Category Archives: Red Deer

Red Deer Catholic Education Foundation to fund 20 innovate projects, offer scholarships
The Red Deer Catholic Regional Education Foundation is funding 20 innovative projects across the division this coming school year, it shares.It will also award four scholarships to grads, plus one alu...
Jun 22, 2024

Construction underway for new traffic circle in Penhold
Representatives from the Town of Penhold and the Government of Alberta held a groundbreaking ceremony on June 21 to celebrate the construction of a traffic circle coming to the intersection of Highway...
Jun 22, 2024

Innisfail Health Centre receives funding for ambulance bay and surgical capacity upgrades
The Government of Alberta has announced an investment of at least $2 million under the Capital Maintenance and Renewal Program to upgrade the ambulance bay of the Innisfail Health Centre, plus $7.7 mi...
Jun 22, 2024

Red Deer Catholic balances budget, but projections show 90 staff to be cut; ATA says gov't must help divisions
Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools (RDCRS) has found a way to balance its budget, which until recently featured a worrisome $4.2 million deficit -- but, it's going to mean significantly reducing its w...
Jun 21, 2024

Treatment centre proposed for Gadsby Lake in Lacombe County
Lacombe County could soon welcome a new treatment centre in the area of Gadsby Lake.A public hearing is to be held July 25 at 6 p.m. so the public can sound off about the proposal, which comes from Dr...
Jun 21, 2024

Woody's Triathlon racing through town this weekend
Woody's Triathlon takes to the streets of Red Deer this Saturday, June 22.Competitors will begin by swimming laps in the Michener Aquatic Centre, then head out to complete the cycling and running legs...
Jun 21, 2024

Alberta Crop Report: June 21
Re-seeding has been reported in several areas of the Central Alberta region due to wind erosion on hills. That's according to the latest Alberta Crop Report from Agriculture Financial Services Corpora...
Jun 21, 2024

Red Deer man convicted of sexual assault after incidents involving local teens last year
Sentencing has taken place for a Red Deer man who was accused of sexually assaulting as many as four female teens last summer. Matthew Ryan, 25, was sentenced in Red Deer Court of Justice on June 19, ...
Jun 21, 2024

SECOND UPDATE: Didsbury RCMP now clear from scene of vehicle fire, no injuries reported
UPDATE: June 21, 3:05 p.m. On June 21, 2024, at 11:59 a.m., Didsbury RCMP received a report of a semi tractor trailer unit on fire on the QE II Highway near Township Road 294 near Didsbury. Upon arriv...
Jun 21, 2024 (Didsbury RCMP)

National Indigenous Peoples Day at Red Deer Public Schools
With Friday, June 21, being National Indigenous Peoples Day in Canada, Red Deer Public Schools has events taking place to mark the occasion. FRIDAY, JUNE 21 EVENT: INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' DAY School: Moun...
Jun 21, 2024 Medicine Wheel as a symbol of National Indigenous Peoples Day. Four colors. (Photo 257740244 © Renata Tyburczy | Dreamstime.com)