Category Archives: Red Deer and Area

City Mounties seek cell phone thief
Red Deer RCMP are looking for the public's assistance to help identify a person associated with an incident where eight cell phones were stolen from a retail store in south Red Deer in August 2018 usi...
Mar 11, 2019

Local doulas headed to Honduras in June
Eight doulas from central Alberta will be heading to Honduras for one week this June to bring maternity and postnatal care to birthing women in two hospitals in Tegucigalpa. Birthing care in Honduras ...
Mar 11, 2019

Care during transition focus of free AHS forum
While Alberta hospital patients are surviving critical illnesses at a higher rate, the provincial health authority says it is key to ensure those getting treatment are receiving optimal care throughou...
Mar 11, 2019

New entrance sign to be installed at Gasoline Alley West
Red Deer County council has approved a new entranceway sign for the north end of Gasoline Alley West. At their regular meeting last week, council gave the go-ahead to amend the 2019 budget to reflect ...
Mar 11, 2019

Special ballots available for Red Deer Catholic by-election
Area voters will soon have the chance to cast their ballot in a by-election for Red Deer Catholic Regional School Board trustee. The by-election will take place on Mar. 25 and fill a vacancy in the Re...
Mar 11, 2019

Red Deer snow zone plowing to continue this week
City crews are continuing their snow zone plowing efforts throughout Red Deer this week. Officials say the schedule for March 11 - 15 will have crews plowing green routes in Zone A on Mar. 11 and grey...
Mar 11, 2019

Community gets cold in support of Special Olympics
The second annual Polar Plunge in support of Special Olympics Alberta took place Saturday at Red Deer's Bower-Kin Community Centre. The event is run by the same folks behind the Alberta Law Enforcemen...
Mar 09, 2019

Women's March pushes for healing and positivity in Red Deer
The first ever Red Deer Women’s March took place Saturday morning with approximately 100 people — men and women — in attendance. The march, which was co-organized by Sadia Khan with ...
Mar 09, 2019

Dragonfly Centre succeeding despite limited funding
Since its opening last fall, Red Deer's Dragonfly Centre has seen over 200 children seeking help to cope with their traumatic experiences. Operated by The Outreach Centre, staff at the Dragonfly use t...
Mar 08, 2019

“Napalm Girl” to share life story in Lacombe
The most influential photos tend to have a powerful story attached to them. For Kim Phuc Phan Thi, known to the world as the "Napalm Girl" seen in a famous photograph running naked down a road with he...
Mar 08, 2019