Category Archives: Red Deer
Update: Red Deer County lifts fire restriction order
Update: Red Deer County lifted the fire restriction order as of 10 a.m. on June 1, 2026. -- Red Deer County has issued a fire restriction order. A fire restriction order was officially put in place at...
Apr 30, 2026 (Image Credit: rdnewsNOW file photo)
Red Deer man sentenced to two-and-a-half years in local robbery
A two-and-a-half year jail term has been given to a Red Deer man charged in a local robbery two years ago. Aurie Hayley Peigan, 32, was sentenced in Red Deer Court of Justice on April 29, 2026, after ...
Apr 30, 2026 (Image Credit: rdnewsNOW)
Lacombe city council approves 2026 tax rates
Lacombe city council approved the 2026 property tax bylaw, marking a 1.3 per cent municipal property tax increase.They also eliminated the previously anticipated one per cent special paving tax for th...
Apr 29, 2026 (Image Credit: rdnewsNOW file photo)
Blackfalds approves tax rates for 2026
Blackfalds town council has approved its 2026 tax rates.Second and third readings were given at the April 28 regular meeting of council, which approved a 2.20 per cent tax increase for residents.Resid...
Apr 29, 2026 (Image Credit: ID 112833767 © Tero Vesalainen | Dreamstime.com)
Blackfalds council sets 2026-2030 strategic plan
Blackfalds town council has set out its new strategic plan for 2026-2030.The plan was finalized after collaboration with town administration and an organization called CivicExcellence.Through workshop...
Apr 29, 2026 (Image Credit: Supplied)
Lacombe County council approves 2026 tax rates
The tax rates for 2026 have been set in Lacombe County.For 2026, Lacombe County has: reduced the residential municipal tax rate by 3.35%, to offset ongoing market rate increases, increased the farmlan...
Apr 29, 2026
Grade 5 student in Red Deer honoured with prestigious provincial award
A Grade 5 student from the St. Martin de Porres School in Red Deer has been named a recipient of the 2026 Honouring Spirit: Indigenous Student Award.On Tuesday, the Alberta School Boards Association p...
Apr 29, 2026 (Image Credit: Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools/Supplied)
Sylvan Lake town council finalizes 2026 tax rate bylaw
Sylvan Lake town council unanimously approved the second and third readings of the 2026 tax rate bylaw. Council did not raise the tax rate this year; however, residents will still see their property t...
Apr 29, 2026 (Image Credit: rdnewsNOW file photo)
Lacombe Police seeking suspects in Lacombe Centre Mall B&E
Lacombe Police Service (LPS) is investigating an early morning break & enter to the Lacombe Centre Mall on April 26.LPS says members responded around 3:15 a.m. following a report of suspicious act...
Apr 29, 2026
Collaborative Crime Stoppers campaign launches in Maskwacis
The four nations of Maskwacis, as well as RCMP and Alberta Crime Stoppers, have teamed up for a rural sign campaign to help empower residents to take an active role in crime prevention.The campaign en...
Apr 29, 2026