Category Archives: Red Deer and Area

Small tax rate increase planned for Blackfalds in 2019
Blackfalds residents can expect to see a small tax rate increase next year. With the town's population eclipsing 10,000 in the latest census, the sustained growth means The Town has taken a conservati...
Nov 13, 2018

Red Deer County council tables operating and capital budgets
Red Deer County council has tabled operating and capital budgets for next year and they propose slight increases to service levels with no anticipated tax rate increases. During their regular meeting ...
Nov 13, 2018
Trial to start this week in fatal Red Deer stabbing
Jury selection began today for a man due to stand trial in a fatal stabbing in north Red Deer three years ago. Daniel Boyd Sawyer, 34 is charged with second degree murder in the November 18, 2015 inci...
Nov 13, 2018

RDCRS celebrating International Education Week
Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools are celebrating their 51 students from across the globe enrolled in their international student services program during International Education Week November 12-16. ...
Nov 12, 2018

Canada 'discovered its identity' during First World War
By all accounts, WWI and WWII were hell for those on the frontlines, and there's certainly no denying the often horrific and long-lasting effects those conflicts had on the soldiers and their families...
Nov 10, 2018

Calkins says 'catch and release' doesn't work regarding rural crime
"We have to end the revolving door, the catch and release program doesn't work." Those words from Red Deer-Lacombe MP Blaine Calkins regarding growing concerns over rural crime in Alberta. Calkins was...
Nov 09, 2018

Suspects arrested in Blackfalds
Two suspects have been arrested and are currently in custody awaiting a bail hearing after being spotted by local Mounties. Late Thursday afternoon, members of the Central Alberta district integrated ...
Nov 09, 2018

ENDED: Freezing Rain Warning
The freezing rain warning issued for Red Deer and central Alberta Friday afternoon has ended.
Nov 09, 2018

"Lock it or Lose it" shows vehicle owners still aren't getting message
RED DEER- Only about one-third of vehicles checked during the latest “Lock it or Lose it” test passed the test, police say. On October 30, RCMP and Red Deer Citizens on Patrol (COP) volunt...
Nov 09, 2018

Store in Kenya named in honour of local humanitarians
The hard work and dedication of a Red Deer man and other central Albertans in helping to build schools and other much-needed facilities in Kenya, has resulted in a new store being named after Red Deer...
Nov 08, 2018