Category Archives: Red Deer
Thurber becomes national champs, winning Canadian Improv Games
Lindsay Thurber is the winner of the 2026 Canadian Improv Games. The annual event, which has been around nearly 50 years, recently took place in Ottawa, with students from Lindsay Thurber Comprehensiv...
Apr 21, 2026
Alberta NDP tout first non-incumbent candidate
The Alberta NDP are touting their first non-incumbent candidate for the 2027 provincial election, and that candidate is in central Alberta.Bev Toews will run for the party in Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills...
Apr 20, 2026
Lacombe Police looking into vehicle thefts in Maple Bay and Par Court
Lacombe Police Service (LPS) is investigating two separate thefts from vehicles, said to have occurred overnight on April 16-17 in residential parts of the city.Per LPS:"In the first incident, police ...
Apr 20, 2026
Lacombe Police seeking stolen Cadillac
Lacombe Police Service is seeking help from the public to locate a stolen car.The car was stolen April 18 during a local tradeshow.LPS notes it was at about 12:30 p.m. at the local sportsplex when the...
Apr 20, 2026 A white Cadillac XT6 as seen in 2020; not the actual vehicle stolen in Lacombe. (Image Credit: ID 196423476 © Valleysnow | Dreamstime.com)
Stettler town council passes initiatives that encourage municipal building
Stettler town council has approved a pair of initiatives that encourage building and investment in the community. The first is a new policy that eliminates fees for municipal and wastewater service co...
Apr 20, 2026
Repeat liquor thieves charged after investigation by RCMP in central Alberta
Multiple central Alberta RCMP detachments have charged three people following an investigation into liquor theft.On April 2, at about 8:40 p.m., Ponoka RCMP officers responded to a thieft at a loca ll...
Apr 20, 2026
Lacombe Police arrest individual following incidents involving counterfeit money
The Lacombe Police Service has arrested an individual following incidents involving counterfeit currency last week.Police say on Saturday, April 18, police received a report at 2:14 p.m. that a woman ...
Apr 20, 2026 (Image Credit: Lacombe Police Service/Facebook)
Charges laid in relation to April 2025 crash that killed two Rocky Mountain House women
A B.C. man has been charged in connection to a motor vehicle collision that took place in central Alberta, in April 2025.RCMP reported on the crash shortly after it occurred.They said at the time that...
Apr 20, 2026
24-year-old Rimbey resident charged in fatal collision from July 2025
Sylvan Lake RCMP have charged a resident of Rimbey following a fatal collision that claimed two lives last year.Aaron Alvin Barr, 24, was arrested and charged on March 20 with two counts of dangerous ...
Apr 20, 2026 (Image Credit: rdnewsNOW file photo)
Modernized Innisfail Aquatic Centre reopens after nine months
The Innisfail Aquatic Centre has officially reopened.The start of the modernization project began in July last year and was closed for nine months before reopening today.Innisfail Mayor Jean Barclay s...
Apr 20, 2026 (Image Credit: rdnewsNOW/Ian Gustafson)