Three games remaining
Rebels fall to Hitmen in OT loss at home
The Red Deer Rebels hit a small speed bump in their pursuit of the postseason on Saturday.Despite holding a 3-0 lead in the first period, the Rebels fell 6-5 to the Calgary Hitmen in overtime.Rebels head coach Marc Habscheid said after they got up early, he felt his team got too fancy and got away from their game."...
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challenge accepted, president says
The perfect storm: RDP to run $12 million deficit over next two years
There's no getting around the fact that a $12 million deficit over the next two years will be a challenge for Red Deer Polytechnic. However, institution president Stuart Cullum believes his team is not only up to the challenge created by what he calls a perfect storm, but is prepared to work toward balancing the budget...
Mar 14, 2026
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challenge accepted, president says
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Podcast: You're invited to Big Brothers Big Sisters Lacombe and District's 'A Night Among Stars'
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Study: Closure of Red Deer's overdose prevention site had no detrimental impacts
Mar 14, 2026
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Red Deer sees big drop in unemployment
Mar 13, 2026
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challenge accepted, president says
The perfect storm: RDP to run $12 million deficit over next two years
There's no getting around the fact that a $12 million deficit over the next two years will be a challenge for Red Deer Polytechnic. However, institution president Stuart Cullum believes his team is not only up to the challenge created by what he calls a perfect storm, but is prepared to work toward balancing the budget...
Mar 14, 2026
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lead dr. speaks, but many questions rema
Study: Closure of Red Deer's overdose prevention site had no detrimental impacts
A new study published by an organization launched by the Government of Alberta claims there's been no increase in overdose deaths, ER visits, or EMS response due to the closure of Red Deer's overdose prevention site. The study, conducted by the Canadian Centre of Recovery Excellence (CoRE), was published in the 123-yea...
Mar 14, 2026
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best in the province
Red Deer sees big drop in unemployment
Of Alberta's seven economic regions, the Red Deer region has the province's lowest unemployment as of February.Red Deer sits at 4.6 per cent, down from 5.4 per cent in January.Edmonton: 6.8%Calgary: 6.5%Leithbridge-Medicine Hat: 6.9%Camrose-Drumheller: 7.4%Banff-Jasper-Rocky Mountain House and Athabasca-Grande Prairie-...
Mar 13, 2026
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march 19-21
Podcast: The Thurber cast of 'Newsies' talks upcoming theatre production
Perhaps it wasn't a huge success when the Disney film released in 1992, but the stage drama version of 'Newsies' has received worldwide acclaim since its 2012 debut. That's part of what has students involved in Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School's drama program excited about putting on 'Newsies,' March 19-21 at ...
Mar 13, 2026
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Alberta
Provinciall Politics
First recall petition against Opposition NDP politician withdrawn; Elections Alberta
Elections Alberta says a recall petition against a member of Alberta's Opposition NDP has been withdrawn. The petition against education critic Amanda Chapman came late last year after more than a dozen similar campaigns were launched against members of the governing United Conservative caucus. Elections Alberta says t...
Mar 13, 2026
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Agriculture
Province offering incentives to vet. clinics to hire students
The provincial government says it is putting $250,000 over two years into an idea meant to get veterinary students to stay in rural Alberta.This money is for the Veterinary Student Recruitment and Retention Pilot Grant Program. It is intended to get rural clinics to hire summer students and to get those students to pra...
Mar 13, 2026
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Education
Alberta teachers fail to get court injunction on back-to-work law that ended strike
A judge has denied an injunction application from Alberta teachers against legislation that forced them back to work and ended a provincewide strike last fall. Justice Douglas Mah says the Alberta Teachers' Association failed to prove issues in the case are so serious and pressing that the law should be put on hold whi...
Mar 13, 2026
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Provincial Politics
Alberta orders third-party review of Calgary's ongoing water rationing woes
The Alberta government has ordered a sweeping third-party investigation into Calgary's ongoing water main problems, which have again forced residents to ration their use. Municipal Affairs Minister Dan Williams says the probe will be headed by David Goldie, a former chair of Alberta's energy regulator. Goldie will have...
