security and Resilience Bank (DSRB). Quebec Premier François Legault and other government official...

OTTAWA - MPs have agreed to fast-track a committee study of the government's main budget bill, setting the stage for what could be a final vote on the legislation by the end of the month. Government House leader Steven MacKinnon introduced a motion aft...

A New Jersey man was convicted Friday of killing four relatives in what prosecutors said was a murder and arson plot spawned by a soured business relationship between the man and his younger brother. Paul Caneiro, 59, was found guilty on ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Federal authorities have opened a criminal probe into whether two immigration officers lied under oath about a shooting in Minneapolis last month, as all charges were dropped against two Venezuelan men. Immigration and ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - An au pair who schemed with her employer-turned-lover to kill his wife and another man received a 10-year sentence on Friday. Prosecutors had recommended immediate release for Juliana Peres Magalhães in exchange for h...