Category Archives: Red Deer
Westerner Park urges city council to advocate for more funding
Westerner Park is asking Red Deer city council to advocate for them to the provincial government for more operating dollars and sustainable capital funding. In their 2024-25 financial report presented...
Aug 06, 2025
Jamie Hoover seeking re-election as mayor in Blackfalds, and school board seat
Blackfalds Mayor Jamie Hoover is doubling down in the upcoming municipal election, set for Oct. 20. Hoover announced in a release this week he will seek re-election, and also a seat as school board tr...
Aug 06, 2025
Westerner Rally for Cars & Kids goes Sept. 13
The inaugural Westerner Rally for Cars & Kids is quickly approaching, and central Albertans have multiple ways they can get involved. The fundraiser is a two-part event on Sept. 13, first with a f...
Aug 06, 2025
Lacombe Police seeking driver who fled traffic stop using floodlight
Lacombe Police Service (LPS) is seeking assistance to identify the driver in an alleged dangerous driving incident over the long weekend. At approximately 2:30 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 4, a Lacombe Police...
Aug 05, 2025
Red Deer to host 'pop-up' Royal Tyrrell exhibit for 40th anniversary
Alberta's premier dinosaur museum and palaeontology lab is celebrating a major milestone in 2025, and a series of special events will take place across the province.The Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeon...
Aug 05, 2025
One dead following serious collision near Rimbey Friday
Rimbey RCMP say one person has died following a serious collision they were called to on Friday. On Aug. 1, 2025, at 4:30 p.m. Rimbey RCMP received a report of a two-vehicle collision at the intersect...
Aug 03, 2025
Clearwater County tables second reading of contentious Land Use Bylaw (LUB) rewrite
Clearwater County has tabled second reading of its Land Use Bylaw rewrite after receiving an earful from residents during a July 24 public hearing in Caroline. Dozens of residents showed up to the hea...
Aug 03, 2025 Clearwater County council heard from concerned residents at a July 24, 2025 public hearing regarding proposed Land Use Bylaw (LUB) rewrite. (Clearwater County/YouTube)
Podcast: Gone, gone, gone -- Chilliwack's Bill Henderson reflects on saying 'Farewell' as tour hits central Alberta
Listen to the extended version of our conversation with Bill Henderson, featuring several fun stories not in the story below, on the Aug. 3, 2025 episode of The Everything Red Deer Podcast!Sadly, it w...
Aug 03, 2025
"Violence": Nordegg residents sound alarm about rising crime
A group of concerned citizens from Nordegg are raising the alarm about increasing crime in the hamlet. Eric Smith with the Nordegg Recreation area says vandalism at the site began in late April 2025, ...
Aug 02, 2025 Saying the RCMP can't handle it on its own, a concerned group of residents has brought the issue of rising crime in Nordegg to Clearwater County's attention. (rdnewsNOW/Jordan Rein)
UPDATE: Rimbey RCMP clear from scene of serious motor vehicle collision
UPDATE: Aug. 2, 2025, 6:35 a.m. Rimbey RCMP are clear from the collision at the intersection of Highway 20 and Highway 20a and normal traffic flow has resumed. --- RCMP are on scene of a serious motor...
Aug 01, 2025