Category Archives: Red Deer and Area
Traffic delays on 19 Street & Taylor Drive this week
RED DEER- Drivers can expect delays at the 19 Street and Taylor Drive intersection this week as work continues to complete the new intersection. Construction at the intersection began last fall to upg...
Jun 19, 2018
Unconfirmed grizzly bear sightings south of Red Deer
Officers with Alberta Fish and Wildlife are looking into reports of possible bear sightings south of Red Deer over the past week. Brendan Cox, Spokesperson for Alberta Fish and Wildlife Enforcement sa...
Jun 18, 2018
24 Red Deer Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron wraps up successful year
Dozens of local Air Cadets took part in their Annual Review Ceremony at Red Deer's cole Camille J. Lerouge School on Saturday . The year-end wrap-up for 24 Red Deer Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron f...
Jun 18, 2018
Heart and Stroke hosting first annual Big Bike Battle in Red Deer
Central Albertans are being encouraged to get their friends and co-workers together to help raise money for the Heart and Stroke Foundation during the First Annual Canadian Brewhouse Big Bike Battle. ...
Jun 18, 2018
Green Party names candidates for by-elections
The Green Party of Alberta has announced its candidate for an upcoming by-election in the constituency of Innisfail-Sylvan Lake. Marco Reid, the current party president, will carry the Green banner in...
Jun 18, 2018
Renovations to begin this fall at Lacombe Hospital
LACOMBE - Participants in the Lacombe Health Trust's 27th annual Lacombe Hospital Charity Golf Classic were given the first look at renovation plans for the emergency department at the Lacombe Hospita...
Jun 18, 2018
Windstorm's bright side on display at Gaetz Lakes Sanctuary
The windstorm of June 20, 2017 wasn't entirely a bad thing. Sure, it did knock out power to many parts of the city for several days, and it's costing the municipality millions of dollars to clean up, ...
Jun 17, 2018
Driver killed in rollover east of Innisfail
A 22-year-old person is dead following a rollover east of Innisfail. According to RCMP, the single vehicle crash happened at Highway 590 and Range Road 275. The vehicle was travelling eastbound when i...
Jun 17, 2018
Gritty homelessness documentary to be shown at the Mustard Seed
An experimental documentary film about homelessness will have a special showing and audience Q & A with the film maker at the Mustard Seed in Red Deer next week. 'Subtext "Real Stories"' is descri...
Jun 16, 2018
Ponoka Town Council votes to sell Kinsmen Community Centre to Cash Foods Ltd.
Ponoka Town Council has voted in favour of selling the Town-owned Kinsmen Community Centre. The vote was held during a special electronic meeting of Council on Friday morning and according to Mayor Ri...
Jun 16, 2018