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City reminds residents to share spaces and stay safe and courteous on roads, trails and paths
With warm weather drawing more people outdoors, The City of Red Deer is reminding residents to be courteous and cautious when using shared spaces like roads, sidewalks, trails, and multi-use paths.Whe...
Jul 27, 2025
Central Alberta counties join forces to protect Medicine River Watershed
Central Alberta counties are joining together to advocate for the "stressed" Medicine River Watershed. The watershed, which intersects the counties of Clearwater, Lacombe, Ponoka and Red Deer is facin...
Jul 26, 2025 Participants at a Louis Riel Race Competition on the Medicine River near Gilby, AB. (Angie Schroderus/Rocky Canoe Club)
City of Red Deer's crime severity index score down 20%
Red Deer's crime severity index (CSI) value significantly dropped in 2024 but the city still remains one of the most dangerous in Canada, according to the index.According to Statistics Canada's 2024 r...
Jul 25, 2025
First Thursday Concert, August 7
The Friends of the Red Deer Public Library (Downtown Branch) are pleased to present Claire Hebeisen, violin, and Annie Kwok, piano, and the Fierbois Duo, oboe and piano in a concert in the Snell Audit...
Jul 25, 2025
Reading College sets all-time high with 77 graduates
Nearly 80 Grade 2 students graduated from Reading College at Red Deer Polytechnic on Friday morning.In front of their peers and family members, 77 students walked across the stage in the main gymnasiu...
Jul 25, 2025
Major crop conditions rated 93 per cent good to excellent in Central Alberta region
Major crop conditions throughout central Alberta increased to 93 per cent good to excellent, up from 87 per cent last week and well above the 5-year average of 54 per cent. That according to the lates...
Jul 25, 2025
Rotary Club of Red Deer Sunrise presents cheque to winner of Westerner Days 50/50
The Rotary Club of Red Deer Sunrise announced the winner of its Westerner Days 50/50 draw on Friday.Sylvan Lake resident Calisia Payne was the lucky winner after purchasing a ticket during Westerner D...
Jul 25, 2025
Town of Ponoka offering new fitness classes
The Town of Ponoka is offering new summer sampler fitness classes in the multi-purpose room at the Ponoka Aquaplex. Town officials say these classes are designed for all fitness levels, which include ...
Jul 25, 2025
Leslieville Antique Days returns August Long
Leslieville Antique Days, a longtime West Country favorite is back again this year on August long weekend. Held annually for decades at the Leslieville Antique Club grounds located east of the communi...
Jul 25, 2025 Attendees at Leslieville Antique Days (Photo by Sharlene Bjorge)
Brett Wold named head coach of RDP Queens hockey
The Red Deer Polytechnic Queens hockey team has hired a familiar face as their new head coach.Brett Wold, a former member of the RDP King's hockey team for two seasons from 2013-15, has taken over the...
Jul 25, 2025