Category Archives: Red Deer
Prelim booked for accused vehicle arsonist
A Red Deer man accused of setting two vehicles on fire in Red Deer in July will face a preliminary hearing next year. Lyle Tuck, 43, is charged with two counts arson. He has pleaded not guilty and a p...
Sep 04, 2019 (Photo: Glenn Rhodes)
Fingers crossed for continued provincial funding for Red Deer’s warming centre
Red Deer's warming centre, which recently operated for the first time through the summer months, may soon have to shut its doors.As of September 30, provincial funding, which Safe Harbour Society uses...
Sep 04, 2019 Kath Hoffman, Executive Director at Safe Harbour Society. (rdnewsNOW file photo)
Salaries frozen for exempt city staff
There will be no salary increase this year for the approximately 157 exempt employees working for The City of Red Deer. City Council voted unanimously at their meeting on Tuesday that there would be n...
Sep 03, 2019
Red Deer passes fireworks bylaw
City council has given second and third readings to a bylaw regulating the sale, possession and use of fireworks in Red Deer. Effective immediately, a fireworks permit is required for the use of all f...
Sep 03, 2019
Mounties investigating 'targeted' shooting downtown
City Mounties are investigating what they believe was a targeted shooting in downtown Red Deer on Tuesday. RCMP responded to an area near 53 Avenue where the incident took place shortly before noon. "...
Sep 03, 2019
Downtown policing, Setters Place user fees to be discussed at Mid-Year Budget Review
Red Deer city council will look at whether to increase the downtown police presence even further when they sit down for the Mid-Year Budget Review on Wednesday. The proposal on the table is to add a s...
Sep 03, 2019
ATV collides with police car in Red Deer
The investigation continues after an ATV rider suffered life-threatening injuries after colliding with an RCMP vehicle in Red Deer. It was late Monday night when police say they followed up on reports...
Sep 03, 2019
Head-on crash with police vehicle results in serious, life-threatening injuries for ATV driver
A head-on collision between an ATV and police vehicle in Red Deer Tuesday morning has resulted in serious, life-threatening injuries.In the late night hours of Sept. 2, RCMP say members observed an AT...
Sep 03, 2019
Beauclair sentenced to three years for fatal 2016 Canada Day crash that claimed two lives
A young Red Deer man convicted in a crash that killed two teens on Canada Day 2016 has been sentenced to three years behind bars. Dylan James Beauclair, 21, was also handed a 10-year driving ban and o...
Sep 03, 2019 Peter Smith (right), leaves Red Deer Court with girlfriend Maureen Jacobs and daughter Madison Jacobs on Tuesday, following the sentencing of Dylan Beauclair who was convicted in a crash that killed Smith's 16-year-old daughter Ashleigh and 18-year old John Dolliver on July 1, 2016.
Blackfalds RCMP lay theft and weapons charges
BLACKFALDS- Two men face theft and weapons charges following an incident over the long weekend east of Blackfalds.On September 1, at approximately 4:30 p.m., Blackfalds RCMP received a complaint of a ...
Sep 03, 2019