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Innisfail firefighter honoured for 50 years of service
Innisfail firefighter John Syroid has been honoured for 50 years of service in the community and the surrounding area.Members of Innisfail's Fire & Protective Services Department honoured Syroid by holding a special dinner on Friday, March 20, at the Innisfail Golf Club. He also received multiple awards and medals....
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Sylvan Lake town council approves operating budget
The Sylvan Lake town council has approved the 2026 operating budget, resulting in no tax rate increase. They approved the budget during the regular council meeting on Wednesday, more specifically, a $60.3 million operating budget and a $20.8 million capital budget. There is no tax rate increase this year; however, resi...
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Innisfail firefighter honoured for 50 years of service
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Podcast: Panelists speak on upcoming World Religions Conference at RDP
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Sylvan Lake town council approves operating budget
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March 15-21
Red Deer RCMP identify 10 impaired drivers during National Impaired Driving Prevention week
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Red Deer and Area
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Innisfail firefighter honoured for 50 years of service
Innisfail firefighter John Syroid has been honoured for 50 years of service in the community and the surrounding area.Members of Innisfail's Fire & Protective Services Department honoured Syroid by holding a special dinner on Friday, March 20, at the Innisfail Golf Club. He also received multiple awards and medals....
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No tax rate increase
Sylvan Lake town council approves operating budget
The Sylvan Lake town council has approved the 2026 operating budget, resulting in no tax rate increase. They approved the budget during the regular council meeting on Wednesday, more specifically, a $60.3 million operating budget and a $20.8 million capital budget. There is no tax rate increase this year; however, resi...
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March 15-21
Red Deer RCMP identify 10 impaired drivers during National Impaired Driving Prevention week
Red Deer RCMP, alongside City of Red Deer Community Peace Officers, focused on removing impaired drivers from the streets during National Impaired Driving Prevention Week.From March 15-21, Red Deer RCMP Traffic Services, General Duty Police Officers, and City of Red Deer CPO's worked to stop impaired drivers in differe...
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UPDATE: Suspect Photos Released
Red Deer middle schooler threatened with knife downtown
Red Deer RCMP are investigating after a child was threatened with a knife in downtown Red Deer this week. On Mar. 24, 2026, at 8:02 a.m., Red Deer RCMP received a report of a robbery at the Sorensen Bus Station in Red Deer. Mounties say their initial investigation revealed that earlier that day, around 7:30 a.m., a you...
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Alberta
Purpose Unclear
Three former members of Calgary city council involved in RCMP investigation
Calgary's mayor says he doesn't believe past and present city councillors are the focus of an ongoing police investigation. At least three members of the past city council are involved in an R-C-M-P investigation. The purpose of the investigation is unclear, but R-C-M-P say it was referred to them by Calgary police las...
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49-year-old female injured
One seriously injured in SUV vs train collision at Burdett
A 49-year-old woman from Burdett, Alta, was taken to hospital with very serious injuries Wednesday afternoon after a train struck an SUV crossing the tracks near the community.On March 25, 2026, at 2:39 p.m., Bow Island RCMP were called to the scene where a northbound SUV driving along Main Street in Burdett, just off ...
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Provincial Politics
Former Alberta premier Jason Kenney to participate in separation debates
Former Alberta premier Jason Kenney is taking up the Canadian cause as he's set to participate in two debates about separatism against a lawyer pushing for the province to go its own way. The first debate will take place in Edmonton in May at a member's only conference put on by Civitas Canada, a conservative non-profi...
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Provincial Politics
Final four Alberta petition efforts to recall United Conservatives fall short
The final four Alberta recall petitions that aimed to unseat United Conservative members of the legislature have failed. Elections Alberta confirms petitioners didn't gather enough signatures to recall Justice Minister Mickey Amery, along with MLAs Justin Wright, Jackie Armstrong-Homeniuk and Ron Wiebe. All two dozen p...
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Provincial gold slips through fingers of U15 AAA Red Deer Rebels
Notwithstanding a mid-season tournament, the 2025-26 edition of the U15 AAA Red Deer Rebels won an astounding 41 straight games -- from day one of the regular season, through the AEHL playoffs, and into the provincial championship round robin.Then they were finally toppled in the closer of the round robin, falling 3-1 ...
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HJHL finals
Red Deer Vipers reflect on successful 2025-26 campaign
The Red Deer Vipers are disappointed but proud following the end of the Heritage Junior Hockey League (HJHL) season. The Vipers made it back to the league finals for the first time since 2019 but were swept by the Medicine Cubs in three games. However, they're celebrating everything they accomplished in the 2025-26 cam...
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PLACE FOR JUNIOR HOCKEY TO THRIVE
Rimbey Royals join Heritage Junior Hockey League
The Heritage Junior 'B' Hockey League (HJHL) has announced it will expand to Rimbey next season.The team will be known as the Rimbey Royals, and they will play in the North Division with teams from Red Deer, Sylvan Lake, Airdrie, Mountainview, and Rocky Mountain House.The division no longer includes Ponoka, which withd...
Mar 25, 2026
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Canada
Supreme Court wraps up hearings over Quebec secularism law
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada is beginning its deliberations about a Quebec secularism law after hearings on the controversial legislation wrapped up. The 2019 Quebec law bans some public sector workers from wearing religious symbols on the job....
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B.C. Conservative MLA Hon Chan charged with choking, assault and uttering threats
VICTORIA - British Columbia Conservative MLA Hon Chan has been charged with assault, assault by choking and uttering threats, prompting his removal from the party caucus. The BC Prosecution Service says the Richmond Centre legislator was charged under ...
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RCMP in B.C. seize 115 kg of meth, hidden in jars of pickles bound for Australia
VANCOUVER - RCMP in British Columbia say they have foiled an operation to smuggle methamphetamine to Melbourne, Australia, hidden in jars of pickles. The Mounties say the investigation was carried out with the help of Australian Federal Police and Cana...
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Tumbler Ridge shooting victim Maya Gebala's mom says UFC boss offering to fund care
VANCOUVER - The mother of Tumbler Ridge, B.C., shooting victim Maya Gebala says Ultimate Fighting Championship president Dana White has offered to pay for her daughter to be treated in California. Cia Edmonds says 12-year-old Gebala, who suffered serio...
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Bank of Canada rethinking inflation framework amid persistent shocks: Rogers
OTTAWA - A senior official at the Bank of Canada says the central bank is reconsidering how it thinks and talks about inflation as it prepares to review its mandate later this year. Bank of Canada senior deputy governor Carolyn Rogers was in Brandon, M...
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Ottawa proposes $1.7B fund to help provinces lower cost of homebuilding
OTTAWA - The federal government is proposing a $1.7-billion fund to help provinces and territories lower the cost of homebuilding. The federal funding is meant to help provinces reduce development fees or other levies on new housing to speed up the pac...
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World
California lawmakers pass bill to rename César Chavez Day following sexual abuse allegations
SACRAMENTO, Calif (AP) - California lawmakers voted Thursday to rename César Chavez Day as Farmworkers Day in an effort to reconcile the Latino labor icon's legacy with explosive sexual abuse allegations before the state holiday on March 31. ...
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Brother and sister are charged after an explosive device was found outside a Florida Air Force base
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - A man who fled to China and his sister have been charged after an explosive device was left outside a gate at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa this month. Alen Zheng, 20, and Ann Mary Zheng, 27, were charged We...
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Judge weighs whether Venezuela can pay Maduro's legal costs in US drug trafficking case
NEW YORK (AP) - Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife were back in a New York courtroom Thursday as they seek to have their drug trafficking indictments thrown out over a geopolitical dispute over legal fees. The defense...
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