Category Archives: Red Deer and Area

City Mounties seek laptop thief
Red Deer Mounties are asking for your help in identifying a man caught on camera stealing two laptops from a local store this month. It happened October 3 at a store in the city's south end where a ma...
Oct 16, 2018

Red Deer RCMP looking to identifying stabbing suspect
RCMP are hoping you can help them identify a man accused of stabbing another man in the hand at a Red Deer fast food restaurant October 4. Mounties say the victim confronted the suspect about suspicio...
Oct 16, 2018

Bicycle vs. vehicle collision sends man to hospital
A 22-year-old man was taken to hospital following a bicycle versus vehicle collision in Red Deer's Michener Hill neighbourhood Monday night. RCMP and EMS were called to the scene around 8:10 p.m. on 4...
Oct 16, 2018

Temporary Overdose Prevention Site sees positive results
There were no deaths or calls for EMS during the first two weeks of operations for Red Deer's new temporary Overdose Prevention Site (OPS). This according to Stacey Carmichael, executive director for ...
Oct 16, 2018

Local volunteers receive national honour
A trio of central Albertans are among 31 to receive a national honour for their volunteer work. Ralph Westwood and Sandra Young of Red Deer and Stephanie Miller of Innisfail were recognized with a Sov...
Oct 16, 2018

Residents to have size options for blue, black carts
Officials with The City of Red Deer say residents will be able to customize their Blue and Black Cart collection system to meet their household waste needs and influence their utility rates when the p...
Oct 16, 2018

Lacombe County bylaw bans smoking, vaping cannabis in public places
LACOMBE COUNTY- Following Lacombe County's Cannabis in Your Community public engagement campaign, County Council gave second and third readings of the updated Community Standards Bylaw during their Oc...
Oct 16, 2018

QE2 fully reopened after gravel truck rollover
RED DEER- RCMP, fire crews and emergency services were called to a gravel truck rollover on the QE2 just north of the 32 Street overpass around 12 a.m. The northbound lanes were blocked and traffic wa...
Oct 16, 2018

Rezoning for supervised consumption moves one step forward
Red Deer is one step closer to seeing permanent supervised consumption services open at a newly proposed location in the city's Railyards district. It was revealed last week that service provider Turn...
Oct 15, 2018

City of Red Deer to explore annexation
After putting it off for a year, The City of Red Deer will explore annexing more land from Red Deer County. City council made the decision at its meeting Monday night. Annexation is a tool that munici...
Oct 15, 2018