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It was an award-winning weekend for RDP King's and Queen's Volleyball. In Lloydminster, The RDP King's Volleyball team earned its 21st ACAC gold medal in program history.

The Queen's Volleyball team would pick up a bronze medal at the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC) Women’s Volleyball Championship in Camrose

A few months after launching a new program aimed at preventing discrimination and bullying, Red Deer Public Schools is seeing positive results in classrooms and school communities. 

The WITS program, introduced in all Kindergarten to Grade 5 classrooms during Bully Awareness Week in November, has been embraced by students, staff and families, creating safer, more inclusive school environments.

A new health clinic is scheduled to open up in Bashaw by the end of March.

The clinic will feature six part-time rotating physicians working out of the old Bashaw Hospital as part of the Bashaw Collaborative Health Model.

Local pharmacist Eric Gaudet is a member of the Bashaw Wellness Team, a volunteer committee that has come together to address health needs in the region.

The Town of Didsbury’s Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) has resigned following a special closed council meeting on Feb. 24 that discussed personnel matters.

Council voted to accept Ethan Gorner’s resignation, effective immediately. Gorner served as CAO since January 2020.

"We thank Mr. Gorner for his time and service to the organization and the community," Mayor Rhonda Hunter said in a statement. "We wish him all the best in his future endeavours."

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Ottawa wants to deepen intelligence sharing with European partners, as longtime ally Washington diverges from Canada on issues like Ukraine.

"We're now living in a much more dangerous and complicated world," Joly told reporters Monday. "It's in full display."

Joly was speaking at a virtual news conference from London after talking to U.K. National Security Adviser Jonathan Powell.

The state of the Canadian economy and U.S. President Donald Trump's trade threats topped the agenda for the Liberal party's English language leadership debate, the second in as many days and the last of the campaign.

Presumed front-runner and former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney and former finance minister Chrystia Freeland clashed over the Liberal government's record of economic management.

“Our economy was weak before we got to the point of these threats from President Trump,” Carney said. "That's why we need big changes to how we're managing this economy."

Producers looking to keep their stands well-maintained may want to look at other methods such as introducing legumes in order to keep those fit.

Range Management Extension Specialist with the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture Lynnae Ylinja talks about some of the benefits those can have for crops.

During Monday's City Council meeting, Red Deer City Council discussed the Sorensen Station Washroom project and instructed administration to move forward with plans to have the facilities open by the end of March 2026.

Additionally, City Council directed administration to open a semi-permanent washroom facility in Red Deer’s downtown, like prior years, for the summer of 2025.

Update: 

The Innisfail RCMP have advised that both teens have been found safe.

Original story:

The Innisfail RCMP were seeking public assistance in locating a missing 15-year-old and 14-year-old.

They were last seen on Jan. 30.

There was concern for their well-being.

Through Campus Alberta Central, rural learners will now be able to enrol in Red Deer Polytechnic’s (RDP) Practical Nurse Diploma in Camrose.

Students will be able to access theory courses online, and labs will be done in-person at the Central Alberta Campus community partner site, the Bethany Group’s Rosehaven building in Camrose.