Category Archives: Red Deer and Area
Blackfalds Mounties arrest stolen vehicle suspect following lengthy pursuit
A 28-year-old man faces charges following a lengthy foot chase with Blackfalds RCMP on Friday. The series of events started around 2:20 a.m. when Mounties on patrol in Blackfalds came across a stolen ...
Oct 27, 2017
Callum’s Cause: providing compassion and connection in a time of loss
Parents experiencing the loss of a pregnancy often feel lost or helpless. Callum's Cause is looking to change that and aid in the grieving process. Tiara-Lynn Adams, founder of Callum's Cause, said af...
Sep 23, 2017
Red Deer RCMP respond to BB gun shooting downtown
Red Deer RCMP are on scene in the alley north of Ross Street, between 48 Avenue and 49 Avenue in response to an unfolding incident in which a man received non-life-threatening injuries from a small ca...
Sep 11, 2017
Consumer protection open house in Red Deer Thursday
Consumer protection will be the topic of discussion during an open house slated for Red Deer this week. It takes place at the Downtown Public Library on Thursday, September 14 from 4:30 - 7:30 p.m. Th...
Sep 11, 2017
City and County of Lacombe sign historic agreements
The City and County of Lacombe have signed a pair of historic joint agreements that aim to lead the way for the servicing and future development of lands at the western edge of Lacombe near the QE2 an...
Sep 11, 2017
Third vehicle and bike crash prompts reminder from RCMP
Red Deer RCMP have issued a reminder to drivers, cyclists and pedestrians after a third collision in five days involving a vehicle and a bike. On Thursday morning (Sept. 7), a teenage boy was sent to ...
Sep 11, 2017
Red Deer man pleads guilty to murdering two women near Lloydminster two years apart
A Red Deer man has pleaded guilty to the murders of two women in east central Alberta dating back to a decade ago. The body of Jeanette Chief, 48, was found in a river near Lloydminster in June 2007. ...
Sep 11, 2017
Two arrested following altercation in Highland Green
Charges are pending against a pair of men arrested over the weekend in north Red Deer. On Saturday evening, Mounties responded to a report of a man with a handgun on a residential street in the Highla...
Sep 11, 2017
Smile Cookies return in support of Reading College
Grab your loonies and run to Tim Horton’s — it’s Smile Cookie time again. In Red Deer, every cent from the sale of the cookies will go towards Red Deer Public Schools’ Reading ...
Sep 11, 2017
Trial next year for young man charged in fatal Canada Day crash
A young man charged in a crash east of Red Deer that killed two people will go to trial next year. It was late on the night of July 1, 2016 when a vehicle with five occupants crashed east of Red Deer ...
Sep 11, 2017