Category Archives: Red Deer

City Council recap - July 7, 2025
The following decisions were made at today's City Council meeting.CONSENT AGENDA: Westerner Exhibition Association: Council approved a request from the Westerner Exposition Association make changes to...
Jul 08, 2025

Red Deer to feature in Amazing Race season premiere
Contestants will visit Red Deer on the upcoming season 11 premiere of popular CTV program, The Amazing Race.Local businesses, including Canyon Ski Resort and Tourism Red Deer, shared the news on socia...
Jul 07, 2025
Empire Building demolition rescheduled for later this week
The City of Red Deer says demolition of the Empire Building (4909 48 Street) downtown has been rescheduled, but it won't be long.Originally scheduled to take place June 27-30, the demolition was postp...
Jul 07, 2025

20 general internal medicine specialists now practising at Red Deer Regional
Two more newly recruited doctors are now practising general internal medicine (GIM) in Red Deer, Alberta Health Services shared Wednesday.Their names are Dr. Mark Madabattula and Dr. Rebecca Small, an...
Jul 07, 2025

Caroline couple wins a hundred grand
A couple from central Alberta rarely play the lottery, but the pair decided to take a chance on a gas station stop recently.They purchased a LOTTO MAX and EXTRA ticket that bagged them a $100,000 EXTR...
Jul 07, 2025

Sylvan Lake RCMP attend double fatal crash
Two people are dead and two others in hospital following a two-vehicle crash north of Eckville on Saturday.On July 5, 2025, at 9:55 a.m., Sylvan Lake RCMP received a report of a serious motor vehicle ...
Jul 07, 2025

One deceased in helicopter crash west of Red Deer
A helicopter crash near Red Deer on Sunday afternoon has claimed the life of one person, according to Alberta RCMP. The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) first said Sunday that they were deploying a t...
Jul 06, 2025

Lacombe-based Beretta Farms expands facilities with $1.2 million provincial tax credit
The Alberta government has announced Beretta Farms, a Lacombe-based meat processing facility, as the latest business to qualify for the province's Agri-Processing Investment Tax Credit.The province sa...
Jul 06, 2025

Court case around Red Deer's closed overdose prevention site awaits new decision
We're once again in the waiting game as it relates to the court case involving Red Deer's former overdose prevention site (OPS).The case returned to Red Deer Court of King's Bench on June 26, before J...
Jul 05, 2025

Safe Harbour announces new executive director
Safe Harbour Society has announced a new executive director. Kelli Steele-Stanton takes over, effective July 15. In Red Deer, Safe Harbour provides addiction recovery-oriented and housing-focused serv...
Jul 04, 2025 (Supplied)