Category Archives: Red Deer and Area
Charges laid in overnight crashes in Pines last fall
Following a six-month investigation, charges have been laid in relation an incident last October in the Pines neighbourhood. It was just after midnight the morning of October 10 when RCMP say a white ...
Apr 11, 2018
School bus and pickup truck collide near Sylvan Lake
SYLVAN LAKE- A Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools bus was involved in a head-on crash with a pickup truck this morning east of Sylvan Lake. The collision occurred at about 7:30 a.m. on Highway 11A, ju...
Apr 11, 2018
Red Deer, Ponoka and Lacombe counties team up to recycle ag plastics
A trio of municipalities are now forging ahead with a new pilot program to recycle agricultural plastics. Red Deer County and Ponoka County council have agreed to participate in a program managed by L...
Apr 10, 2018
G.H. Dawe Community Centre pools close for annual maintenance
The Water Park at the G.H. Dawe Community Centre will close Tuesday, April 17 until Friday, May 4 for annual maintenance. The pool will reopen Saturday, May 5 for regular aquatic programming and drop-...
Apr 10, 2018
Red Deer officially rolls out green cart waste collection
City-wide green cart waste collection has arrived in Red Deer. Carts have been delivered to homes over the last several weeks in advance of this week’s launch, which comes following a two-year p...
Apr 10, 2018
Blood donations rise in honour of Humboldt Broncos
Clinics across the prairies have seen a spike in the number of blood donations since Friday's bus crash involving the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team. Shaun Richer with Canadian Blood Services in ...
Apr 10, 2018
First Red Deer Place evacuated due to smoke
The First Red Deer Place building, which houses ATB Financial on 49 Avenue in downtown Red Deer, has been evacuated due to smoke. Red Deer Emergency Services was called to the scene just after 10:30 t...
Apr 10, 2018
Boschman shares message of hope for Humboldt at mayor's prayer breakfast
The devastating tragedy involving the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey club was top of mind at this year's Central Alberta Mayor's Prayer Breakfast. A full house gathered at the Prairie Pavilion at West...
Apr 10, 2018
Attempted murder trial set for Oriole Park stabbing suspect
A man charged with attempted murder after a person was stabbed in Oriole Park last summer will go to trial a year from now. Just after 5 a.m. on August 6, 2017, Red Deer RCMP responded to a complaint ...
Apr 09, 2018
Sentencing next month in 2017 Red Deer homicide
A local man will be sentenced next month in relation to the death of a young Red Deer mother early last year. In January, Lyndon Olsen pleaded guilty to negligence causing death involving a firearm. H...
Apr 09, 2018