Category Archives: Red Deer

Lacombe city council approved the 2026 property tax bylaw, marking a 1.3 per cent municipal property tax increase.They also eliminated the previously anticipated one per cent special paving tax for th...

Blackfalds town council has approved its 2026 tax rates.Second and third readings were given at the April 28 regular meeting of council, which approved a 2.20 per cent tax increase for residents.Resid...

Blackfalds town council has set out its new strategic plan for 2026-2030.The plan was finalized after collaboration with town administration and an organization called CivicExcellence.Through workshop...

The tax rates for 2026 have been set in Lacombe County.For 2026, Lacombe County has: reduced the residential municipal tax rate by 3.35%, to offset ongoing market rate increases, increased the farmlan...

A Grade 5 student from the St. Martin de Porres School in Red Deer has been named a recipient of the 2026 Honouring Spirit: Indigenous Student Award.On Tuesday, the Alberta School Boards Association p...

Sylvan Lake town council unanimously approved the second and third readings of the 2026 tax rate bylaw. Council did not raise the tax rate this year; however, residents will still see their property t...

Lacombe Police Service (LPS) is investigating an early morning break & enter to the Lacombe Centre Mall on April 26.LPS says members responded around 3:15 a.m. following a report of suspicious act...

The four nations of Maskwacis, as well as RCMP and Alberta Crime Stoppers, have teamed up for a rural sign campaign to help empower residents to take an active role in crime prevention.The campaign en...

Red Deer County council has finalized its 2026 Tax Rate Bylaw.As reported earlier this month, the increase will be 15 per cent for farmland property owners, and zero per cent for residential and non-r...

The following decisions were made at today's city council meeting.CONSENT: Zoning Bylaw Amendment 3357E - 2026 - Capstone Amendments City Council gave first reading to rezone lands within Capstone to ...