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At 10:48 a.m., on Sunday (June 23) Environment Canada issued a severe thunderstorm watch for Red Deer, Ponoka, Innisfail, and Stettler.  

Conditions are favourable for the development of dangerous thunderstorms that may be capable of producing damaging wind gusts, large hail, and heavy rain.   

Thunderstorms will develop this early this afternoon and move eastward the evening.   

Edmonton Oilers fans crowd around Mary Loewen in a plaza outside the team's home arena during every playoffs game, asking to have their pictures taken with the superfan who's dressed as the Stanley Cup.

Loewen dons a sequined blazer, wears silver gloves and glasses, and covers her face in silver makeup. Then she puts on her "crown" which is meant to imitate the bowl of the famous trophy.

It has 3,500 sequins, and they were all put in by hand.

At the 2024 Convocation Ceremonies, Red Deer Polytechnic (RDP) awarded honorary degrees to Dr. George Littlechild and Sheldon Kennedy for providing meaningful impact provincially, nationally, and globally.  

Littlechild is a graduate of RDP’s Arts and Design Diploma program and conveys messages through art that showcase the beauty, pride, and strength of Indigenous culture.   

Before he launched a campaign that would see him take over as leader of Alberta’s New Democrats, Naheed Nenshi worried politics had become too polarized, too toxic for him.

But ultimately that was why the man known for espousing “politics in full sentences” decided he had to return.

“The players make the game. And if we abandon the game because it's so awful, then the game will get worse,” Nenshi said in an interview before winning the party’s leadership vote on the first ballot on Saturday.

“We need a new government very badly, and we're not a debating society.

Provinces are reaching out to Democrats and Republicans alike to make their case for co-operation, bolstering efforts by the federal government to ensure Canada is prepared for any outcome in the upcoming United States election.

"I see provinces and Team Canada both ramping up their efforts," said Laura Dawson, an expert on Canada-U.S. relations and the executive director of the Future Borders Coalition.

Former Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi’s appeal to new members outside the traditional fold of the Alberta NDP has propelled him to the helm of the party.

Nenshi becomes the first from Calgary to lead the New Democrats, easily securing the win with 86 per cent of the vote on the first ballot of the party's biggest leadership contest.

The race was pegged as a battle between the NDP's ideological roots and political pragmatism in the traditionally conservative province.

On June 21, at 11:40 p.m., the Alberta RCMP was notified by the Calgary Police Service (CPS) of a suspect who had previously fled from police and was being followed by a HAWCS helicopter.   

Under the Alberta RCMP Real Time Operations Centre (RTOC), officers from CPS, and RCMP from Airdrie, Didsbury, Olds, and Sundre set up a covert tire deflation device.   

As part of Chinook’s Edge commitment to Truth and Reconciliation, graduation ceremonies include an Indigenous culture celebration.  

Some students wear Métis sashes, while other students wear medicine pouches.  

The Métis sash is a symbol of accomplishment and achievement and is presented to Métis students with pride, and positive energy for their journey ahead.  

Alberta's Opposition NDP is set to announce its new leader today.

Outgoing Leader Rachel Notley gave a farewell speech to party members Friday night.

She says the party is the strongest it's been in its history.

Notley's New Democrats swept to power as a majority government in 2015, ending a four-decade Progressive Conservative dynasty.

She announced in January she was leaving the job, after the party lost its second consecutive election to the United Conservative Party.

Thousands of deliriously happy fans of the Edmonton Oilers roared as one Friday as the hometown blue and orange ran over the Florida Panthers to set up a winner-take-all Game 7 in the Stanley Cup final.

“We want the cup! We want the cup!” chanted fans inside Rogers Place, while the Oilers circled at centre ice with sticks skyward saluting all after the 5-1 win.