Magazines & Newspapers

In-depth, personalized sports journalism.

Enjoy access to The Athletic, opens a new window, courtesy of Red Deer Public Library. The Athletic, a New York Times company, delivers in-depth sports coverage of your favourite teams and leagues. Access includes everything from breaking news and live commentary to long-form features, exclusive interviews, podcasts. and more.

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This link will provide you with a 24 hour 'gift' subscription, which you can reactivate as often as you like! You will need to log in or create an account after redeeming the gift, and then you can begin personalizing your The Athletic experience. NOTE: You must log out of any existing The Athletic accounts before clicking on the Redemption URL.

Explore more than 125 years of Canadian news coverage. You now have cover-to-cover searchable access of Alberta's largest and oldest daily newspaper, the Calgary Herald.

This database offers unparalleled access to the full text of over 400 Canadian news sources from Canada's leading publishers. This full text database includes the complete available electronic backfile for most newspapers, providing full access to the articles, columns, editorials and features published in each. Most titles are updated daily and some backfiles date as far back as the late 1970s.

Discover the best Canadian shows, stories & more!

Your library and CBC/Radio-Canada have partnered to offer you this one-of-a-kind portal to discover unique Canadian and local content including news, TV and radio shows, podcasts, kids content, a language learning app and much more! You can also access the French version, L’espace Radio-Canada., opens a new window

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This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.

Libby (the newer version of the OverDrive app) lets you borrow thousands of eBooks, eAudiobooks, and eMagazines on your phone or tablet for free! It's our easiest system yet with one-touch borrowing, automatic holds downloads, and syncing across all your devices. 

This video will help you get started with the Libby app, which can be downloaded on any compatible device. It will show you how to navigate the app, borrow digital titles, and start reading!

After borrowing a title from our Libby/OverDrive catalogue, you have the following options:

• Use the Libby app to download titles directly to your mobile devices. If you want to download an eBook to a dedicated eReader, you can do so through Libby by following these steps, opens a new window.
• Read or listen instantly in your web browser.
• Use your library’s OverDrive website, opens a new window to download EPUBs, PDFs, or MP3s.

Please note that the OverDrive app is no longer available to download. Please try Libby instead!

With PressReader you have access to hundreds of magazines and newspapers from around the world, in the language in which they are published. (This resource is funded by the Public Library Services Branch of the Government of Alberta).

Please note: Access to The Globe and Mail is limited to customers using PressReader in a library branch due to restrictions imposed by the publisher.

The Read Alberta Collection through Cantook Station is an online collection of over 2000 eBooks and eAudiobooks by Alberta authors and publishers and 42 made-in-Alberta eMagazines.

One of the featured collections in this online resource is the Prairie Indigenous eBook Collection, which includes over 200 stories by Indigenous authors, and writings about Indigenous culture, from publishers in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.

This resource is funded by the Public Library Services Branch of the Government of Alberta. 

Accessible on devices including desktop, tablets, and eReaders. We recommend the Aldiko app for your devices. Find it on Apple, opens a new window or Google, opens a new window.