For U18 Pan American Championship
Central Albertans invited to Baseball Canada's Junior National Team Selection Camp
A pair of central Alberta athletes have been named to the Canadian selection camp roster ahead of the upcoming 2026 WBSC Americas U-18 Pan American Championship.On Wednesday, Baseball Canada announced that first baseman and pitcher Zach MacDonald from Lacombe and outfielder Daril Rodriguez from Red Deer will attend the...
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Post-secondary scholarship
Ford Family Fund grows by $500,000 for graduating Penhold students
The Community Foundation of Central Alberta announced that longtime Penhold residents Stewart and Eileen Ford have contributed once again to the Ford Family Endowment Fund.More specifically, they added $500,000 to the scholarship fund for a total of $1.5 million, which will go to students in Penhold pursuing post-secon...
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Interrupting a cycle of violence: HomeFront Red Deer lead earns Community Justice Award
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Catholic Education Week set for Oct. 17-23
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Red Deer and Area
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Interrupting a cycle of violence: HomeFront Red Deer lead earns Community Justice Award
Among the recipients of this year's provincial Community Justice Awards is Red Deer's Shawna Wyatt. Wyatt is program manager with an organization called HomeFront, which has been based in Calgary for 26 years, but expanded programming into Red Deer in May 2024. In her work and that of the organization, Wyatt has helped...
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Wear Blue
Catholic Education Week set for Oct. 17-23
Beginning this Saturday, Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools will celebrate Catholic Education Week from Oct. 17-23.This years theme is is: "The Power of the Holy Spirit", inspired by Romans 15:13: "May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the pow...
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Post-secondary scholarship
Ford Family Fund grows by $500,000 for graduating Penhold students
The Community Foundation of Central Alberta announced that longtime Penhold residents Stewart and Eileen Ford have contributed once again to the Ford Family Endowment Fund.More specifically, they added $500,000 to the scholarship fund for a total of $1.5 million, which will go to students in Penhold pursuing post-secon...
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Eckville-area cowboy
Ben Andersen wins Canadian title at CFR in Edmonton
Eckville-area cowboy Ben Andersen capped off a storybook week in Edmonton, winning his first Canadian saddle bronc riding championship at the 52nd Canadian Finals Rodeo (CFR). His 2026 victory ended a six-year run of titles by rodeo superstar Zeke Thurston. The 27-year-old Andersen entered the final round at Rogers Pla...
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Alberta
Oct. 19, Referendum
Mail-in ballot delivery rules posing barriers; Alberta's former top election official
Alberta's former top election official says he has effectively lost his right to vote in the province's upcoming separation referendum, and he's pointing the finger at his successor. Glen Resler says he applied to vote by special ballot but was unable to get it back in the mail last week, when Canada Post could still g...
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Provincial Politics
'Hardly surprising' many Alberta business leaders staying mum on separation; expert
The silence from many Alberta business leaders on the upcoming provincial referendum comes as no surprise to one corporate leadership expert. Monday's vote includes 10 questions; one on whether Alberta should remain in Canada or move toward a binding separation referendum; five on immigration and four on constitutional...
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Traffic Safety campaign
Alberta RCMP issue 1,861 traffic tickets over Thanksgiving long weekend
Alberta RCMP issued 1,861 traffic violation tickets over the Thanksgiving long weekend as part of a traffic safety campaign.This includes 755 for speeding, 32 for distracted driving, and 25 for seatbelt infractions.Over the weekend, the police took part in enforcement initiatives as part of the Canadian Association of ...
Oct 14, 2026
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winners in waiting
Albertans outside Calgary & Edmonton should check Oct. 13 Lotto Max ticket
Someone in Alberta outside of Calgary and Edmonton is holding a lottery ticket worth $100,000.The Western Canada Lottery Corporation (WCLC) says two tickets, one that was bought in Calgary and another outside the two big metro areas, are Lotto Max winners.The winning selections for the two tickets were (exact match onl...
