Category Archives: Red Deer and Area
Red Deer Catholic in good spot despite challenging year
There were highs and lows throughout the 2016/17 school year, according to the board chair for Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools. Guy Pelletier says every year has its challenges, but that doesn̵...
Jun 28, 2017
UPDATE [LOCATED]: Joseph Buffalo, 34, of Ponoka
UPDATE [JULY 1] – Ponoka RCMP advise that Joseph Buffalo has been located. They thank the public for their assistance.
Jun 28, 2017
Celebrating Seniors' Month at Red Deer's annual Mayor’s Garden Party
With inclement weather conditions outside, the annual Mayor's Garden Party pressed on inside the Collicutt Centre on Wednesday. Honoured senior citizen Mary Fink spoke briefly about Mayor Tara Veer an...
Jun 28, 2017
Sylvan Lake updating Community Standards Bylaw
Updates to Sylvan Lake's Community Standards Bylaw were given first reading this week by town council. The changes, if given full approval, would set out new rules for live entertainment on unlicensed...
Jun 28, 2017
Woman injured in rollover west of Innisfail
A woman was airlifted to hospital in Calgary this morning following a rollover west of Innisfail. Cam Heke with STARS Air Ambulance says they were called just before 7 a.m. to the single vehicle crash...
Jun 28, 2017
John Dolliver Memorial Scholarship honours first winner after successful show and shine
The inaugural John Dolliver Memorial Scholarship has been awarded to a graduate of Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School. Lane Swanson received the scholarship in Dolliver's memory on June 20. He ...
Jun 28, 2017
MISSING: 55-year-old Gordon Denton of Blackfalds
BLACKFALDS- RCMP are asking to the public's assistance in locating a missing 55-year-old local man. Gordon Denton was last seen on June 25, in Vernon, British Columbia at the local RCMP detachment. Bl...
Jun 28, 2017
RCMP investigate semi crash west of Stettler
STETTLER- RCMP responded to a crash involving two of the big trucks at the intersection of Hwy 11 and Hwy 21 on Tuesday at approximately 12:30 p.m. One semi was travelling northbound on Hwy 21 with th...
Jun 28, 2017
Kenney urges unity at Red Deer town hall meeting
Jason Kenney urged unity during a town hall event in Red Deer Tuesday night. He told the 150 people in attendance at the Radisson hotel that the province is under attack by an ideology based on resent...
Jun 27, 2017
NDP leadership candidate Peter Julian brings campaign to Red Deer
Federal NDP leadership candidates continue to trickle through central Alberta. On Tuesday, New Westminster-Burnaby MP Peter Julian stopped in Red Deer. He is the third to do so after Niki Ashton and C...
Jun 27, 2017