Category Archives: Red Deer
City of Lacombe welcomes new family physician
A new family physician has been recruited to Lacombe and is available to take on patients in the area. Dr. Monir Ali is working out of Mainstreet Medical Services in Lacombe and provides hospitalist, ...
Jan 30, 2025
Red Deer encourages active living in February Fitness Challenge
The City of Red Deer invites residents to stay active and healthy this winter by joining the February Fitness Challenge, running from Feb. 1-28. The initiative encourages Red Deerians to build healthy...
Jan 29, 2025
Sylvan Lake opens nominations for Youth Spark Awards
The Town of Sylvan Lake is encouraging residents to nominate an outstanding youth that shows leadership and determination for the Youth Spark Award. The award gives the community an opportunity to rec...
Jan 29, 2025
Red Deer reports upcoming traffic disruptions
The City of Red Deer would like to inform residents of two upcoming traffic disruptions beginning Jan. 29. From 8:30 p.m. on Jan. 29 to 5 a.m. on Jan. 30, utility services will be working along 50 Ave...
Jan 29, 2025
Man sentenced in stolen vehicle seizure
It's six months in jail for a central Alberta man charged with several offences following the seizure of a stolen vehicle last summer. Isaiah Okeynan, 29, a resident of Maskwacis, was sentenced in Wet...
Jan 29, 2025
AUPE members rally for disability service support, ministry responds
More than two dozen Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) members showed up in downtown Red Deer on Jan. 28, to help raise awareness of staffing shortages amongst programs that serve disabled y...
Jan 28, 2025
Penhold Waskasoo Middle School unveils new nickname and logos
Students at the new Penhold Waskasoo Middle School, opening September 2025, will unite under the nickname 'Red Wings.'The school, and Chinook's Edge School Division, recently unveiled its slick new br...
Jan 28, 2025
Red Deer Public Schools launches 'Fire Academy'
A new 'Fire Academy' will soon launch at Red Deer Public Schools, sparking opportunity for students in grades 11 and 12.The academy will commence in the 2025-26 school year, in partnership with Red De...
Jan 28, 2025
Planned power outage in Ponoka on Jan. 29
A planned power outage is coming up in Ponoka.The town says it will occur on Wednesday, Jan. 29, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. along the following streets:On the west side of 51 Street between 61 Avenue a...
Jan 28, 2025
Pair from Maskwacis arrested in Wetaskiwin
A 25-year-old man and 31-year-old woman from Maskwacis have been charged in relation to an incident that took place this week in Wetaskiwin.It was on Jan. 27, RCMP say, when members observed a Dodge D...
Jan 28, 2025