Mar 13, 2026
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Three games remaining
Rebels fall to Hitmen in OT loss at home
The Red Deer Rebels hit a small speed bump in their pursuit of the postseason on Saturday.Despite holding a 3-0 lead in the first period, the Rebels fell 6-5 to the Calgary Hitmen in overtime.Rebels head coach Marc Habscheid said after they got up early, he felt his team got too fancy and got away from their game."...
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Four games remaining
Rebels strengthen playoff bid with OT victory over Wheat Kings
The Red Deer Rebels needed a hero, and on superhero-themed night at the Centrium, they got one.Just 29 seconds into overtime, forward Beckett Hamilton snapped home the game-winning goal in a 3-2 overtime victory over the Brandon Wheat Kings.When asked about the exciting end to the game, head coach Marc Habscheid quoted...
Mar 14, 2026
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Rebels to wear superhero-themed jerseys in support of Children's Miracle Network
The Red Deer Rebels will be sporting special superhero-themed jerseys in Friday night's tilt against the Brandon Wheat Kings.In partnership with the Western Hockey League, the Rebels will also wear capes during warm-ups as part of the RE/MAX Presents: Be a Superhero for Children's Miracle Network.Fans at the game will ...
Mar 14, 2026
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Canada
Years of training keep Artemis II crew mission-ready, researcher says
MONTREAL - Despite the delays for the NASA's Artemis II mission around the moon and back, a space medicine researcher says the crew, which includes Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, are physically ready for when the time comes to launch. "They've been...
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Multi-brawl game that drew 572 penalty minutes a 'black eye' on N.L. hockey: official
ST. JOHN'S - An investigation into a Newfoundland junior hockey game that exploded into three brawls and racked up 572 minutes in penalties has resulted in sweeping suspensions, according to a league official. Boyd Hillier, vice-president of the St. Jo...
2h ago
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Poilievre announces auto plan aiming for tariff-free access to U.S. market
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has unveiled a new auto plan that aims to secure tariff-free access to the U.S. market. Poilievre said at an announcement in Windsor on Sunday he expects U.S. President Donald Trump to agree to the plan bec...
8h ago
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Maple 2.0: Quebec syrup-makers turn to automation and expansion as demand grows
ROXTON POND - Visitors to the main building of the Côté et fils maple farm in Quebec's Eastern Townships region will be greeted by a wall of screens with the views from dozens of security cameras, showing an array of tubes and troughs filling up with...
8h ago
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Carney, Nordic leaders pledge to deepen ties amid world economic coercion
OSLO - The prime ministers of Canada and Nordic countries have agreed to continue work to defend Arctic sovereignty and to deepen economic ties as technology and international trade are increasingly used as a "coercive tool." Prime Minister Mark Carn...
10h ago
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PM's office mum on Conservative Order of Canada petition for Don Cherry
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's office wouldn't weigh in on a push by the federal Conservatives to award the Order of Canada to controversial hockey commentator Don Cherry. Audrey Champoux, a spokesperson for Carney, declined to say whether the p...
22h ago
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World
Formula 1 calls off April races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia due to Iran war
SHANGHAI (AP) - Formula 1 and its governing body FIA canceled Grand Prix races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia on safety grounds related to the Iran war. Both countries have been struck during Iran's response after the United States and Isra...
20h ago
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Another 3 members of Iran's women's soccer team decide against staying in Australia as refugees
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Another three members of the Iran's women's soccer team who accepted refugee visas to stay in Australia have decided to return to their homeland, an Australian government minister said on Sunday. The departure ...
21h ago
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Jürgen Habermas, influential German philosopher, dies at 96
BERLIN (AP) - Jürgen Habermas, whose work on communication, rationality and sociology made him one of the world's most influential philosophers and a key intellectual figure in his native Germany, has died. He was 96. Habermas' publisher,...
Mar 14, 2026
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