Category Archives: Red Deer and Area
Red Deer and District 4-H beef show is back for 2026
The Red Deer and District 4-H beef club will be holding its annual beef show and sale May 31 and June 1. Four 4-H clubs will take part -- Red Deer East, Bow-Inn, Red Deer West and Delburne -- with mem...
May 26, 2026 The Red Deer and District 4-H show and sale, May 31 and June 1. (Image credit: Chloe Bellerive)
Charges withdrawn for BC man charged in fatal crash that killed two Rocky Mountain House women
Charges have been withdrawn for a B.C. man charged in a fatal crash that claimed two lives in central Alberta last year. Richard Wayne Opsahl, 60, of Creston, B.C., had two counts of dangerous operati...
May 20, 2026
Man sentenced to eight years in central Alberta murder
A man charged in a central Alberta murder two years ago has been sentenced to eight years in jail. 26-year-old Chervaine Saddleback, a resident of Maskwacis, AB, was sentenced on May 1, 2026, after be...
May 19, 2026 (Image Credit: Dreamstime)
Trial dates scheduled for man charged in County of Wetaskiwin shootout and shelter-in-place
Trial dates have now been set for a man charged following an alleged shootout with police and subsequent shelter-in-place in the County of Wetaskiwin. Eric Dylan Dixon, 36, is scheduled for trial in W...
May 19, 2026
Alberta's Police Review Commission meets with Lacombe Police
Alberta's Police Review Commission (PRC) recently paid a visit to Lacombe Police Services (LPS) for the purposes of a tour and getting feedback on how to best move forward.The PRC is Alberta's new civ...
May 08, 2026 Jason van Rassel, Senior Manager of the Police Review Commission’s Community Connections team, on May 5 near the Flatiron Building Museum in Lacombe. (Image Credit: Supplied/PRC)
Seeding underway in Central Alberta
Seeding progress for all crops (major crops) throughout the Central Alberta region is 4 (4) per cent complete, compared to the 5-year average of 12 (12) per cent. That according to the first Alberta C...
May 08, 2026 Central Alberta farmers are now in the fields seeeding for this year's growing season. (Image Credit: Sheldon Spackman/rdnewsNOW)
Tents could be banned from lakefront as Sylvan Lake council passes first reading of bylaw
Sylvan Lake town council unanimously approved first reading of its parks bylaw this week.Most notably, if the second and third readings are passed on May 12, the use of tents will be banned along the ...
Apr 30, 2026 (Image Credit: rdnewsNOW file photo)
Red Deer man sentenced to two-and-a-half years in local robbery
A two-and-a-half year jail term has been given to a Red Deer man charged in a local robbery two years ago. Aurie Hayley Peigan, 32, was sentenced in Red Deer Court of Justice on April 29, 2026, after ...
Apr 30, 2026 (Image Credit: rdnewsNOW)
Charge withdrawn for Red Deer man charged in local homicide
One count of accessory to murder has been withdrawn against a man charged in a Red Deer homicide two years ago. Corey Duane Archer, 49, of Red Deer, had his charge withdrawn on Jan. 5, 2026. He was pr...
Apr 28, 2026 (Image Credit: rdnewsNOW)
Red Deer man sentenced on drug and weapons charges
A Red Deer man accused of fleeing a traffic stop and leaving behind a gun and evidence of drug trafficking has been sentenced to seven years in jail and a lifetime firearm prohibition. Corim Conway, 3...
Apr 21, 2026 (Image Credit: rdnewsNOW)