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Calgary-based E3 lithium drilled brine production wells to evaluate lithium last summer in central Alberta. The company plans to build a lithium production demonstration plant this summer and hopes to have a full-scale plant operating in 2026. (Photo from E3 Lithium Ltd.)

Calgary company eyeing huge lithium potential in central Alberta

Battery-grade lithium would be extracted from brine deep underground

Calgary-based E3 lithium drilled brine production wells to evaluate lithium last summer in central Alberta. The company plans to build a lithium production demonstration plant this summer and hopes to have a full-scale plant operating in 2026. (Photo from E3 Lithium Ltd.)
Lacombe Fire Department responded to a 4:30 a.m. fire on New Year's Day in a local four-plex. One woman was taken to hospital to be treated for her injuries. (Photo from Lacombe Fire Department Facebook)

Lacombe hotel manager spots nearby house fire and alerts residents

One woman remains in hospital after early-morning New Year’s Day fire

Lacombe Fire Department responded to a 4:30 a.m. fire on New Year's Day in a local four-plex. One woman was taken to hospital to be treated for her injuries. (Photo from Lacombe Fire Department Facebook)
Lacombe Fire Department responded to a 4:30 a.m. fire on New Year's Day in a local four-plex. One woman was taken to hospital to be treated for her injuries. (Photo from Lacombe Fire Department Facebook)

Lacombe hotel manager spots nearby house fire and alerts residents

One woman remains in hospital after early-morning New Year’s Day fire

Lacombe Fire Department responded to a 4:30 a.m. fire on New Year's Day in a local four-plex. One woman was taken to hospital to be treated for her injuries. (Photo from Lacombe Fire Department Facebook)
Track On 2 Horse Racing and Entertainment Centre co-owners Ross Morrison (left) and Kurt Belich are getting ready to debut 80 new slot machines. (Contributed photo)

Track On 2 getting ready to showcase new slot machines

Horse racing and event centre will have 80 slot machines plus eight VLTs

Track On 2 Horse Racing and Entertainment Centre co-owners Ross Morrison (left) and Kurt Belich are getting ready to debut 80 new slot machines. (Contributed photo)
The Sportsmen’s Den owner Dale Malin says gun owners and dealers are upset with a new federal firearms ban that they say will punish law-abiding citizens and do nothing to reduce crime. (File photo by Advocate staff)

Proposed handgun legislation missing the mark, say critics

Handgun import ban will do nothing to stem flow of illegal guns, critics say

The Sportsmen’s Den owner Dale Malin says gun owners and dealers are upset with a new federal firearms ban that they say will punish law-abiding citizens and do nothing to reduce crime. (File photo by Advocate staff)
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COVID-19 cases rising slightly

1,717 new cases in week ending July 25, compared with 1,691 the previous week

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Associate Minister of Mental Health and Addiction Mike Ellis and Counselling Alberta executive director Robbie Babins-Wagner held a virtual news conference on Tuesday to ensure those suffering from mental health issues know where to go for help. (Advocate file photo)

Rural mental health help available says Alberta government

$6.75 million Counselling Alberta program aimed at helping rural Albertans

Associate Minister of Mental Health and Addiction Mike Ellis and Counselling Alberta executive director Robbie Babins-Wagner held a virtual news conference on Tuesday to ensure those suffering from mental health issues know where to go for help. (Advocate file photo)
Alberta Health Minister Jason Copping gives a COVID-19 update in Edmonton, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

Alberta ending regular in-person COVID-19 updates

COVID Statistics will be updated weekly but news conferences held only as required

Alberta Health Minister Jason Copping gives a COVID-19 update in Edmonton, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
There are now 15,384 active cases of the virus in Alberta, to go along with 500,756 recovered cases. (Black Press file photo)

Alberta reports nearly 100 fewer people now in hospital with COVID

719 in hospital, down from 816 a week ago, as of Monday

There are now 15,384 active cases of the virus in Alberta, to go along with 500,756 recovered cases. (Black Press file photo)
A three-week trial was unexpectedly stopped just before it began at the Baymont Inn and Suites on Monday when the accused, Chase Freed, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for shooting and fatally wounding a Red Deer man outside a Walmart in December 2019. (Photo by Paul Cowley/Advocate staff)

