activities cancelled
City of Red Deer closes community sports fields due to heavy rain
The City of Red Deer reports that all community sports fields are closed today due to wet conditions.This includes Great Chief Park, Setters Field, Woody's Athletic Park, and all other sports fields and ball diamonds.As a result, all scheduled activities at these fields have been cancelled.The City of Red Deer says the...
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searching for suspect
Red Deer RCMP investigating armed robbery at liquor store
Red Deer RCMP are searching for the man responsible for an armed robbery yesterday.Police say the robbery took place at a liquor store at the East Hill Shopping Centre on May 31 at approximately 11:51 p.m.Police were called to the business after a 911 call reported a robbery at the location. That day, Mounties say, a m...
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Support for complex classrooms
CESD approves $151M budget for 2026-27
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Indigenous education
Red Deer Catholic hosts Indigenous families dinner and sharing circles to help form 3-year strategic plan
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activities cancelled
City of Red Deer closes community sports fields due to heavy rain
The City of Red Deer reports that all community sports fields are closed today due to wet conditions.This includes Great Chief Park, Setters Field, Woody's Athletic Park, and all other sports fields and ball diamonds.As a result, all scheduled activities at these fields have been cancelled.The City of Red Deer says the...
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Support for complex classrooms
CESD approves $151M budget for 2026-27
The Chinook's Edge School Division has approved a $151 million budget for the 2026-27 school year.The budget, the division says, provides further support for complex classrooms and reflects a commitment to supporting learner needs."The budget was developed in alignment with the Chinook's Edge Education Plan and ou...
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Indigenous education
Red Deer Catholic hosts Indigenous families dinner and sharing circles to help form 3-year strategic plan
Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools and the Indigenous Education Services (IES) Team recently hosted the Indigenous families dinner and sharing circles to help form the division's three-year strategic plan for Indigenous education.The event was held on May 21, which brought together students, families, staff, and commun...
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Maskwacis RCMP charge man after threats, but he remains at-large
RCMP have charged one person following an investigation in Maskwacis.On May 25, at around 6 p.m. in Samson Cree Nation, RCMP received a call from someone who was reported that a male suspect had allegedly threatened to hit him with a golf club.The suspect is said to have gone in the house, retrieved a firearm, and thre...
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Alberta
Advocacy group says Province is 'failing'
Seniors deserve better care in their golden years: Friends of Medicare
An Alberta health care watchdog says it wants to remind the UCP government that seniors are valued, and its executive director believes those who built this province should be treated better.Chris Galloway with Friends of Medicare made the comments during an interview with Pattison Media Monday, the first day of Senior...
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Provincial Politics
Separatism and energy; Alberta's Smith to meet with counterpart in Quebec this week
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is planning to meet with her counterpart in Quebec City this week, with separatism and energy possible topics of discussion. Smith says she's hoping Quebec Premier Christine Frechette will be open to talking about an east-west energy corridor. Smith says every time she has met with leader...
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WATCH
Alberta partially rolls out new surgery funding model for public hospitals
Alberta is rolling out a new surgery funding model that ties money to patients, starting in a dozen public hospitals across the province. The government calls it patient-focused funding and says it began last month for the initial group of hospitals. Hospital operators are being funded based on the number and type of p...
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injury prevention
Safe Kids Week runs June 1-7
During Safe Kids Week, Primary Care Alberta is encouraging parents to speak with their young ones about safely moving through the community.As PCA notes, Parachute is a national charitable organization dedicated to injury prevention, and is a key player in Safe Kids Week, which runs June 1-7.This year, PCA is encouragi...
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Local Sports
Three-day tournament
NextGen Western Golf Championship comes to Ponoka on Thursday
The NextGen Western Golf Championship is set for Ponoka this week.The three-day tournament put on by Golf Canada will take place from June 4-6 at the Wolf Creek Golf Resort and feature 156 junior boys and girls.They will play 54 holes and compete for the stroke play championship, which will count towards the players' W...
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Due to weather
Sylvan Lake Gulls postpone Tuesday's home game
The Sylvan Lake Gulls have announced that their game against the Energy City Cactus Rats on Tuesday, June 2, has been postponed due to the rain.As a result, they'll play the Cactus Rats on Wednesday, June 3, at 7:05 p.m. at Gulls Stadium.All tickets will be transferred to the rescheduled game.
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activities cancelled
City of Red Deer closes community sports fields due to heavy rain
The City of Red Deer reports that all community sports fields are closed today due to wet conditions.This includes Great Chief Park, Setters Field, Woody's Athletic Park, and all other sports fields and ball diamonds.As a result, all scheduled activities at these fields have been cancelled.The City of Red Deer says the...
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Canada
Poilievre says Quebec separatism was 'wiped out' under Tories. Polls say otherwise.
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says support for Quebec separatism was "wiped out" under Stephen Harper's government but polls show the movement has had steady support for decades. The Tory leader insists separatist sentiment in both Albe...
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Citing 'institutional resistance,' military police watchdog calls for broader powers
OTTAWA - Canada's military police watchdog is calling on the federal government to change the law to give her office more teeth and greater ability to investigate complaints. Military Police Complaints Commission chair Tammy Tremblay made the call for ...
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CP NewsAlert: Child dies after inflatable castle tossed into air in Montreal
MONTREAL - The Quebec coroner's office says a child has died after being seriously injured over the weekend when an inflatable castle was violently lifted into the air by strong winds. The province's emergency service says the incident occurred at Parc...
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Canada sends letter to U.S., Mexico calling for renewal of trade agreement
WASHINGTON - Canada has sent a letter to the United States and Mexico recommending that the three countries renew the continental trade pact as Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc prepares to meet with his American counterpart in Washington. The...
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Palestinian students stranded in third country seeing visas processed after long wait
OTTAWA - A spokesperson for Immigration Minister Lena Diab says expedited visa processing for 37 Gazan students and their families stranded in a third country is now underway. The news follows a lengthy advocacy campaign by Canadian academics who have ...
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Carney says economic plan 'settling in' after Canada's economy shrinks
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says the government's plan to build up the economy is "settling in" as work continues on getting major projects built and expanding non-U.S. trade relationships. In his first public comments on the state of the econo...
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World
Massive Russian attack kills 22 people across Ukraine, officials say, as Moscow escalates fighting
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russia launched hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles against Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities overnight, killing at least 22 civilians and wounding 138 others, authorities said Tuesday. Russian President Vladimir ...
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Russian attack on Ukraine capital kills at least 3 and traps others in damaged buildings
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russia attacked Ukraine's capital with a barrage of missiles and drones overnight Tuesday, killing at least three people and trapping others, authorities said. At least 29 people were injured, the head of Kyiv's milit...
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South Carolina jury finds store owner not guilty of murder in killing of Black teen
COLUMBIA, S.C (AP) - A South Carolina jury on Monday found a store owner not guilty of murder in the 2023 shooting of a Black 14-year-old. The jury returned the verdict for Chikei Rick Chow. Chow, 61, who is Asian, shot Cyrus Carmack-Belt...
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