Category Archives: Red Deer and Area
City council handles pipelines, power lines and ambulances during mid-year budget review
Red Deer city council underwent its annual mid-year budget review on Tuesday, making only a handful of adjustments related to capital projects. After all was said and done, the 2017 Capital Budget was...
Aug 22, 2017
Road work to impact traffic on Gaetz Avenue over next two weeks
City of Red Deer officials say road repairs will impact traffic on parts of Gaetz Avenue periodically over the next two weeks. Construction southbound from 28 Street to 19 Street will start this week....
Aug 22, 2017
Infant falls from window in Penhold
A one-year-old child was taken to hospital this morning after falling through a window at a home in Penhold. The incident happened just after 8:30 a.m. when the young girl went through a ground floor ...
Aug 22, 2017
Investigation into car wash fire cause continues
The investigation continues into Friday's fire at a north Red Deer car wash that seriously injured three men. It was just before 4 p.m. when a barrel filled with a chemical used to shine tires went up...
Aug 22, 2017
City aims to protect Hazlett Lake with structure plan amendment
As The City of Red Deer moves closer to building new neighbourhoods in the north end, efforts are being made to ensure the preservation and long-term sustainability of Hazlett Lake. At their regular m...
Aug 22, 2017
Court Briefs, August 22
A Red Deer man has been banned from driving for one year for leading police on a chase through Red Deer in a stolen truck. The chase on April 17 of this year saw Mounties use two spike belts in their ...
Aug 22, 2017
Briefs: Council deliberates over specifics around cannabis legalization
Already crunched for time, Red Deer city council spent a considerable amount of it Monday night deciding how they would like cannabis legalization to look when it takes effect July 1, 2018. Municipali...
Aug 21, 2017
Work to be done after successful Central Alberta Pride Week: Organizers
Organizers say the fifth annual Central Alberta Pride Week, which wrapped up on Sunday, was a success. Serge Gingras, Chair with the Central Alberta Pride Society, says from the get go, more people ca...
Aug 21, 2017
Vancouver brothers visit Ronald McDonald House on cross-Canada fundraiser
A pair of Vancouverites driving across Canada to raise money for Ronald McDonald House Charities stopped in Red Deer on Monday. Alex Wong, 29 and his 26-year-old brother Mark said the cross-country tr...
Aug 21, 2017
Mounties cleared in fatal shooting after front-end loader rampage in Red Deer
EDMONTON – Alberta’s police watchdog says two RCMP officers were justified when they shot and killed a central Alberta man after he went on a rampage with a front-end loader. The unidentif...
Aug 21, 2017