Category Archives: Red Deer and Area

A Red Deer man has been found guilty of assaulting two Mounties in an incident that took place more than two years ago. Two RCMP officers were called to a disturbance at the Eckville Post office on th...

LACOMBE- The Main Street project has advanced into Stage 2, with workers expanding the construction zone west to 51 Street and south on 49C Avenue. Crews will replace the Stage 2 sanitary main in 50 A...

Central Alberta Pride Week will once again take place this August. From August 13 to 20, the public is invited to celebrate diversity with members of the LGBTQ+ community, their friends and allies. "C...

JULY 1 – Ponoka RCMP advise that James Rain has been located. They thank the public for their assistance.

Seven days of cycling from Canterbury, England to the vimy Ridge memorial in France has raised over $750,000 for Wounded Warriors Canada. Sharon Bath, a Red Deerian who took part in the event, said sh...

RCMP in Ponoka are searching for five suspects they say are responsible for restraining and robbing two others early Saturday morning. Police say around 2 a.m., they were dispatched to a home in the M...

A two vehicle crash Friday night near Bentley claimed the life of a woman from Edmonton. The crash happened at the intersection of highways 20 and 12 at about 5:45 p.m. when investigators say a southb...

A central Alberta man giving back to the community says doing so is something he's always dreamed about. Shawn Harnum, a member of the Blackfalds Optimist Club, runs the Optimist Club of Red Deer's Bi...

Grade five students from communities in and around Lacombe County were given a crash course in farm safety on Friday. The County held its second annual Farm Safety Day at its head office on Highway 12...

The Red Deer River watershed is infected with whirling disease, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has declared. “While not harmful to humans, whirling disease can severely affect juvenile trou...