Category Archives: Red Deer and Area
Heron at Medicine River Wildlife Centre gets fresh start for new year
An avian being living in central Alberta has been given a new lease on life from the folks at the Medicine River Wildlife Centre. It all started back in November when the MRWC received a report of a G...
Jan 12, 2019
2019 Operating Budget week 1: Big changes coming to transit, tax hike brought down
Week one of debate on the 2019 Operating Budget is now complete at Red Deer City Hall. In total, city council has found a way to decrease the proposed budget by just over $224,000, thus bringing the p...
Jan 11, 2019
Local oil & gas convoy rolls out from Red Deer to Sylvan Lake on Saturday
Red Deer’s Queens Businesses Park was the launching point of a convoy Saturday aimed at raising awareness about the need for increased pipeline capacity in Canada. The convoy saw somewhere north...
Jan 11, 2019
Driver examiners dispute with province over privatization leads to walkouts
Albertans looking to take a driving test may run into some delays over the coming weeks. Dozens of examiners with the Certified Driver Examiners Association (CDEA) have begun withdrawing their availab...
Jan 11, 2019
Don MacIntyre gets three years for sexual interference
Former Innisfail-Sylvan Lake MLA Don MacIntyre has pleaded guilty in Red Deer Court of Queen's Bench to a count of sexual interference and has been sentenced to three years in prison. MacIntyre, who i...
Jan 11, 2019
Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools receives $27,500 wellness grant
RED DEER- Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools has received a $27,500 grant from the Alberta Healthy School Community Wellness Fund through the University of Alberta that will go towards staff wellness ...
Jan 11, 2019
New trial needed in fatal Red Deer stabbing case
A new trial will be scheduled for a man charged in a fatal stabbing in north Red Deer over three years ago. This after Justice Bill Hopkins announced in Red Deer Court of Queen's Bench Thursday that h...
Jan 10, 2019
New roof for Hunting Hills top priority for Red Deer Public Schools
A new roof and modernization of Hunting Hills High School has now been identified as the number one capital priority for Red Deer Public Schools. During Wednesday's regular meeting, Board of Trustees ...
Jan 10, 2019
One more Central Zone resident dies of flu in last week
There have been another three deaths in Alberta, including one in central Alberta, over the past week from influenza. That brings the death toll in Central Zone to six this flu season, and 20 across t...
Jan 10, 2019
Trial set for man accused of defrauding investors of $10 million
A Red Deer man accused of using ponzi schemes to steal millions of dollars from investors will go to trial next year. Joshua James Tenhove faces charges of laundering the proceeds of crime, fraud over...
Jan 10, 2019