Category Archives: Red Deer and Area

Nothing says summer in Red Deer like Westerner Days, which officially begins Wednesday with the annual parade through downtown. The five-day fair and exposition has a lot in store this year for centra...

As work continues on the QE II/Gaetz Avenue Interchange, a temporary traffic pattern change will be in effect starting Wednesday, weather pending, and will be in place for the summer. Officials say so...

United Nurses of Alberta (UNA) says nothing has been done to address Emergency Room staffing shortages at Red Deer Regional Hospital nearly a month after the union filed a grievance with the province....

RED DEER- Jofremar Estoque was sure his wife, Lucille, was joking when she called to tell him their LOTTO MAX ticket won $100,000 on the June 1 EXTRA draw. “I thought she was pranking me,”...

PONOKA- Construction of the new civic building on the old hospital site at the north end of 50 Street in Ponoka is progressing on schedule, Town officials say. The building contractor is currently wor...

If the Alberta government wants to learn how to rein in its spending, it should give British Columbia a buzz. Colin Craig, Alberta Director for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF), said as much du...

Luckily, there were no serious injuries after a man in his 50s crashed his vehicle into a home in Anders Park over the noon hour on Monday. It was about 12:30 p.m. when it's believed a man driving a v...

Work is set to begin this month on replacing the Waskasoo Creek pedestrian bridge in Red Deer's Coronation Park. City officials say the project is scheduled to begin July 25 with an estimated completi...

LETHBRIDGE - A member of the Lethbridge Hurricanes who was seriously burned while hanging out at a backyard firepit is out of intensive care. Family of Red Deer native Ryan Vandervlis say he is fully ...

The City of Red Deer will begin a four-week long survey this week looking into how residents are using their recently acquired Green Carts. Green Cart pick-up began in April and since then, city offic...