Author Archives: Josh Hall

Safe Harbour looking to fill 200 Christmas gift bags for shelter users
Safe Harbour Society is asking for the public to help fill 200 gift bags for shelter users this holiday season.The bags get opened Christmas morning, says Kath Hoffman, executive director."In it are p...
Nov 26, 2022

Blackfalds residents get look at operating and capital budgets
Blackfalds town council has approved its capital budget and 10-year capital plan, and will soon debate the operating budget for 2023. The operating budget, when it comes around in a couple weeks, come...
Nov 26, 2022

Premier Smith lays out road ahead in live address
EDMONTON - Tuesday night, Premier Danielle Smith announced a batch of inflation-fighting relief aid for Albertans, particularly for families, seniors and the vulnerable. In a televised address, which ...
Nov 22, 2022

NDP's Notley and local candidates slam Premier Smith's health care remarks
Hours ahead of Premier Danielle Smith's televised address, NDP Leader Rachel Notley says, perhaps unsurprisingly, she doesn't trust her political adversary. The comments come amid a controversy around...
Nov 22, 2022

Rebels' wheaties intake not enough to beat Brandon
The Red Deer Rebels returned home to the Centrium on Saturday for the first time since Oct. 28. After wrapping up a 4-3-0-2 road trip Friday with a shootout loss in Lethbridge, Red Deer (16-3-0-2 comi...
Nov 19, 2022

Big things to come as Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery celebrates 50 years
Half a century of history. That's the legacy of the award-winning Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery (MAG), which started out in 1972 as the Red Deer & District Museum Society. On Tuesday night, museum...
Nov 16, 2022

Diwali event lights up Red Deer's Festival Hall
There was prayer, there was dance, plus plenty of delicious food and fun on Friday night in Red Deer, as the Hindu Cultural Society of Central Alberta (HCSCA) celebrated Diwali.Diwali was celebrated g...
Nov 12, 2022

Most Canadians turn clocks back one hour this weekend
The majority of Canadians will be able to get an extra hour of sleep this weekend, as clocks go back with the end of daylight time. Daylight time started at 2 a.m. March 13, and will end at 2 a.m. on ...
Nov 05, 2022

Red Deer Regional Hospital first in Canada to administer new stroke treatment
A new stroke treatment has been administered for the first time in Canada outside of trial, and it was done at Red Deer Regional Hospital. Tenecteplase (TNK), a clot-busting medication clinically appr...
Nov 04, 2022

G.H. Dawe Community Centre projected to open in late February
Renovations at the G.H. Dawe Community Centre will wind down very soon. City of Red Deer Safe & Healthy Communities Manager, Kristin Walsh, says the newly twinned ice rinks and everything else tha...
Nov 04, 2022