Category Archives: Red Deer

Lacombe and Rocky Mountain House areas set July 8 temperature records, Heat Warnings continue
A pair of central Alberta communities set temperature records for July 8 on Monday. According to Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), the Lacombe area set a new daily maximum temperature reco...
Jul 09, 2024

Council approves apartment development for Clearview Ridge
During the July 8 city council meeting, council unanimously approved a development permit application for a five-storey apartment complex to be built at 6 Colby Avenue in Clearview Ridge. The proposed...
Jul 08, 2024

Japanese students coming to Red Deer this summer
Canada's leading education service provider for international junior/high school students will be welcoming back students from the Toshimagakaoka Joshi Gakuen High School group in Japan to Red Deer th...
Jul 08, 2024

Rebuilding of Monkey Top Saloon: New chapter begins with community involvement
Community spirit is shining bright in Bentley, Alberta as plans have been unveiled to rebuild the beloved Monkey Top Saloon, which tragically burned down earlier this year, leaving many residents out ...
Jul 08, 2024

Innisfail RCMP investigate theft and damage to oilfield site
Local Mounties are investigating a break-in and theft that caused significant damage over the weekend. On July 6, 2024, Innisfail RCMP received a report of theft of copper wire from an oilfield site l...
Jul 08, 2024

AUPE workers to rally for bargaining in Stettler
Members of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) will rally in Stettler on Tuesday, July 9. Rally Details Tuesday, July 9 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Stettler Hospital 5912 47 Avenue (across from the ...
Jul 08, 2024

A Better World provides project updates
After two weeks in Kenya with students from its Saruk Leadership Program, Lacombe-based A Better World's (ABW) co-founder and executive director Eric Rajah shares some of the noteworthy accomplishment...
Jul 07, 2024

Heat warning issued for entirety of Alberta
Extreme heat is quickly on the way for all of Alberta. On Saturday afternoon, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) issued a heat warning for the entire province. It says that beginning Sunday,...
Jul 06, 2024 (Photo 73139886 © Marian Vejcik | Dreamstime.com)

AUPE extends rally cry to outside Red Deer Regional Hospital
The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) took to the streets outside Red Deer Regional Hospital on Friday to make louder their calls for the government to give them a fair collective bargainin...
Jul 05, 2024

Man arrested twice in 24 hours by Innisfail & Wetaskiwin RCMP
A Wetaskiwin man was arrested and charged twice in the span of 24 hours late last month. On June 28, Innisfail RCMP were called to investigate a suspicious vehicle near the Dickson Dam. Occupants of t...
Jul 05, 2024