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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
Local man sentenced in alleged auto theft ring
One of three people charged in relation to a series of auto thefts in central Alberta last year has been sentenced to 18 months in jail. Quinn Richard Olson, 49, of Lacombe/Red Deer, was sentenced on ...
Dec 09, 2025
'The doors are opening': Sask. First Nation chief sees hopeful shift in Ottawa
Having witnessed sacred belongings return to their homelands and taken part in national conversations in Ottawa, a Saskatchewan First Nation chief says he senses the federal government opening its doo...
Dec 09, 2025
Police say A-I-generated pornography involving children growing rapidly
Police in Alberta say illegal and explicit A-I-generated pornography involving children is growing rapidly.But Staff Sergeant Mark Auger (OH'-zhay)says as disturbing as that is, there are things paren...
Dec 09, 2025