Category Archives: Red Deer and Area

Vehicle crashes into north Red Deer pub
Charges are pending after a man crashed his truck through the doorway of a hotel pub in north Red Deer. Shortly before 10 p.m. on Saturday, RCMP responded to a report that a truck had driven between t...
Sep 24, 2018

Penhold Fire deals with diesel leak
PENHOLD- Fire crews responded to a diesel leak on McDougall Close on Sunday shortly after 2 p.m. Two vehicles with slip tanks in the back were leaking fuel. It appears the diesel was being transferred...
Sep 24, 2018

Lacombe taking aim at unsightly properties
The City of Lacombe and Lacombe Police are setting their sights on unsightly premises this fall. The increased attention is in accordance with City bylaws and the 2018-2021 Strategic Plan. Cleaning-up...
Sep 23, 2018

Penhold Fire responds to blaze in basement of single family home
Penhold Fire crews had to put out a dangerous house fire on Friday afternoon. Crews responded around 3 p.m. to the blaze at the single family home on Bouteiller Close “We initiated an aggressive...
Sep 23, 2018

Flags of Remembrance fly for fifth year in Sylvan Lake
Remembrance: it's something we usually turn our focus to once a year for a single day. But for five years now the Flags of Remembrance ceremony put on by Veterans Voices of Canada has extended that da...
Sep 22, 2018

Ron Orr secures 2019 UCP nomination for Lacombe-Ponoka
Ron Orr has been chosen as the United Conservative Party’s nominee for next year’s provincial election in the constituency of Lacombe-Ponoka. Orr has served as MLA since 2015 when he was e...
Sep 21, 2018

MP Raitt brings personal story to Red Deer for World Alzheimer's Day
They say everyone knows someone with cancer, and the same is likely true of Alzheimer's or dementia. Friday is World Alzheimer's Day and to mark the occasion, local MPs Earl Dreeshen and Blaine Calkin...
Sep 21, 2018

Red Deer woman killed in collision near Coronation
A two-vehicle crash Thursday afternoon near Coronation claimed the life of a 59-year-old woman from Red Deer. Coronation RCMP responded to the collision on Highway 599 near Township Road 380 at around...
Sep 21, 2018

Get your shovels ready: 10-15 cm of snow is on the way
As the season officially changes to fall this weekend, a fresh dump of snow will mark the occasion Red Deer and Central Alberta. Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for much of region inc...
Sep 21, 2018

Movement calls for Red Deerians to 'stand up' for social and safety issues
Those behind a newly-launched website in Red Deer say residents are fed up over what's happening to our city. "We are done," proclaims standup-now.ca, which in just a couple days has had more than 800...
Sep 21, 2018