Category Archives: Red Deer and Area

Parkland Garden Centre hosting Garden Days celebrations
Central Albertans are invited to celebrate Garden Days at Parkland Garden Centre near Red Deer this weekend. The national 10-day celebration of gardens and gardening will see Parkland host a large num...
Jun 14, 2018

Accused murderer was psychotic: Psychiatrist
The psychiatrist who performed a psychiatric assessment on a Red Deer man charged in the stabbing death of a local woman says he should not be held criminally responsible. Dr. Yuri Metelitsa testified...
Jun 14, 2018

Lacombe City Council adopts three-year strategic plan
LACOMBE- At their regular meeting on June 11, Council reviewed and adopted the final draft of the City of Lacombe 2018-2021 Strategic Plan. “I am pleased to have been part of a team that put for...
Jun 14, 2018

UPDATE: Child's fire-play causes two-home fire in north Red Deer
Investigators say “child’s fire-play” was the probable cause of a fire that destroyed two homes in Red Deer's Johnstone Crossing neighbourhood. The blaze at the corner of Jack Cresce...
Jun 13, 2018

Red Deer photo radar locations: June 16 - 30
Red Deer RCMP has released the list of locations where drivers can expect to see photo radar for the next two weeks. School zones/playground zones: Oak Street, Jewell Street, 59 Avenue, Pamely Avenue,...
Jun 13, 2018

Court Briefs: June 13
Trial has been scheduled for a man accused of holding up an Innisfail pub at gunpoint. The robbery happened on the night of Oct. 5, 2017. Shots were fired and cash was stolen but no one was injured. S...
Jun 13, 2018

Grant funding to further enhance cross-country ski trails at River Bend
Red Deer's River Bend Golf and Recreation Area will see additional enhancements and upgrades to its cross-country ski trails and biathlon facilities. On Wednesday, the Government of Alberta announced ...
Jun 13, 2018

Man Van providing free cancer screenings Friday in Red Deer
The Man Van will be in Red Deer at London Drugs (2004 – 50 Avenue) this Friday between noon - 3 p.m. offering baseline PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen) blood tests to men over the age of 40 and B...
Jun 13, 2018

LaGrange enters UCP race in Red Deer - North
Adriana LaGrange is looking to move on to provincial politics. The vice vhair for the Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools Board of Trustees announced Tuesday she is seeking the United Conservative Part...
Jun 13, 2018

UPDATE: Two remand escapees arrested east of Innisfail, one still missing
Two more of the men who broke out of the Red Deer Remand Centre last night have been arrested. Tuesday afternoon, Innisfail RCMP responded to a call for assistance from the Blackfalds RCMP regarding a...
Jun 12, 2018