Category Archives: Red Deer

UPDATE: Sylvan Lake RCMP investigating fatal crash
UPDATE: April 29, 2025, 11:40 a.m. Two people have passed away following a crash west of Sylvan Lake Monday. On April 28, 2025, at 2:13 p.m. Sylvan Lake RCMP responded to a multi vehicle collision on ...
Apr 28, 2025

Red Deer County crews attended fire at hotel in Gasoline Alley, firefighter injured after walkway collapse
Red Deer County Protective Services responded to a fire at the Howard Johnson by Wyndham hotel in Gasoline Alley after reports of a blaze in a room.Crews arrived at 11:30 a.m. with one room fully in f...
Apr 28, 2025

Red Deer honours victims of workplace tragedy at National Day of Mourning ceremony
Jolene Gust can still remember the day her father passed away, like it was yesterday. It was the morning of May 14, 1991 when her father Ken Wiebe, just days before celebrating his 38 birthday, lost h...
Apr 28, 2025

Appeal against ruling on temporary Red Deer OPS injunction dismissed
Three judges with the Alberta Court of Appeal have upheld another judge's March 2025 decision against a temporary injunction application to keep the doors open at Red Deer's overdose prevention site (...
Apr 28, 2025

Located: Jason Moore, 46, of Red Deer
Red Deer RCMP say 46-year-old Jason Moore, reported missing April 28, has been located and is safe. They thank the public and media for their assistance.
Apr 28, 2025 (Supplied)

Central Alberta students take part in APEGA Science Olympics
Local students were put to the test to complete a series of mystery challenges at the APEGA Red Deer Branch Science Olympics.On Saturday, over 75 students from seven different central Alberta schools ...
Apr 26, 2025

Fire advisory in effect for Lacombe County
Effective April 25, a fire advisory is in place for all of Lacombe County due to warm temperatures, windy conditions and a lack of anticipated precipitation. For now, the county says it will continue ...
Apr 25, 2025

Ponoka town council approves 2025 budget
Ponoka town council has approved the 2025 Town of Ponoka budget for a total of $35.78 million.This includes an operating budget of $23.6 million and a capital budget of $12.18 million."Council and Adm...
Apr 25, 2025

Former rodeo athlete gets nearly four-year jail sentence for Red Deer assault
Cody Robert Lane, a now 29-year-old man who'd supposedly become well-known on the rodeo circuit in Alberta and Saskatchewan, has been given a 45-month jail sentence for sexual assault.Lane, born in Ma...
Apr 25, 2025

Petition calling on City of Red Deer to address alleged understaffing within RDES, catches fire
A petition calling on the City of Red Deer to address alleged understaffing in Red Deer Emergency Services has gained traction.Since posting it on April 18 on Change.org, it's accumulated 1,078 signat...
Apr 25, 2025