even heavier hearts this year
Red Deer Legion going strong after 100+ years
The Royal Canadian Legion is marking 100 years in 2026, but for Red Deer's Branch #35, it's actually 109. The branch first started in 1917, then part of what was known as the Great War Veterans Association. It became part of the Canadian Legion of the British Empire Service League in 1926, then the Canadian Legion in 1...
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competition for dollars will be intense
How Red Deer homelessness, rec facilities, and museums may fare with 2026 federal budget
Red Deer's mayor welcomes federal investments in several areas, but they won't come without their challenges, she said in an interview following last week's release of the national budget.Most relevant to Red Deer, according to Cindy Jefferies, is what Prime Minister Mark Carney and Finance Minister François-Phi...
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Enhances financial management
Council passes notice of motion to transfer $5 million from landfill capital reserve
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Energy Star Rated versus Energy Star Certified
13 key elements
Red Deer city council approves key elements for Westerner Park master plan
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Heartened by proposed budget
Red Deer Food Bank executive director welcomes investments in national budget
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Red Deer and Area
Enhances financial management
Council passes notice of motion to transfer $5 million from landfill capital reserve
Red Deer City council approved a notice of motion to move a one-time $5 million special dividend from the landfill capital reserve to the capital projects reserve.The notice of motion, which was brought forward by councillor Kraymer Barstable, was approved by a narrow vote of 5-4.As a result, the landfill capital reser...
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13 key elements
Red Deer city council approves key elements for Westerner Park master plan
Red Deer city council unanimously approved the recommended key elements for the Westerner Exposition Association master plan.The motion also directs the city manager to share the key elements with the Westerner Exposition Association CEO so they can address the elements as they develop the 15-year vision for Westerner ...
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Heartened by proposed budget
Red Deer Food Bank executive director welcomes investments in national budget
The Red Deer Food Bank said they are heartened by the federal budget that was released late last week.Executive Director of the Red Deer Food Bank, Mitch Thomson, said the federal government took into account some of the recommendations made by Food Banks Canada to heart, including adequate income support for those in ...
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Funding no longer sufficient
Red Deer Arts Council to cease operations by end of 2026
The Red Deer Arts Council Board of Directors announced they made the difficult decision to wind down operations by the end of the year.They said they will cease operations by the end of 2026 because funding is no longer sufficient to sustain staff, programs, and commitments."Like many arts organizations, we face r...
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Alberta
Provincial Politics
Alberta government facing scrutiny over bourbon distilleries tour in Kentucky
Alberta's government is bucking questions about the taxpayer cost of a delegation that toured Kentucky bourbon distilleries last year and brought a staffer's husband along for the ride. The office for Dale Nally, the minister of red tape reduction, says the husband of his chief of staff paid his own expenses. But docum...
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Alberta government
Applications now open for new round of seniors housing funding
What the provincial government calls the "largest continuing care expansion in the province's history" continues, with the province putting $250 million towards senior housing.The province says it is now accepting applications to build and upgrade 850 affordable homes for seniors, with $200 million set for bu...
Nov 9, 2026
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Oct. 17, fire
Military sending 15 nurses to Alberta to help treat injured Wainwright soldiers
The military is sending 15 nurses to Alberta to relieve those who have been providing care to soldiers injured three weeks ago in a deadly fire at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright. Acute Care Alberta says the nurses are set to arrive today and stay for more than a month. Eleanor Olszewski, the federal emergency manageme...
Nov 9, 2026
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lieutenant governor arts awards
Alberta's Distinguished Artist Award now worth $50,000
The Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Arts Awards Foundation is increasing the prize amount for its Distinguished Artist Award from $30,000 to $50,000.According to the organization, the Distinguished Artist Award recognizes exceptional achievement and significant artistic impact provincially and beyond. This increased pri...
Nov 5, 2026
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Local Sports
five goals in two games
Blackfalds Bulldogs Matthew Croxall named BCHL third Star of the Week
The British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) has named Blackfalds Bulldogs forward Matthew Croxall as one of three Stars of the Week.He earned the honour alongside Powell River Kings forward Michael Mikan and Vernon Vipers forward Mason Kim.Croxall was named the third Star of the Week after he was tied the league lead in ...
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Week 10
Football Alberta Weekly Top-10 Rankings
Here are the Weekly Top-10 Rankings for all five levels of high school football in Alberta for the 2026 season.These rankings will come out every Sunday (except for Labour Day kickoff) from now up until November 9.At that time, those will be the last rankings, and teams will take this rank into provincials.The 12-a-sid...
Nov 9, 2026
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Kings of the WHL
Rebels This Week: Nov. 9-15
STILL ROLLING!The Red Deer Rebels have earned points in seven games in a row and continue to sit atop the Western Hockey League overall standings!Saturday, November 7 - Playing on short rest against a team that had the previous night off, the Rebels returned home to grind out a 2-0 win over the Prince Albert Raiders at...
Nov 9, 2026
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Canada
'I believed her,' defendant says of Galloway accuser in defamation trial
VANCOUVER - A defendant in Steven Galloway's defamation lawsuit has testified how unproven allegations of rape and sexual assault against the author and writing professor came to light in late 2015 against a backdrop of criticism over how Galloway's em...
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Climate activists award Carney, other absent world leaders 'fossil of the day' title
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney and several other world leaders who failed to attend the UN Climate Conference in Turkey have been awarded the "fossil of the day" title. Climate Action Network International, which has handed out the satirical award...
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Ottawa releases list of companies lending staff to major projects office
OTTAWA - The major projects office has seconded employees from banks, oil and gas companies and mining firms as it pursues its mandate to improve Canada's review process and get shovels in the ground faster, a new document shows. The list of 41 employe...
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Fact File: Military chaplains can't lead prayers on Remembrance Day; no blanket ban
Recent social media posts claim Canadian Armed Forces chaplains have been banned from saying prayers on Remembrance Day, or that prayers and references to God are banned among members. A policy directive issued by the military in July does instruct mil...
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Legion branch founded by Japanese Canadian veterans reinstated after 84 years
VICTORIA - Masumi Mitsui was a decorated veteran of Vimy Ridge, but he never took part in a public Remembrance Day ceremony, his grandson David Mitsui said. The British Columbia Legion Branch that fellow Japanese Canadian veterans founded in 1926 had b...
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Federal report offers 'first step' toward health strategy for men and boys: advocate
OTTAWA - The federal government has released a report outlining challenges related to boys' and men's health as it works toward a national strategy to be released next year. The report, published last week, raises concerns about stereotypes about mascu...
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World
Democrat Doris Matsui wins reelection to U.S. House in California's 7th Congressional District
Democrat Doris Matsui won election Tuesday to the U.S. House of Representatives representing California's 7th Congressional District, defeating Democrat Mai Vang. Matsui was born in a Japanese internment camp during World War II. She has represented Sa...
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Republican Maria Elvira Salazar wins reelection to U.S. House in Florida's 27th Congressional District
Republican Maria Elvira Salazar won election Tuesday to the U.S. House of Representatives representing Florida's 27th Congressional District, defeating Democrat Eliott Rodriguez. Salazar, a former journalist, secured a fourth term after distancing hers...
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Senate Republicans vote to keep Thune as leader after steep election losses
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Republicans reelected South Dakota Sen. John Thune as leader of the GOP conference after a tense day of discussions about steep losses in the midterm elections that cost them their majority. Thune was always expec...
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