Category Archives: Red Deer
City trims another $400,000 from this year's budget
A promise made is a promise kept after Red Deer's City Manager vowed last month that staff would find an additional $400,000 in savings following the conclusion of Operating Budget debate.The extra pi...
Feb 03, 2020
New electric utility rates take effect March 1
The average Red Deer household's electrical bill will increase by 87 cents per month starting March 1.City council approved the 2020 Electric Utility Bylaw at its meeting on Monday. Changes will be re...
Feb 03, 2020
Wolf Creek Public Schools postpones student exchange trip to China over coronavirus
Wolf Creek Public Schools has postponed its student exchange trip to China, scheduled for March 2020, due to the current coronavirus outbreak. Division officials say the decision Monday was made with ...
Feb 03, 2020
Lacombe County green lights servicing project west of QE2
An estimated $8 million project that will see water and wastewater services extended to properties on the west side of the QE2 has received approval from Lacombe County Council.County officials say ap...
Feb 03, 2020
Sylvan Lake man charged in $2.6 million fraud case still seeking lawyer
Legal delays continue for a Sylvan Lake man charged in an alleged $2.6 million fraud case reportedly involving a 'revolutionary fracking product.'Dane Michael Skinner, 55, appeared in Red Deer Court o...
Feb 03, 2020 Dane Skinner of Sylvan Lake stands accused in a $2.6 million fraud case involving a reported 'revolutionary fracking product.' (rdnewsNOW file photo)
Dates set for Rocky Mountain House murder trial
Trial dates have now been set for a man accused in the shooting death of a Rocky Mountain House woman and the attempted murder of her sister last summer.Marshall Lawrence Stone, 45, of Rocky Mountain ...
Feb 03, 2020 Ashley Smith-Ames of Rocky Mountain House, seen here with her five-year-old son Keegan, was the victim of what police describe as a domestic homicide on July 26, 2019. (Supplied)
Blackfalds toddler fighting long battle with leukemia
A Blackfalds family is set to spend up to another year at Calgary's Ronald McDonald House as their youngest daughter continues her health battle.Rowen Young, who turns three in April, was diagnosed wi...
Feb 03, 2020 Rowen Young (right) with father Jeff, mother Lysanne, and big sister Aismee during their stay in Calgary for treatments related to Rowen's leukemia and subsequent illness. (Supplied)
Needle exchange program coming to Bowden Institution
The union representing correctional officers at Bowden Institution is calling out the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) for its decision to implement a needle exchange program at the institution.Th...
Feb 03, 2020
Freeze the House Bonspiel raises thousands for Ronald McDonald House
More than 30 teams slid down the ice this weekend for the 9th edition of the Freeze the House Bonspiel in support of Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC).The event went down at the Pidherney Centre ...
Feb 02, 2020 The Ronald McDonald House Charities team was stylin' at this year's Freeze the House fundraiser in Red Deer on Jan 31. (MoonlightCanada.com)
Chinook's Edge documents student journeys in 'Vision 2020' series
In 2007, the Chinook's Edge School Division asked grade one students what their vision of 2020 would be. This year, those same students will be graduating and beginning their lives. Sandy Bexon is the...
Feb 02, 2020