Category Archives: Red Deer and Area

Driver killed in Tuesday collision near Lacombe
Mounties have released details about a fatal crash Tuesday afternoon near Lacombe. According to the Ponoka RCMP Integrated Traffic Unit, police were dispatched at about 3:52 p.m. to the four-vehicle c...
Oct 04, 2018

Red Deer restaurant closed for Public Health Act breaches
A Red Deer restaurant is among four in central Alberta currently closed for breaches of Alberta's Public Health Act. According to Alberta Health Services, Phoenix Buffet at 11-6791 50 Avenue was given...
Oct 04, 2018

Salvation Army hosting Thanksgiving Dinner for city's less fortunate
The Salvation Army Red Deer is once again offering Thanksgiving Dinner to some of our city's less fortunate. Major Larry Bridger says the reason the Salvation Army started doing the thanksgiving dinne...
Oct 03, 2018

Preliminary hearing booked for 2017 Red Deer homicide
A man charged in a 2017 homicide in Red Deer will face a preliminary hearing next spring. Gabriel Agotic, 34, is charged with manslaughter for the July 17, 2017 death of Mathiang Chol. It was just aft...
Oct 03, 2018

'I Believe You' campaign launches in support of victims of sexual violence
A local campaign aimed at supporting victims of sexual assault launched from the campus of Red Deer College on Wednesday. Lead by a pair of RDC students, officials with the Central Alberta Sexual Assa...
Oct 03, 2018

Revolution Ride raises funds to battle Type 1 Diabetes
The 8th Annual JDRF Revolution Ride took over Bower Place on Wednesday. The event takes place every to year to raise funds for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, which is devoted to the preven...
Oct 03, 2018

Lacombe city councillor says Red Deer needs two more ambulances
A Lacombe city councillor is calling a 'code red' on ambulance service in central Alberta. Chris Ross says ambulance response times in Lacombe are on the rise with a shortage of ambulances in Red Deer...
Oct 03, 2018

New AHS report calls for cardiac catheterization in Red Deer
RED DEER - Alberta Health Services has released two reports today on the state of healthcare in Red Deer and central Alberta, including a highly-anticipated report calling for a cardiac catheterizatio...
Oct 03, 2018

More trials booked for woman accused of harbouring distressed dogs
A woman with a record of cruelty toward animals made her latest appearance in Red Deer provincial court on Tuesday. Karin Adams faces charges of mischief, criminal harassment, intimidation, driving wi...
Oct 03, 2018

School Bus Cancellations
RED DEER- Due to very poor road conditions Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools has canceled school bus service affecting Didsbury & Olds students attending Holy Trinity in Olds. The routes that are...
Oct 03, 2018