Category Archives: Red Deer
Stettler town council passes initiatives that encourage municipal building
Stettler town council has approved a pair of initiatives that encourage building and investment in the community. The first is a new policy that eliminates fees for municipal and wastewater service co...
Apr 20, 2026
Repeat liquor thieves charged after investigation by RCMP in central Alberta
Multiple central Alberta RCMP detachments have charged three people following an investigation into liquor theft.On April 2, at about 8:40 p.m., Ponoka RCMP officers responded to a thieft at a loca ll...
Apr 20, 2026
Lacombe Police arrest individual following incidents involving counterfeit money
The Lacombe Police Service has arrested an individual following incidents involving counterfeit currency last week.Police say on Saturday, April 18, police received a report at 2:14 p.m. that a woman ...
Apr 20, 2026 (Image Credit: Lacombe Police Service/Facebook)
Charges laid in relation to April 2025 crash that killed two Rocky Mountain House women
A B.C. man has been charged in connection to a motor vehicle collision that took place in central Alberta, in April 2025.RCMP reported on the crash shortly after it occurred.They said at the time that...
Apr 20, 2026
24-year-old Rimbey resident charged in fatal collision from July 2025
Sylvan Lake RCMP have charged a resident of Rimbey following a fatal collision that claimed two lives last year.Aaron Alvin Barr, 24, was arrested and charged on March 20 with two counts of dangerous ...
Apr 20, 2026 (Image Credit: rdnewsNOW file photo)
Modernized Innisfail Aquatic Centre reopens after nine months
The Innisfail Aquatic Centre has officially reopened.The start of the modernization project began in July last year and was closed for nine months before reopening today.Innisfail Mayor Jean Barclay s...
Apr 20, 2026 (Image Credit: rdnewsNOW/Ian Gustafson)
Blackfalds RCMP seek armed robbery suspect
Blackfalds RCMP are seeking the suspect in an alleged armed robbery that took place the morning of April 18.Mounties say they received a report of an armed robbery at the Blackfalds Motor Inn (5201 Hi...
Apr 20, 2026
Red Deer RCMP respond to downtown stabbing Friday night
Two youths, one male and one female, are facing charges following a stabbing in the downtown core Friday evening. Red Deer RCMP officers responded at about 9:05 on April 17 to an area near 49 Avenue (...
Apr 18, 2026 (Image Credit: Alberta RCMP)
Hazlett Lake, west of QEII 'Centrepoint' developments, could progress in not-too-distant future
Long-awaited progress on two major projects could soon be happening in Red Deer's north.Gears are currently in motion on work in the Hazlett Lake residential area, which is north of Hwy 11A and east o...
Apr 18, 2026 A field looking south toward Hwy 11A, from the future viewpoint of homes. (Image Credit: Stantec/City of Red Deer)
Central Alberta First, RDP launch new Artificial Intelligence workshop series
Central Alberta First and Red Deer Polytechnic announced they're launching a new Artificial Intelligence workshop series.It was created in collaboration with the Regional Business Support Network to h...
Apr 17, 2026 (Image Credit: ID 303143856 © Tero Vesalainen | Dreamstime.com)