Oct 14, 2026
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For U18 Pan American Championship
Central Albertans invited to Baseball Canada's Junior National Team Selection Camp
A pair of central Alberta athletes have been named to the Canadian selection camp roster ahead of the upcoming 2026 WBSC Americas U-18 Pan American Championship.On Wednesday, Baseball Canada announced that first baseman and pitcher Zach MacDonald from Lacombe and outfielder Daril Rodriguez from Red Deer will attend the...
9h ago
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Eckville-area cowboy
Ben Andersen wins Canadian title at CFR in Edmonton
Eckville-area cowboy Ben Andersen capped off a storybook week in Edmonton, winning his first Canadian saddle bronc riding championship at the 52nd Canadian Finals Rodeo (CFR). His 2026 victory ended a six-year run of titles by rodeo superstar Zeke Thurston. The 27-year-old Andersen entered the final round at Rogers Pla...
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Nov. 1-7
Red Deer's Madden Daneault and Rebels Chace Turchak to play for Canada at U17 World Challenge
A pair of players with central Alberta ties will be suiting up for Team Canada at the 2026 U17 World Challenge.Red Deer product Madden Daneault and Red Deer Rebels forward Chace Turchak were named to the Team Canada White roster on Wednesday.They are just two of 44 players who will don the maple leaf for Canada Red and...
Oct 14, 2026
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Canada
Canada must diversify trade away from the U.S. for security reasons: Freeland
OTTAWA - Former deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland says it's important for national security reasons that Canada do everything it can to diversify trade away from the United States. During a discussion at the Council on Foreign Relations in New Y...
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Author Steven Galloway concludes testimony at Vancouver defamation trial
VANCOUVER - Author and former University of British Columbia creative writing chair Steven Galloway has concluded testifying in his defamation lawsuit trial in Vancouver. Galloway, who alleges the defendants defamed him by publishing unproven allegati...
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The Canadian Press celebrates 75th anniversary of its French services
MONTREAL - The Canadian Press is celebrating the 75th anniversary of its French-language service, which sent out its first dispatches on Sept. 30, 1951. Until then, The Canadian Press, founded in 1917, had been sending English-language dispatches to F...
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Three dead, others injured in fiery crash of Calgary transit buses
CALGARY - Three people died Thursday when a transit bus set off a chain-reaction crash on a busy Calgary road and rear-ended another bus to ignite an explosion Officials said the three killed were on one of the buses, and more than a dozen others were ...
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B.C. Conservatives dump teenage candidate accused of making Hitler remarks
VICTORIA - The British Columbia Conservatives have dumped a teenage candidate in the provincial election after he was accused of posting "offensive" remarks online about the Holocaust and Hitler. The party said Thursday that Jordan McIntosh was no long...
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CFB Kingston failed environmental compliance inspection on refrigerants: memo
OTTAWA - Environment and Climate Change Canada warned National Defence earlier this year that the CFB Kingston base had broken federal environmental regulations by failing to test air conditioners for refrigerant leaks. After inspecting a building on t...
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World
Las Vegas officials release the ID of a man whose body was found in a barrel in Lake Mead
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Las Vegas authorities have identified a homicide victim whose remains were found in a rusted barrel on a Lake Mead shore after the lake's level was depleted amid drought, officials announced Thursday. Clark County Coroner...
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Teen shooter kills 4 at Oregon elementary school before being shot by a witness, police say
A 16-year-old shot his way through locked doors to get into an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, on Thursday, killing three children and a teacher. He was then shot by a person at the scene who followed him inside, authorities said. The ...
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FBI agents and analysts fired for roles in Trump classified files probe sue to get their jobs back
WASHINGTON (AP) - FBI employees fired for their roles in the investigation of President Donald Trump's retention of classified documents at his Florida estate sued on Thursday to get their jobs back, calling their terminations unlawful acts of "politic...
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