Category Archives: Red Deer and Area

Lacombe ties tax increases to inflation with new policy
Lacombe city council has added what it describes as 'consistent principles' to its budget development process by updating its Annual Budget and Taxation Preparation Policy this week. "The updated poli...
Sep 25, 2018

Lacombe adopts new Cannabis and Tobacco Consumption Bylaw
With the legalization of cannabis in Canada just three weeks away, Lacombe has passed a new bylaw to regulate and guide citizens on the use of cannabis and the appropriate locations in the community f...
Sep 25, 2018

Rocky-area man's death highlights need for cardiac services in Red Deer
Lillian Hay says her family will never know whether having a cardiac catheterization lab in Red Deer would've saved her husband's life, but wishes they could've found out. It was a snowy night in Marc...
Sep 25, 2018

Stantec hosts Feed the Need BBQ at City Hall Park
Those going through tough times in our community stand to benefit from the 6th Annual Feed the Need BBQ held in support of the Red Deer and District Food Bank at City Hall Park on Tuesday. The noon ho...
Sep 25, 2018

Chinook’s Edge administrators learn about reconciliation
Chinook's Edge School Division is engaging its school administrators in education for reconciliation. Carolynne Muncer, the Indigenous Education Coordinator for Chinook's Edge, launched the first of n...
Sep 25, 2018

Municipal leaders attending AUMA Convention in Red Deer
Municipal representatives from across the province are descending upon Red Deer for the 2018 AUMA Convention and AMSC Trade Show at Westerner Park. Pre-convention activities get underway Tuesday inclu...
Sep 24, 2018

Accused in Papa Baldy's Pizza crash pleads guilty
A man who crashed his truck into a popular Red Deer pizza joint earlier this year has pleaded guilty David Amstutz, 32, turned himself in to RCMP a day after the Feb. 1 incident in which a truck backe...
Sep 24, 2018

Community conversation to discuss Sylvan Lake skate park
Improving the skate park experience in Sylvan Lake is the goal behind an upcoming community conversation. The conversation is slated to take place at the Sylvan Lake Skate Park on October 2 from 4:00-...
Sep 24, 2018

Temporary closure of Gaetz Ave access from northbound QE2
Access to Gaetz Avenue in Red Deer from the northbound QE2 will be temporarily closed starting Tuesday night. Officials with Flatiron Constructors Canada Ltd. say the closure is anticipated to last ab...
Sep 24, 2018

Support for Bernier's People's Party simmering in central Alberta: Organizer
A local man says there is support in central Alberta for Maxime Bernier's new People's Party of Canada (PPC). Tyler Henderson was one of a dozen people who spoke with Bernier during a conference call ...
Sep 24, 2018