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Red Deer and Area

speaking with the artist
Red Deer artist, now living in New York, comes home for museum talk
A Red Deer artist is coming home to talk about her latest solo exhibition, entitled 'Bookends.' Elaine Cameron-Weir now lives in New York, but she'll be in Red Deer for a free speaking session on Saturday, Nov. 7, starting at 2 p.m. inside the Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery. The event is being hosted by the Alberta Univ...
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free every monday
Cooking classes for 18+ available through CMHA
The Red Deer branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) is offering culinary classes through its Recovery College program. According to the organization, Culinary Connections is a free, hands-on cooking program. Workshops provide adults with an opportunity to develop practical cooking skills, build confide...
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51 Street
Town of Ponoka reports temporary road closure postponed to Nov. 3
The Town of Ponoka announced that a temporary road closure for the Co-op Subdivision has been postponed to Tuesday, November 3.The road closure is set for 51 Street between 64 Avenue and 65 Avenue as crews conduct sewer line maintenance.Officials say the road closure will remain in place until the work is completed.As ...
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feeding vulnerable students
RDCRS Board of Trustees dedicates $30K to The Mustard Seed for school lunch program
Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools Board of Trustees has directed $30,000 to The Mustard Seed to help feed vulnerable students.More specifically, the funds are meant to sustain and expand daily lunch deliveries across division schools.According to a media release, the $30,000 funding allocation will go directly toward ...
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Alberta

Provincial Politics
Alberta Premier Smith defends proposed riding redraw that Opposition calls cheating
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is defending a proposal to redraw provincial boundaries in a way the Opposition NDP says is cheating. The legislature is soon expected to debate a report that pitches diluting urban ridings in the city of Lethbridge by merging them with surrounding rural ones. Smith says so-called hybrid ...
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Remberance Day
Alberta Legislature Service of Remembrance set for Wednesday
The Alberta Legislature will host a Remembrance Day Ceremony on Wednesday, Nov. 4.Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, Rick McIver, will host the ceremony and says, "remembrance gives us an opportunity to pause and reflect on the sacrifices made by generations of Canadians who served our country in times of war, c...
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Preparation for 2027 begins
Province reports crews and rain contribute to successful wildfire season
The Government of Alberta reports that the work done by its wildfire preparedness program and firefighting crews led to a successful wildfire season.In addition, significant rainfall across the province also contributed to a less active season.However, even though it's the end of the season, that does not mean wildfire...
Nov 2, 2026
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RCMP investigating
Driver from Crowsnest Pass dies Friday in two-vehicle crash near Lundbreck
A 64-year-old man from the Crowsnest Pass has died following a two-vehicle collision on Highway 3, just west of Cowley.RCMP confirm the driver of a pick-up truck, a resident of Coleman, died on scene Friday morning during a collision with an SUV on the highway at Township Road 74, near Lundbreck.The driver of the SUV w...
Oct 31, 2026
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Canada

B.C. hockey team says it didn't know executive was being investigated for sex crimes
NANAIMO - A junior hockey team in British Columbia says it was not aware of sexual exploitation allegations against an executive when he was hired. In an online statement, the Nanaimo Clippers said that when the organization found out about the RCMP in...
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Fiscal and monetary policy are not at odds, Bank of Canada's Macklem tells MPs
OTTAWA - Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem told members of Parliament on Tuesday he doesn't think the federal government's fiscal policy is at odds with the central bank's efforts to control inflation. Macklem was speaking at the House of Commons fi...
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B.C. tribunal rules X can't be fined for not deleting intimate image
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia tribunal has ruled it cannot penalize social media platform X for not deleting an intimate image of a person shared online against her will, and that blocking the image in Canada instead reasonably addresses its unlawful ...
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Immigration levels update to be included in Nov. 5 budget
OTTAWA - The annual immigration levels update will be included in the federal budget being released Thursday, a government source with knowledge of the plan has confirmed. This will be the second year the annual update is included in the budget documen...
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More Canadians report skipping meals because they can't afford groceries: survey
Results from an annual national poverty survey paint a worsening picture of food affordability in Canada, especially for young people, as tariffs imposed by the United States continue to shake up the Canadian economy. The Salvation Army's 2026 Poverty ...
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No injuries after military chopper damaged in night landing on Canadian navy ship
Defence officials say there were no injuries after a military helicopter was seriously damaged during a night flight landing on a Canadian navy frigate. A flight safety report from the Department of National Defence says it happened Oct. 6 aboard the H...
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