Lacombe

Red Deer Polytechnic has announced the winning design in its annual Orange Shirt Day contest.

During a staff gathering, Indigenous Initiatives presented RDP visual arts alumna (2014) Alexandria King with a gift basket and a printed shirt featuring her design.

The T-shirts will launch the first week of September and be sold at The Lift, thanks to the Students’ Association. Proceeds will go toward Indigenous student funds and initiatives.

King thanked the committee, the president’s office and sponsors for the opportunity to take part in the important initiative.

An Alberta taxpayers advocate is applauding the provincial government's latest expense disclosure policy.

Premier Danielle Smith's government says it's reverting to its previous rules after critics from across the political spectrum accused it of dodging responsibility.

It's also promising to re-post eight years' worth of expense receipts that were deleted from its website.

Starting September 1, Red Deer residents will see changes to admission fees at local recreation facilities, rental rates, and cemetery services.

The adjustments were approved during the 2024–25 budget deliberations, when City Council determined that increases were necessary to help cover the growing costs of operations.

“Our ongoing priority is to ensure broad access to recreation opportunities, even as we address rising costs, staffing limitations, and increased maintenance demands,” said Bre Fitzpatrick, Acting Recreation Superintendent.

Chinook’s Edge School Division is starting the 2025–26 school year with an influx of fresh talent, welcoming 51 new teachers to schools across the division.

The new hires include teachers just beginning their careers, educators new to Chinook’s Edge, and those who joined the division partway through the last school year.

Superintendent Ryan Sawula said the boost in staffing follows a wave of retirements at the end of the 2024–25 year.

Lacombe Pride is gearing up for its third annual Pride Weekend on Friday and Saturday (August 22/23), bringing two full days of celebration, performances, and community connection.

The festivities begin tomorrow morning at the Michener House Museum with a flag-raising ceremony from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., held in partnership with the Lacombe Museums.

This marks the third year for the event and will feature special guests, including MLAs Janis Irwin and Brooks Arcand-Paul.

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is meeting in Saskatoon today with Federal Agriculture Minister Heath MacDonald and Cody Blois, Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister, along with representatives from the canola sector. The focus: responding to China’s steep tariffs on Canadian canola products.

Last week, China announced a 75.8% tariff on Canadian canola seed, adding to the 100% tariffs placed in March on canola meal and oil. 

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is set to meet today with federal Agriculture Minister Heath MacDonald, along with industry groups, to discuss the steep Chinese tariff on Canadian canola seed. 

Kody Blois, the parliamentary secretary for Prime Minister Mark Carney, and Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister Daryl Harrison are also to attend the meeting in Saskatoon.

A press conference is scheduled following the discussion. 

Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is set to have her first official meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington today amid ongoing tensions in the bilateral relationship.

Anand and Rubio have previously spoken by phone, including in June ahead of the G7 Leaders' Summit in Kananaskis.

Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc cycled through Washington in July looking for a tariff offramp but instead U.S. President Donald Trump boosted duties on Canada to 35 per cent.

Wetaskiwin RCMP have laid charges after a search in Edmonton turned up fentanyl and other drugs.

On June 25, Wetaskiwin RCMP’s Crime Reduction Unit launched an investigation into a suspect believed to be trafficking fentanyl in the Wetaskiwin area.

The investigation, which involved several RCMP units, led officers to execute a search warrant on Aug. 14 at a property in Edmonton with help from the Edmonton Police Service Tactical Unit.

An upcoming golf tournament at Gull Lake Golf Course is promoting organ donation, education and awareness.

The 15th annual Bionic Golf Tournament will take place Sept. 5 and all teams, 72 golfers total, have registered.

Money raised goes toward the Human Organ Procurement Exchange (HOPE) at the University of Alberta Hospital Foundation.

This event means more for organizer Tyson Czuy, who saw the impact of organ donation.

“My father received a double lung transplant and we're just very grateful for that program,” said Czuy.