Red Deer

MPC approves permit for new Normandeau apartment buildings

A proposal to build two new apartment buildings in Red Deer's Normandeau neighbourhood has taken another step forward.On Wednesday, the City's Municipal Planning Commission (MPC) approved a Developmen...

May 01, 2019 (Black Creek Developments)

Former teacher charged with child sex crimes due back in court May 15

The case for a former teacher at Westpark Middle School accused of more than two dozen child sex exploitation-related charges was spoken to briefly Wednesday morning in Red Deer provincial court. Norm...

May 01, 2019

Red Deer Emergency Services partners with Wounded Warriors Canada

Red Deer Emergency Services is partnering with Wounded Warriors Canada to bring new and broader mental health support services to Red Deer's first responders who provide emergency fire and paramedic s...

May 01, 2019 (Supplied: The City of Red Deer)

Testing recommended for customers of illegal tattoo shop

RED DEER - Alberta Health Services (AHS) is telling everyone who received services at an illegal home-based tattoo shop in north Red Deer to be tested for viruses that can be spread through unsanitary...

Apr 30, 2019 Examples of tattoos done last year by an illegal operation in north Red Deer. Pictures are from Facebook posts that have since been deleted. (Submitted)

Red Deer Public Schools hosts "Kindergarten Here I Come"

Local families with children entering Kindergarten this fall had a chance for a sneak peek on Tuesday of what to expect in September.Kindergarten Here I Come, hosted by Red Deer Public Schools, was he...

Apr 30, 2019

Former Lacombe Generals player charged in B.C. child snatching incident

KELOWNA - A man who allegedly grabbed a baby before stripping down and jumping into a B.C. lake over the weekend has been charged.Harold Giffen Clarkson Nyren, 30, is facing charges of assault and wil...

Apr 30, 2019

Recognizing Mental Health Week in Red Deer

It seems few people in Red Deer are aware of the mental health support services that are available locally. "Time after time again, this is proven in various surveys we do in the community," says Chri...

Apr 30, 2019

Tees-area couple fined $15,000 for animal neglect

A Tees-area couple found guilty of neglecting their livestock so poorly that some of them died has been fined $15,000.Garnet and Joann Schultz, who own a 30-acre plot of land near Tees, were sentenced...

Apr 30, 2019

LaGrange, Dreeshen, Nixon named provincial ministers

Three central Alberta MLAs have been named to Premier Jason Kenney's new provincial cabinet. Red Deer-North MLA Adriana LaGrange is the new Minister of Education.LaGrange served as a Trustee with Red ...

Apr 30, 2019

Red Deer property tax rates set for 2019

Red Deer city council has approved the 2019 Tax Bylaw that includes a 1.89% increase for residential and non-residential property types, and a 4.09% increase for multifamily property types. The tax ra...

Apr 30, 2019