Red Deer

No property tax increase planned for Penhold next year

Officials with the Town of Penhold are hoping to hold the line on property taxes next year.On Monday, council approved the Town Operating budget for 2021 and once again, the Town will not be raising m...

Nov 27, 2020

Camp Alexo receives $50,000 boost from provincial grant

The Boys and Girls Club and Youth HQ in Red Deer are celebrating $50,000 in provincial funding support for facility costs at Camp Alexo. "The support from the Community Initiatives Program will enable...

Nov 27, 2020

Fire destroys garage in Anders

A detached garage went up in flames in Red Deer's Anders area Friday morning.Red Deer Emergency Services responded to a 911 call from home on Asmundsen Avenue at 8:17 a.m."The garage was fully involve...

Nov 27, 2020

Red Deer MLA rejects ‘socialist lockdown’ over COVID-19

The MLA for Red Deer-South says going into lockdown over surging COVID-19 cases in the province would be the wrong thing to do. Jason Stephan delivered a member statement in the Alberta Legislature de...

Nov 27, 2020

Blackfalds adjusts to new public health measures

In response to the provincial government's state of public health emergency, new mandatory measures will be implemented in the Town of Blackfalds starting Nov. 30.As per Bylaw 1253.20, the public is n...

Nov 26, 2020

Emergency doctors say city councillor wrong about them being 'muzzled' over COVID-19

A group of 21 physicians who make up the emergency room team at Red Deer Regional Hospital says it unanimously disagrees with comments made this week by City Councillor Buck Buchanan.During a meeting ...

Nov 26, 2020

Red Deer with 158 active COVID-19 cases

Alberta announced another 1,077 cases of COVID-19 on Thursday. That's out of 15,932 tests completed over the past 24 hours for a positivity rate of 6.8 per cent.There are now 14,052 active cases in th...

Nov 26, 2020

CAWES remains dedicated to women and children fleeing domestic violence, despite pandemic

Officials with Central Alberta Women's Emergency Shelter (CAWES) are sounding the alarm over an increase in severity of cases they are seeing and an increase in risk for their clients during the COVID...

Nov 26, 2020

Gasoline Alley Farmers' Market soft opening a success

The soft opening of the Gasoline Alley Farmers' Market last weekend is being dubbed a success.General manager Shauna Fisher says they are very happy with the response and support from the community."W...

Nov 26, 2020

RCMP Major Crimes investigating death at Sunnybrook home

The RCMP Major Crimes Unit is investigating a death at a home in the Sunnybrook neighbourhood. It was at about 5 p.m. on Wednesday when Red Deer RCMP attended a residence on Stewart Street. Police say...

Nov 26, 2020