Category Archives: Red Deer

Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Environment Canada meteorologists are tracking a severe thunderstorm capable of producing very strong wind gusts, up to toonie size hail and heavy rain. This thunderstorm began near Rocky Mountain Hou...
Jun 13, 2019

Eckville man facing child porn charges still seeking lawyer
An Eckville man facing dozens of child porn-related charges is still working to find a lawyer. The 35-year-old man made a brief court appearance in Red Deer through CCTV (Closed Circuit Television) fr...
Jun 13, 2019

Canadian Taxpayers Federation bringing cross-country pipeline tour to Red Deer
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation's cross-country tour showing how much money taxpayers are losing because Canadian oil is sold for less than its full value due to a lack of pipeline capacity is comin...
Jun 13, 2019 (Photo: Lethbridge News Now)

Fighting cancer through Relay for Life
Central Albertans will be coming together to celebrate survivors and honour those lost to cancer in the Annual Canadian Cancer Society Relay for Life this Saturday.The event takes place at the CrossRo...
Jun 12, 2019

Red Deer RCMP nab extreme speeder
High-speed drivers continue to be on the radar for Red Deer RCMP.On June 8, in response to community complaints, Mounties caught a driver travelling 112 km/h in a 60 km/h zone around 9:30 p.m. while c...
Jun 12, 2019

Employee assaulted in gas station robbery
A Red Deer man has been arrested for robbery following the assault of a gas station employee in Riverside Meadows Tuesday night.It happened around 10:40 p.m. when RCMP responded to the Fas Gas at 5926...
Jun 12, 2019

Red Deer missing out on gas price wars in Calgary, Edmonton
You may have noticed by now that gas prices in Red Deer are around 15 cents per litre higher than in Alberta's two biggest cities.Price wars are being identified as the reason Edmonton and Calgary mot...
Jun 12, 2019

Local school boards lobbying for mental health funding
Trustees for Red Deer Public Schools and Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools are teaming up to press the province for more funding for mental health initiatives.They will be doing so by sending a lette...
Jun 12, 2019

Update: Third arrest made in Eastview Middle School incident
Following an investigation into a threat Tuesday at Eastview Middle School, Red Deer RCMP have now laid charges against three youth. On June 11, two of three suspects were apprehended by the RCMP and ...
Jun 12, 2019

RDC President Joel Ward receives National Distinguished Service Award
RED DEER- The leadership of Red Deer College President and CEO, Joel Ward, has been recognized by his peers and colleagues as he received the College and Institutes Canada (CICan) Distinguished Servic...
Jun 12, 2019 From left to right: Stuart
Cullum, President & CEO, Olds College; Joel Ward, President & CEO, Red
Deer College; and Michel Tarko, President & CEO of the Justice Institute
of British Columbia and Chair of CICan’s Board of Directors