Category Archives: Red Deer and Area
2A transit service offering free ridership for first month
Ridership will be free for the first month on 2A South Regional Transit. The daily bus service begins January 14, and connects the communities of Springbrook, Innisfail, and Penhold, to Red Deer Trans...
Jan 04, 2019
Red Deer still with highest rate of opioid-related deaths in Alberta
Red Deer continues to lead the province in opioid-related deaths, according to the latest numbers from Alberta Health. There were 31 fentanyl-related deaths in our city from Jan. 1 to Sept. 30, 2018, ...
Jan 03, 2019
CARE hosts seventh annual Learn to Skate program
Dozens of local newcomers to Canada are taking to the ice in Red Deer this week as part of the Central Alberta Refugee Effort's (CARE) Learn to Skate program. Now in its seventh year, the program is a...
Jan 03, 2019
Shot fired during break and enter at Burnt Lake gas station
Local Mounties are on the hunt for a pair of suspects wanted in an early morning break and enter where a firearm was discharged. It was at about 3 a.m. Thursday when Blackfalds and Red Deer Mounties r...
Jan 03, 2019
Kinsmen extend Dream Home Lottery ticket sales deadline
The deadline to purchase tickets for this year's Red Deer Kinsmen Dream Home Lottery has been extended. Lottery officials confirm the previous deadline of December 31, 2018, has now been extended to F...
Jan 03, 2019
Nominations needed for 2019 Women of Excellence Awards
More nominations are needed as the deadline approaches for this year's Women of Excellence Awards. Officials with the Red Deer and District Community Foundation (RDDCF) say the deadline to nominate so...
Jan 03, 2019
Rebels, Hurricanes kick off annual blood donation challenge
The Red Deer Rebels and the Lethbridge Hurricanes are once again competing to see who can bring in the most blood donations in the month of January. Former Humboldt Bronco Graysen Cameron, who survive...
Jan 03, 2019
Sylvan Lake formalizes new waste management solution
The Town of Sylvan Lake has taken another step towards having a No Landfill Disposal Facility in the community. Town officials say agreements have now been signed and formalized with Fogdog Energy Sol...
Jan 03, 2019
UPDATE [Located]: 24 y/o Nikita Rabbit
Jan. 9 – Nikita Rabbit has been located. Ponoka RCMP thanks the public for their assistance.
Jan 03, 2019
2018 a 'transitional year' for RDC
It was a 'transformational year' for Red Deer College in 2018. Jim Brinkhurst, Vice President of College Services says it began with the premier Rachel Notley announcing in March that RDC would be abl...
Jan 02, 2019