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Red Deer Symphony Orchestra tuning up for 2025-26 concert series debut
It's almost go time for the Red Deer Symphony Orchestra and its 2025-26 season.If you ask their music director, Claude Lapalme, the first show of the year, on Oct. 18, marks a fresh start."We are thri...
Oct 10, 2025
Red Deer Downtown Business Association seeking board directors
The Red Deer Downtown Business Association has space for three board directors.Those interested should be passionate about downtown Red Deer, interested in contributing to its future, and must be able...
Oct 10, 2025
New pulmonary function testing program launches for rural and remote areas in Alberta
Albertans in rural and remote areas, as well as those in Indigenous communities, now have access to a new service able to keep tabs on a person's lung health.The service is called Lung Health Check Pu...
Oct 10, 2025
Central Alberta harvest ahead of five-year average
Harvest for all crops combined in the Central Alberta region is at 96 per cent, above the 5-year average of 94 per cent. That's according to the latest Alberta Crop Report from Agriculture Financial S...
Oct 10, 2025
Direct Energy comes out to support Camp Alexo for 4th year
Camp Alexo is once again the recipient of a $10,000 donation from Direct Energy (DE).The donation was made late last month, with employees from DE also making a two-day trip to Camp Alexo near Nordegg...
Oct 10, 2025
Red Deer region's unemployment rate rises in September
The Red Deer economic region's unemployment rate came in at 7.0 per cent last month, up from 5.4 per cent in August but still down from 7.6 per cent in September 2024. That's according to the latest L...
Oct 10, 2025
Education professor calls parent tool kit during teachers strike "incoherent"
An education expert says online lessons the Alberta government has curated for students during a provincewide teachers' strike are -- quote -- ``incoherent.''Maren Aukerman, an education professor at ...
Oct 10, 2025
All candidates forum at Red Deer Resort and Casino Friday night
Another all-candidates municipal election forum is taking place in Red Deer Friday night. The event runs from 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. at the Red Deer Resort and Casino, with both mayoral and councilor can...
Oct 10, 2025
Jury trial scheduled for officer accused of breach of trust
A jury trial has been scheduled for a local Mountie accused of accessing images on a detained person's phone and transmitting them without consent. Cst. Matthew Villeneuve, 33, of the Red Deer RCMP de...
Oct 10, 2025
Pair arrested in Lacombe on drug, weapon charges
Two people, including a 34-year-old man from Calgary, and a 34-year-old woman from Athabasca, are facing numerous charges following an incident in Lacombe late last month.Lacombe Police says it was ab...
Oct 10, 2025