Category Archives: Red Deer
Red Deer District Chamber announces 2024 Business of the Year Award winners
The Red Deer District Chamber announced and honoured six 2024 Business of the Year Award winners in a ceremony at the Red Deer Polytechnic Arts Centre on October 24. The winners are: Small Business of...
Oct 25, 2024
Go Blue Day raising awareness for Child Abuse Prevention Month
The Central Alberta Child Advocacy Centre (CACAC) made an effort to raise awareness for Child Abuse Prevention Month on Thursday.The organization welcomed members of the public from 2-6 p.m. Thursday ...
Oct 24, 2024
Convicted fraudster's mistrial application quashed, sentencing to resume in December
A Sylvan Lake man convicted earlier this year of defrauding investors of nearly $3 million will now possibly learn his fate in December.Dane Skinner, now 60, was found guilty by a jury this past May f...
Oct 24, 2024
ASIRT finds Red Deer RCMP officer's use of firearm to be proportionate
A concluded investigation by the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) has found a Red Deer RCMP officer's non-fatal shooting of a suspect in a Sept. 21, 2021 incident to be a reasonable and ...
Oct 24, 2024
Jody Wilson-Raybould speaks on truth, reconciliation and partisanship in RDP series
The Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, the first Indigenous person to serve as minister of justice and attorney general of Canada, shared a moving speech about leadership and truth and reconciliation to...
Oct 24, 2024
Action for Prosperity community forum set for early November
Action for Prosperity will be is hosting its second community forum next month in hopes of initiating action on poverty in Central Alberta.On Tuesday, Nov. 5 at the Red Deer Resort & Casino from 5...
Oct 24, 2024
Radisson returns to original name in iHotel rebrand
The Radisson Hotel Red Deer is excited to announce a rebranding back to its original title, the iHotel and Conference Centre. The change went into effect on August 1, 2024, and represents a "desire an...
Oct 24, 2024 (Supplied)
Homeless encampments at the centre of latest disagreement between Alberta and Ottawa
UPDATE (original story below): In a statement at 8:30 p.m. on Oct. 23, issued by the Ministry of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities, it's said that Minister Sean Fraser spoke tonight with Alberta...
Oct 23, 2024
Town of Blackfalds and Lacombe County upgrade fire services agreement
Lacombe County and the Town of Blackfalds have both approved a new Fire Services Agreement, which would move payments to Blackfalds to a fee for service model and improve cost recovery for the Town. A...
Oct 23, 2024
Two year sentence for Red Deer man charged in fatal Calgary crash
A Red Deer man charged in a fatal crash in Calgary nearly two years ago, has been sentenced to two years in prison. Tyson Tyler Giroux, 31, was sentenced in Calgary Court of Justice Oct. 22, 2024, aft...
Oct 23, 2024