Category Archives: Red Deer
Get your Westerner Days Rotary Sunrise 50/50 tickets
If you're taking in the sights and sounds of Westerner Days this week, make sure to stop by the Rotary Club of Red Deer Sunrise booth and get your 50/50 ticket. As recently as two years ago, the jackp...
Jul 15, 2025

Sylvan Lake man sentenced in break and enter and arson incident
A Sylvan Lake man charged in a residential break-in and arson fire in Kneehill County nearly two years ago, has been sentenced to four-and-a-half years in jail. Joseph Vincent, 31, was sentenced in Dr...
Jul 15, 2025

Alberta Next Panel town hall set for Tuesday night in Red Deer
Red Deer is the site of the first of 10 in-person town hall meetings for the Alberta Next Panel over the next few months.On July 15 starting at 6 p.m., at the sold-out event at the Marquis Room in the...
Jul 15, 2025

Air monitoring project held in Mountain View County
The Parkland Airshed Management Zone (PAMZ) has completed an air monitoring project in the Eagle Hill and Eagle Valley areas of Mountain View County -- about 45 kilometres southeast of Caroline.This m...
Jul 14, 2025

Two youth arrested in alleged bus bench arson in Red Deer
Red Deer RCMP have arrested two youth in connection to an incident where a bus bench was lit on fire.Police say on July 12 at 10:08 p.m. they received a report that a bus bench was deliberately set on...
Jul 14, 2025

Sylvan Lake property taxes due on July 31
The Town of Sylvan Lake is reminding the public that property taxes are due at the end of the month.The deadline to pay your 2025 property taxes without penalty is set for July 31 and residents can do...
Jul 14, 2025

Lacombe Police Service offers online option for police and vulnerable sector checks
The Lacombe Police Service has introduced a way for citizens to apply for police information checks and vulnerable sector checks online.Through the Forest Green system, citizens of Lacombe will have a...
Jul 12, 2025

'It's a concern': City Emergency Services respond to nine bench fires since May 1
A series of bench fires near bus stops since the beginning of May have raised alarm bells with the City of Red Deer.A list submitted to Red Deer RCMP from city staff, acquired by rdnewsNOW, has reveal...
Jul 12, 2025

Podcast: 25 years later, reflections on the devastating Pine Lake tornado
July 14, 2000 will always be remembered as one of the darkest days in the history of central Alberta.It may even be a bit surreal to realize that this Monday is the Pine Lake tornado's 25th anniversar...
Jul 11, 2025

Province wants to double width of QEII Hwy at Red Deer, but would encroach upon sensitive wetlands
A project to increase vehicle capacity on the QEII Highway as it passes Red Deer would encroach upon the city's Maskepetoon Park and Heritage Ranch areas, according to government documents. A public i...
Jul 11, 2025