Man pleads guilty to fatal 2019 Red Deer Walmart shooting

Jury had already been selected when unexpected guilty plea entered

A three-week trial was unexpectedly stopped just before it began at the Baymont Inn and Suites on Monday when the accused, Chase Freed, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for shooting and fatally wounding a Red Deer man outside a Walmart in December 2019. (Photo by Paul Cowley/Advocate staff)
Many Central Alberta farmers got some welcome rain over the weekend. Seeding almost entirely complete in the region and about two-thirds of crops have emerged. (Photo by Paul Cowley/Advocate staff)

Recent rain came at a good time for Central Alberta farmers

Seeding mostly finished in Central Region

Many Central Alberta farmers got some welcome rain over the weekend. Seeding almost entirely complete in the region and about two-thirds of crops have emerged. (Photo by Paul Cowley/Advocate staff)
Alberta Health Minister Jason Copping says while hospitalizations are increasing there are signs the BA.2 variant may be peaking. (File photo from The Canadian Press)

Alberta COVID-19 BA.2 variant peak has passed: health minister

Health officials keeping an eye on two new sub-variants BA. 4 and BA.5

Alberta Health Minister Jason Copping says while hospitalizations are increasing there are signs the BA.2 variant may be peaking. (File photo from The Canadian Press)
The Lacombe Police service said calls are beginning to rise up to pre-pandemic levels. (Black Press file photo)

Lacombe police calls rising after pandemic lows

Police calls fell sharply in 2020 but rose 13 per cent in 2021

The Lacombe Police service said calls are beginning to rise up to pre-pandemic levels. (Black Press file photo)
The Track on 2 in Lacombe will add at least 80 slot machines in the near future and they expect the addition could add up to $30 million to the central Alberta economy. (File photo by The Associated Press)

Lacombe horse racing track wins big

Track on 2 approved to become racing entertainment centre with 80 slot machines

The Track on 2 in Lacombe will add at least 80 slot machines in the near future and they expect the addition could add up to $30 million to the central Alberta economy. (File photo by The Associated Press)
Central Alberta beef producers are seeing feed costs soar and supplies dwindle. (Photo by Paul Cowley/Advocate staff)

Central Alberta beef producers hit by soaring feed costs

Barley double the price it was a year ago

Central Alberta beef producers are seeing feed costs soar and supplies dwindle. (Photo by Paul Cowley/Advocate staff)
Alberta’s chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw says 318 people are being treated for COVID-19 in hospital across the province, including 64 in the ICU. (File photo by Government of Alberta)

COVID-19 will not be going away: health official

COVID-19 cases will likely fluctuate like the flu

Alberta’s chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw says 318 people are being treated for COVID-19 in hospital across the province, including 64 in the ICU. (File photo by Government of Alberta)
Nicole Buss (right) with her daughter Samantha. Buss is donating flowers to mothers at Red Deer's Ronald McDonald House this weekend as a thank you to the home, which was there for her family when Samantha was in hospital being treated for Type 1 diabetes 10 years ago. (Photo contributed)

Florist gives back for Mother’s Day

Nicole Buss donating flowers to mothers at Ronald McDonald House as a thank you

Nicole Buss (right) with her daughter Samantha. Buss is donating flowers to mothers at Red Deer's Ronald McDonald House this weekend as a thank you to the home, which was there for her family when Samantha was in hospital being treated for Type 1 diabetes 10 years ago. (Photo contributed)
Alberta Health Minister Jason Copping says while hospitalizations are increasing there are signs the BA.2 variant may be peaking. (File photo from The Canadian Press) Alberta Health Minister Jason Copping says while hospitalizations are increasing there are signs the BA.2 variant may be peaking. (File photo from The Canadian Press)

69 more COVID-19 deaths but infection peak may be in sight: health minister

Four Red Deer deaths and 11 in central Alberta

Alberta Health Minister Jason Copping says while hospitalizations are increasing there are signs the BA.2 variant may be peaking. (File photo from The Canadian Press) Alberta Health Minister Jason Copping says while hospitalizations are increasing there are signs the BA.2 variant may be peaking. (File photo from The Canadian Press)
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37 more COVID-19 deaths in Alberta and Red Deer cases climbs sharply

212 Red Deer cases in seven days ending April, up from 118 over previous seven days

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The Alberta government is stepping up efforts to trap and kill wild boar. (Photo from the Government of Alberta)

Unconfirmed wild boar sighting in Red Deer County

Province rolled out new wild boar entrapment and bounty programs this week

The Alberta government is stepping up efforts to trap and kill wild boar. (Photo from the Government of Alberta)
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