Category Archives: Red Deer
Outstanding teaching in PE honours for local teacher
The athletic director at Red Deer's cole Camille J. Lerouge School has received a Commendation Award from the Health and Physical Council.The award is given to teachers have made outstanding contribut...
May 02, 2019 (Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools)
Westerner Days 2019 promises to be "Well Worth the Ride"
This year's edition of Westerner Days in Red Deer promises to be "Well Worth The Ride".That according to Nancy Paish, Business Development Manager for Westerner Park who identified the phrase as this ...
May 01, 2019
Red Deer RCMP catch extreme speeders
Red Deer RCMP say speeding will continue to be on their radar after catching two motorists recently driving more than 40 km/hr over the posted speed limit.On Apr. 26 at approximately 10:00 p.m., Mount...
May 01, 2019
Man sentenced to three years in Sundre arson fire
A three-year jail term has been given to a Sundre-area man convicted in a 2015 arson fire that saw a woman and the home she was in doused with gasoline before it was set ablaze.Derek Littlejohn, 46, w...
May 01, 2019
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