Category Archives: Red Deer
City of Lacombe approves 2020 residential and commercial utility rates
LACOMBE- At their regular meeting on Monday, Council approved the Utility Rate Bylaw, for the supply of water, wastewater and solid waste services to residents and commercial customers. The bylaw is e...
Jan 29, 2020
Authorities deal with ‘nuisance property’ in Eastview
Complaints from neighbouring residents led to a nuisance property in Red Deer's Eastview neighbourhood being dealt with by local authorities last week. On Wednesday, Jan. 22, Red Deer RCMP, The City o...
Jan 28, 2020
Ponoka RCMP lay drug trafficking charges
Four people are facing charges after RCMP seized what is believed to be a large amount of crystal methamphetamine, along with brass knuckles at a residence in Ponoka over the weekend.It happened short...
Jan 28, 2020
City of Red Deer assumes temporary financial management of Westerner Park
The City of Red Deer is assuming temporary financial oversight over Westerner Park, a move both sides say was prompted by financial challenges being faced by the organization. Officials say the move i...
Jan 28, 2020 Mike Olesen, CEO, Westerner Park, addresses members of the Westerner Park Board of Directors, as well as staff and councilors with the City of Red Deer at the Holiday Inn Chalet at Westerner Park Tuesday morning. (rdnewsNOW.com/Sheldon Spackman)
Guilty plea from woman charged in stabbing death at Sunchild First Nation
Sentencing will take place in March for a woman who admitted to the stabbing death of another woman on the Sunchild First Nation 13 months ago.Chelsey Lagrelle, 24, pleaded guilty to one count of mans...
Jan 27, 2020
No Landfill Disposal Facility in Sylvan Lake to be ready by year's end
A facility designed to divert waste from Sylvan Lake's landfill and convert it into fuel is expected to be up and running by the end of the year.Officials with the Town of Sylvan Lake say Fogdog Energ...
Jan 27, 2020 (Fogdog Energy)
Rebels-Hurricanes blood donor challenge coming down to the wire
The annual blood donation challenge between the Red Deer Rebels and Lethbridge Hurricanes is as close as it gets heading into its final week. After a significant boost in blood donations in Lethbridge...
Jan 27, 2020
Work continues on Joint Tourism Venture for Red Deer
Tourism Red Deer has begun a review of its current membership model, with the hopes of a new plan to be presented in 2020.Vicky Kurz, interim executive director at Tourism Red Deer, says the review lo...
Jan 26, 2020 (Bower Ponds Recreation)
Transport industry urging driver safety after fatal crashes involving semis
A spokesperson for Alberta's transportation industry is reminding all motorists to drive safely on the province's highways following two fatal collisions near Red Deer this week involving semi-trailer...
Jan 25, 2020 Dreamstime.com
Crews battle mobile home fire in Penhold
About $40,000 in damage resulted from a fire at a mobile home in Penhold on Friday. Firefighters responded to the residence in Penhold Estates at about 2 p.m. "Engine 1 arrived on scene to find heavy ...
Jan 25, 2020 (Photo: Jim Pendergast)