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Liberal leadership contender Karina Gould submitted her official paperwork to enter the race to replace Justin Trudeau today.

Gould said outside party headquarters in Ottawa that her party lost touch with Canadians at the end of the pandemic and needs to get better at listening.

Gould briefly touched on some of her policy ideas and said she thinks the party did not get the capital gains tax increase right.

Candidates only have until 5 p.m. EST today to declare they will run — although the party can take up to ten days to confirm them as candidates.

United Nurses of Alberta is hosting several events across the province this Saturday, Jan 25. to mark a "Day of Action", including a couple in Central Alberta.

UNA Locals will be working with their members and reaching out to other unions at their workplaces to hold information pickets, rallies or winter themed events outside their worksites and in their communities to show their support for safe staffing, safe patient care, and public health care and call for respect for frontline health care workers.

Nominations are now open for the Lacombe Volunteer of the Year Awards.  

The City of Lacombe, Lacombe and District Family and Community Support Services (FCSS), and other community partners will present the awards to outstanding volunteers in the community.   

Nomination categories include Leader of Tomorrow, Volunteer of the Year, and Business of the Year Corporate Volunteerism.  

Motorists travelling on the QEII southbound west of Blackfalds can expect delays Thursday as crews repair a guardrail.

The work is being done north of Highway 597, near Aspelund Rd.

Drivers can expect a right-hand lane closure with speeds reduced to 80 km/h.

The repairs are expected to wrap up around 4 p.m. on Thursday.

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It’s an unbroken record, spanning 44 years and two generations… so far. A single family has had at least one student enrolled in Poplar Ridge School every year since it opened in 1981.

The Belich family has had almost 30 individuals who can claim they walked the hallways and ran through the school yard at Poplar Ridge School. When you add in second and third cousins, the number of Belich alumni grows even more.

The Alberta government is investing $2 million in community-based programs to prevent family violence.

The funding, available through the Family Violence Prevention Grant Program, will support organizations serving underserved communities, including men and boys, 2SLGBTQQIA+ individuals, people with disabilities, newcomers, refugees, and those in rural or remote areas.

Motorists will want to drive with caution this morning with some highways in Cental Alberta reporting icy sections, including Highway 2A.

The QEII is bare and dry with good visibility. Emergency bridge repairs continue northbound south of Highway 12 near Lacombe. Be prepared for delays with a lane closure and speeds reduced to 50 km/h.

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Building permit values in Red Deer were down in December, with 36 approved permits valued at $1.9 million, compared with 63 permits issued in December 2023 worth $7.7 million.

Year-to-date values remained higher through the end of 2024, with values at $130.6 million compared with $97 million in 2023.

Notable permits include:

Canada's financial intelligence agency suspects online gambling platforms are being used to launder proceeds from fentanyl dealing and production.

In an operational alert, the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada says there is reason to believe people are depositing and withdrawing funds at online casinos to disguise proceeds from the traffic in deadly fentanyl and other opioids as wagers and winnings.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says a government led by him would cut the number of federal public servants — but he doesn't mind if they work from home.

When asked by Radio-Canada on Tuesday if U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order sending federal workers back to the office five days a week is a good idea, Poilievre said that what matters is whether or not public servants do the work.

He said that work is not getting done now within the federal government, though he fell short of going into detail about public servants' productivity.