Category Archives: Red Deer and Area

City to discuss bike registry next year
City council is tabling the idea of a city-wide bike registry for the time being. Councillor Buck Buchanan presented the idea last month through a notice of motion. Buchanan is proposing The City laun...
Oct 02, 2018

Buchanan scraps proposed shopping cart ban
A ban on shopping carts is off the table after Red Deer city councillor Buck Buchanan rescinded his proposal Monday night. Two weeks ago, Buchanan filed a notice of motion which sought to address the ...
Oct 01, 2018

Temporary warming centre opens early due to cold weather
Red Deer's temporary daytime warming centre is opening a month early. Operated by Safe Harbour Society, the centre has been open from November through April each year since 2015. The request from Safe...
Oct 01, 2018

Woman charged after stolen vehicle crashes with police car
Red Deer RCMP arrested a woman late Thursday night after the stolen truck she was driving collided with a police vehicle during her efforts to flee. At 11:45 p.m. on September 27, Red Deer RCMP respon...
Oct 01, 2018

Northside community centre damaged by vandals
RCMP are asking anyone who may have seen or heard any suspicious activity in the area of Glendale School late Sunday night or early Monday morning to please come forward. Mounties received a call Mond...
Oct 01, 2018

Man charged for crashing stolen truck into transit bus in north Red Deer
A 34-year-old man has been charged after the stolen truck he was driving collided with several vehicles including a Red Deer Transit bus the afternoon of September 20. Mounties responded at about 5 p....
Oct 01, 2018

Temporary overdose prevention site opens in Red Deer
The doors have opened on Red Deer's newest tool to help save lives in the midst of the opioid crisis gripping the nation. Red Deer's first-ever temporary Overdose Prevention Site (OPS) opened at noon ...
Oct 01, 2018

Decision coming in November in impaired driving causing trial
A decision will be handed down on November 13 for a woman accused of impaired driving in a fatal collision last year. A two-day trial took place in September for Bobbi Crotty on one count of impaired ...
Oct 01, 2018

Preliminary hearing underway for Red Deer Mountie charged with sexual assault
A preliminary hearing is underway for a Red Deer RCMP officer charged with sexual assault and breach of trust. Jason Tress was charged in March 2017 after an investigation by the Alberta Serious Incid...
Oct 01, 2018

Mounties investigating knife complaint at mall
An investigation is underway following reports of a man and woman with a knife at Bower Place Sunday night. RCMP were called to the mall at around 7:15 p.m. They detained a man and woman upon their ar...
Oct 01, 2018