Category Archives: Red Deer
Sylvan Lake town council passes first reading of OHV bylaw
Sylvan Lake's town council has passed the first reading of a new off-highway vehicle (OHV) bylaw and directed administration to prepare a plan for resident feedback before they move to second and thir...
Aug 28, 2024
Red Deer County receives distinguished award for budget document
For its ninth consecutive year, Red Deer County has been awarded the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award from the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA), this time for its 2024-26 budget d...
Aug 28, 2024
New notification service and app coming to Ponoka
Starting in October, the Town of Ponoka will be launching a new notification service that will include an app for smartphone downloads.This new service is expected to send alerts for utility service d...
Aug 28, 2024
Red Deer pilot honoured for instructional accomplishments in Elsie Awards
Red Deerian Sherry Cooper, chief flight instructor with Sky Wings, has been named the recipient of an Elsie Award for Education from the Northern Lights Aero Foundation.The Elsie Award recognizes Cana...
Aug 28, 2024
Advocacy groups remember those "Gone too Soon" on overdose awareness day
Moms Stop the Harm and Turning Point invite residents to remember those who have died from overdose and drug poisoning on International Overdose Awareness Day, August 31.On August 30, the groups will ...
Aug 28, 2024
Red Deer Polytechnic apprentice to represent Canada at World Skills Competition
Red Deer Polytechnic (RDP) apprentice Ben Rainforth has been selected by Skills Canada to compete at the WorldSkills Competition in Lyon, France from September 10-15, 2024.Officials say Rainforth qual...
Aug 28, 2024
Trial set for local teen accused of assaulting Red Deer transit driver
A trial date has been scheduled for an 18-year-old resident accused of assaulting a Red Deer transit driver this spring. Drake Edward Davidson, of Red Deer, is scheduled for trial in Red Deer Court of...
Aug 28, 2024
Central Alberta man charged in drug and firearms seizure, scheduled for trial
Trial dates have been scheduled for one of three people charged following a drug and firearms investigation in Mountain View County earlier this year. Michael Ryan Goodine, 48, a resident of Mountain ...
Aug 28, 2024
Wetaskiwin man arrested twice in two days, sentenced in second incident
A Wetaskiwin man arrested and charged twice in the span of 24 hours this summer has been sentenced to another 180 days in jail. Jamie Swinamer, 35, was sentenced in Wetaskiwin Court of Justice on Aug....
Aug 28, 2024
Blackfalds child-care centre temporarily closed
Alberta Health is monitoring what it says is an emerging Shiga-toxin producing E. coli outbreak at the Aspen Lakes Discovery Centre (east location) licensed child care facility in Blackfalds. On Aug. ...
Aug 28, 2024