Category Archives: Red Deer and Area

Safety and security upgrades approved for Gary Moe Auto Group Sportsplex
Lacombe City Council approved funding this week to improve facility access, increase public security and worker safety at the Gary Moe Auto Group Sportsplex. The Sportsplex had been undergoing renovat...
Feb 14, 2018

ENDED: Freezing Rain Warning for Red Deer and Drayton Valley areas
The freezing rain warning that was in effect Red Deer and other areas of Central Alberta has ended.
Feb 13, 2018

Snow plowing starts Thursday in Deer Park, Rosedale and Timberlands
Snow Zone plowing on Grey Routes is scheduled to start this Thursday (Feb. 15) in Snow Zone F. Residents are reminded to sign up for Snow Zone Alerts on the City website so they know when parking rest...
Feb 13, 2018

Lacombe preparing for legal cannabis
The City of Lacombe is taking a proactive step to be ready for the legalization of cannabis. Once marijuana becomes legal starting Canada Day 2018, City administration says changes will be felt when i...
Feb 13, 2018

Devin Dreeshen seeks UCP nomination in Innisfail-Sylvan Lake
A second candidate is entering the race for the UCP nomination in the Innisfail-Sylvan Lake constituency. The Innisfail-born, fifth-generation farm owner and son of Red Deer – Mountain View MP E...
Feb 13, 2018

RDC grad presents program on immigrant women at Parliament Hill showcase
A Red Deer College graduate recently represented her school at a showcase event at Parliament Hill. Melissa Barritt was selected by Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan) to be part of the Student Inn...
Feb 13, 2018

Court Briefs: Feb. 13
A preliminary hearing for a Red Deer man arrested following a carfentanil bust in our city last year has been delayed. Kim Proctor, 38, was one of four people arrested after Red Deer RCMP and ALERT ra...
Feb 13, 2018

Gasoline Alley business owners unite to fight crime
Gasoline Alley businesses are banding together in an effort to rid themselves of the pestilence that is rural crime. Fifteen businesses on the west side of the QEII, from Turple Bros at the north end ...
Feb 12, 2018

Firefighter injured in blaze that destroyed two mobile homes in Penhold
UPDATE [Tuesday] Investigator say an open flame heater likely sparked a fire that completely destroyed two mobile homes Monday in Penhold. Penhold Fire Chief Jim Pendergast says the fire started in a ...
Feb 12, 2018

RDC confident degree-granting status is 'Imminent'
Red Deer College officials are confident they are on the verge of getting what they've fought for 25 years to get. At RDC's annual State of the College address on Monday, President and CEO Joel Ward u...
Feb 12, 2018