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Red Deerians asked to donate winter gear for Coats 4 Kids campaign
The Red Deer Christmas Bureau Society's 65th annual Coats 4 Kids campaign begins today.From Sept. 28 to Oct. 17, citizens are asked to drop off used coats and winter items for children and adults.The Bureau will then clean and distribute them to families in need.The main drop-off location is at the Red Deer Christmas B...
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Alberta, Ontario premiers set to share stage in Calgary to talk energy policy
CALGARY - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Ontario Premier Doug Ford are set to share the stage in Calgary today to talk energy. The leaders will be in the city's downtown to talk about how to best get Canada's natural resources to market in a world ...
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Blake Shelton visits Rocky Mountain House
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two decades in the system
Red Deer lawyer appointed to Alberta Law Enforcement Review Board
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preserving a century-old landmark
Now we're walkin': Red Deer's historic CPR Pedestrian Bridge finally reopens
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Friendly and down-to-earth
Blake Shelton visits Rocky Mountain House
Employees and shoppers at Henry's Western Wear in Rocky Mountain House were starstruck Friday afternoon following an unexpected visit from an international superstar. The front door opened, and there stood award-winning, multiplatinum-selling American country artist Blake Shelton. Henry's Western Wear manager Mabel Mah...
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two decades in the system
Red Deer lawyer appointed to Alberta Law Enforcement Review Board
Red Deer lawyer Maurice Collard, KC, has been appointed to the Alberta Law Enforcement Review Board.Collard has worked in the justice system for over two decades, starting as a Crown Prosecutor. In 2015, he opened Advocate Law with a fellow lawyer."It's very humbling to receive a direct appointment to serve Albert...
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preserving a century-old landmark
Now we're walkin': Red Deer's historic CPR Pedestrian Bridge finally reopens
The day has come for Red Deerians to once again walk across the CPR Pedestrian Bridge.A ribbon was cut Monday morning, putting a bow on many months of work to preserve the legacy of a structure that has stood since 1908.At the end of the day, $22.3 million was spent to literally lift and move the very heavy bridge, giv...
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Item collection begins today
Red Deerians asked to donate winter gear for Coats 4 Kids campaign
The Red Deer Christmas Bureau Society's 65th annual Coats 4 Kids campaign begins today.From Sept. 28 to Oct. 17, citizens are asked to drop off used coats and winter items for children and adults.The Bureau will then clean and distribute them to families in need.The main drop-off location is at the Red Deer Christmas B...
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Alberta
Oct. 19 Referendum
Former British PM David Cameron says Alberta separation vote unlike Brexit
The former leader of the United Kingdom during the Brexit referendum says you can't compare that debate to Alberta's prospective split from Canada. David Cameron largely avoided talking directly about Alberta's separation debate when speaking at an energy leadership conference in downtown Calgary on Monday morning. But...
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Oct. 19 Referendum
More ballot requests received in Alberta referendum than last provincial election
Elections Alberta says it has received 11 times more requests for mail-in ballots for the upcoming vote on separation than it did in the last provincial election. The agency says it has received roughly 658,000 requests for special ballots for the Oct. 19 referendum, and about 100,000 of those electors have voted. Elec...
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What you need to know
A look at the questions on the Oct. 19 referendum in Alberta
Here are the questions Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is sending to a provincewide vote on Oct. 19.Question 1: Do you support the government of Alberta taking increased control over immigration for the purposes of decreasing immigration to more sustainable levels, prioritizing economic migration and giving Albertans fi...
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'Alberta offers world class expertise'
Provincial trade minister to travel to Mexico, U.S. in 12-day trade mission
Alberta's Minister of Jobs, Economy, Trade and Immigration is heading south this weekend - far south, in fact, to Mexico's capital city to begin a 12-day trade mission.In a release Friday, the Province said Joseph Schow will meet with government and industry leaders to strengthen economic ties and create new opportunit...
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5 points in 2 games
Rebels captain Beckett Hamilton named WHL Player of the Week
Red Deer Rebels captain Beckett Hamilton has been on quite a tear.Since returning from training camp with the National Hockey League's Colorado Avalanche, he recorded five points in two games last week.His performances over the weekend earned him WHL Player of the Week honours as the Rebels improved to 2-1-0-1.The 18-y...
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Week 4
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...
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Two in a row
Rebels tame Tigers in 3-1 win on Saturday
For the second straight night, Red Deer Rebels captain Beckett Hamilton put the team on his back when they needed him most.The 18-year-old scored two points, including the game-winning goal, to lead the Rebels to a 3-1 win over the Medicine Hat Tigers on Saturday night at the Centrium.His performance comes a night afte...
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Canada
Trump says he expects Canada trade deal within weeks as import ban looms
WASHINGTON - With just hours to go before import bans on certain Canadian goods were set to take effect, U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday he thinks he can make a trade deal with Canada in the coming weeks. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Offic...
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Advocates plea for Ottawa to call inquiry into Alberta, Saskatchewan trans laws
OTTAWA - Advocates are in Ottawa asking the federal government to call an inquiry into provincial laws they say have escalated harassment, bullying and mental health harms for transgender people. Laws on the books in Saskatchewan and Alberta require pa...
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Canada extends travel restrictions linked to Ebola outbreak for 60 days
OTTAWA - Canada has extended its travel and immigration restrictions related to the Ebola outbreak for another 60 days, and the health ministry in the Democratic Republic of Congo has released new data showing there have been more than 8,000 cases of t...
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RCMP boss Duheme says it's still too soon to release details on Tumbler Ridge guns
OTTAWA - RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme says in a recent letter that information about firearms used in the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., will stay under wraps for now because it's still part of an active investigation. The Sept. 23 letter from ...
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Man accused in Nijjar's assassination put on FBI most-wanted list
LOS ANGELES - A man charged in connection with the 2023 assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia has been added to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's ten most-wanted list. Satinderjeet Singh, who is also known as Goldy Brar, was cha...
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Minister won't commit to criminalizing residential school denialism
OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty was noncommittal Monday when asked about criminalizing residential school denialism after a group linked to white nationalism reportedly staged a demonstration in the B.C. interior over the weekend...
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World
Tropical Storm Hanna forms in the Atlantic Ocean and isn't threatening land
MIAMI (AP) - Tropical Storm Hanna formed Monday in the Atlantic Ocean and isn't threatening land, forecasters said. The storm was located about 870 miles (1,400 kilometers) east-northeast of Bermuda and was moving east, according to an ad...
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SpaceX's supersized Starship launches toward orbit for the first time
SpaceX launched its enormous Starship toward orbit for the first time Monday, aiming for six full laps around Earth to prove its readiness for NASA's Artemis moon program. The company stressed that everything needed to be operating proper...
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5 men arrested near a US-run air base are bailed as UK police probe whether there's a link to Iran
FAIRFORD, England (AP) - Five young British men arrested on explosives and terror charges near a U.S.-operated air force base in England were released on bail Monday, and counterterror detectives said they were investigating "multiple lines of inquiry,...
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