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Red Deer Catholic posts $2.7M surplus but warns of rising costs
Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools (RDCRS) says it has ended the 2024-25 fiscal year in a strong financial position, posting a $2.7-million surplus on its $120 million budget.Trustees approved the aud...
Dec 10, 2025
Crews respond to large trailer fire on QEII south of Red Deer Wednesday
Red Deer County Fire Department members responded to what they thought was going to be a small fire Wednesday morning.Crews were dispatched just prior to 8 a.m. to the northbound lanes of the QEII Hig...
Dec 10, 2025
Innisfail council approves 2026 budget with no increase to mill rate
Innisfail town council has approved an operating budget for next year with no increase to the community's mill rate at this time.The approval was made on Monday, Dec, 8, 2025, with council approving a...
Dec 10, 2025
Sunnybrook Farm Museum thrilled by city's ongoing financial support
Red Deer city council unanimously approved ongoing annual funding for the Sunnybrook Farm Museum during budget deliberations on Tuesday.The community staple had previously received $30,000 in funding ...
Dec 10, 2025
Sentencing date set in central Alberta homicide
A sentencing date has been set for a central Alberta man accused of second-degree murder in a fatal assault on the Louis Bull First Nation two years ago. Eroll Clay Rabbit, 60, a resident of Maskwacis...
Dec 10, 2025
Annual 'Spruce Up the Holidays' event at Pine Lake goes this Saturday
The Nature Conservancy of Canada is hosting its annual 'Spruce Up the Holidays' event this Saturday, Dec. 13.People from around central Alberta are invited to come harvest a Christmas tree for no cost...
Dec 10, 2025
Long-running Live Nativity pageant at Sunnybrook Farm returns
The long-standing live Nativity pageant, which has actually been going for more than 40 years, is back at Sunnybrook Farm in Red Deer this month.The free event will be held Dec. 18 and 19 at 7:00 p.m....
Dec 10, 2025
Red Deer Catholic approves new sites for full day, every day kindergarten
Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools has approved three new sites for full day, every day kindergarten starting in 2026-27.The approved "Hub Sites" for the upcoming school year are:Maryview School Fathe...
Dec 09, 2025
Pickleplex Social Club now open in Gasoline Alley
A new pickleball facility in Red Deer County's Gasoline Alley area is the first of the brand's ventures outside of Ontario.Pickleplex Social Club is now open, but is hosting a two-day grand opening th...
Dec 09, 2025
Three charged after gun and drug seizure in Red Deer
Two men and one woman have been arrested on numerous charges following a seizure of drugs and weapons in Red Deer on Dec. 5.RCMP say several units searched a home in the area of Devonshire, seizing a ...
Dec 09, 2025