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5 days ago | rdnewsnow.com | Josh Hall

By all-around great student-athlete May 9, 2025 | 6:11 PM Ben McAuley, a 6’3″ 180 pound wideout for Red Deer’s Notre Dame Senior Cougars football squad, has been selected to play in the 2025 CFC Prospect Game in Hamilton, ON, later this month. The game features 72 of the nation’s best young football stars, with McAuley one of 10 invitees from Alberta. He’s also one of 12 wide receivers who’ll be playing.

5 days ago | rdnewsnow.com | Josh Hall

By $21 million project May 9, 2025 | 2:40 PM Red Deer Polytechnic has officially broken ground on the expansion of its Centre for Innovation in Manufacturing-Technology Access Centre (CIM-TAC). To be completed by fall 2026, this will increase the centre’s size from 15,000 to 25,000 square feet. The expansion project was announced May 10, 2024.

5 days ago | rdnewsnow.com | Josh Hall

By sites near trochu and lethbridge May 9, 2025 | 2:34 PM A pair of organizations with operational ties to central Alberta are celebrating a decade of collaboration. Viterra and the Canadian Foodgrains Bank say they will continue past the decade mark to fight for an end to global hunger. That is, as they say, as millions worldwide face rising hunger due to war, climate disasters, and soaring food costs.

5 days ago | rdnewsnow.com | Ian Gustafson |Sheldon Spackman

By Search begins May 9, 2025 | 12:15 PM The Red Deer Rebels announced on Friday that Dave Struch has stepped down as head coach of the team. The club said Struch made the decision due to personal reasons. “Thanks very much to the Rebels family, players and fans for the opportunity to be a part of a great organization,” said Struch, in a media release.

5 days ago | rdnewsnow.com | Ian Gustafson |Sheldon Spackman

Rebels director of player of personnel Jamie Novakoski said he was ecstatic with how the drafts went this week. “I think we addressed what we were looking for going into the draft in getting some defenceman who have some size, meanness, can still move pucks, get around the ice, and play some valuable minutes in the future for the Rebels,” he said.