Category Archives: Red Deer
Man injured during RCMP officer-involved shooting west of Red Deer: ASIRT
The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT), the province's police watchdog, continues to investigate after an RCMP officer fired a shot that injured a man during an altercation last week west ...
Dec 17, 2019
Melcor expanding exciting new development corridor in northeast Red Deer
One of Red Deer's newest neighbourhoods promises to bring the concept of 'neighbours with nature' to life through an extensive network of open space.Localted in northeast Red Deer, Evergreen boasts do...
Dec 17, 2019 (Melcor Developments Ltd.)
Racism in Red Deer
Red Deer has a racism problem.Just ask newcomers who attend the Central Alberta Refugee Effort's (CARE) downtown office. A number of them recently spoke to rdnewsNOW about their experiences, including...
Dec 17, 2019 Here, on Little Gaetz Avenue outside the Central Alberta Refugee Effort office, is one spot where clients say they are constantly harassed. (Photo: rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)
Stettler restaurant robbed at gunpoint
Mounties in Stettler are investigating after a restaurant in the town was robbed by a man carrying what appeared to be a firearm. The incident happened on Dec. 12 at around 4:30 p.m.Police say a lone ...
Dec 16, 2019 (Stettler RCMP)
Man and woman charged for drug trafficking in Ponoka
An investigation police say spanned several months saw the Ponoka RCMP General Investigation Section, with assistance from Red Deer ALERT, lay drug trafficking charges against two adults.From October ...
Dec 16, 2019
Sylvan Lake adopts new tourism marketing strategy
The Town of Sylvan Lake has adopted a new three-year plan to help show they are indeed brilliant all year.On Dec. 9, council approved the 2019 Tourism Marketing Strategy to establish priorities for to...
Dec 16, 2019
Notre Dame students to support Kerry Wood Nature Centre through Grad Service Project
Red Deer's Kerry Wood Nature Centre has been chosen as this year's Grad Service Project at cole Secondaire Notre Dame High School.Each year, the graduating class at the school chooses a charity to sup...
Dec 16, 2019 (École Secondaire Notre Dame High School)
Declining assessment values likely to offset tax increase in Sylvan Lake
The Town of Sylvan Lake has released its proposed 2020-2022 Financial Plan for public review and feedback. The proposed budget has identified a 2.88 per cent residential tax rate increase for 2020. Ho...
Dec 16, 2019
Two charged in fatal Lacombe shooting
Two suspects have now been charged after a man died from a gunshot wound over the weekend in Lacombe. It was at about 2:10 a.m. on Sunday when Lacombe Police Service members responded to the Lacombe H...
Dec 15, 2019 (rdnewsNOW file photo)
Busy year for Nature Conservancy of Canada in the Red Deer region
Another productive year is in the books for the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC), which undertook several projects in the central Alberta region in 2019.Team members put a bow on the calendar in Red...
Dec 15, 2019 A western tiger salamander (threatened) spotted by NCC staff this year in central Alberta. (Nature Conservancy of Canada)