Category Archives: Red Deer
BUDGET: Red Deer Protective Services talk overtime costs and photo radar losses
Red Deer's Protective Services Division are focusing on reducing their overtime costs and photo radar revenues losses this budget. During day two of the 2024 budget deliberations, administration reite...
Jan 24, 2024
BUDGET: inflation leading to potential utility rate increases for Red Deerians
As Red Deer city council debates property tax increases, utility rates are also under the microscope, as discussed during day two of the 2024 budget deliberations. Inflation was common theme throughou...
Jan 24, 2024
Pair of prolific offenders from Red Deer arrested again in December
Two prolific offenders are facing more charges following their arrests last month.Red Deer RCMP say it was Dec. 14 when members arrested two males following a stolen property investigation.Red Deer Mo...
Jan 24, 2024
Woman charged in alleged kidnapping with firearm incident scheduled for trial
Trial dates have been set for the third and final person charged in an alleged kidnapping with a firearm incident in central Alberta. Alexandra Louise Rain, 25, is scheduled for trial in Wetaskiwin Co...
Jan 24, 2024
Stay of proceedings in Bowden Institution drug investigation
There has been a stay of proceedings for a Slave Lake, AB, man charged in a year-and-a-half long drug investigation at the Bowden Institution.Braden Foster, 33, was scheduled for trial in Red Deer Cou...
Jan 24, 2024
Trial dates set for man accused of attempted murder
Trial dates have been set for one of three men initially charged with attempted murder in an alleged assault at Maskwacis nearly two years ago.Connor Diamond Royce Saddleback, 29, of the Montana First...
Jan 24, 2024
UPDATED: Blackfalds RCMP advise of serious motor vehicle collision
UPDATE: Jan. 24, 2024. 11:40 .M. Blackfalds RCMP are clear from the collision on Highway 2A at Township Road 392 and normal traffic flow has resumed. Mounties say a follow up release with additional d...
Jan 24, 2024
BUDGET: Low reserves, repurpose councillor-specific budgets, high community engagement
Red Deer city council got through their first day deliberating the 2024 budget on Tuesday, with a focus on depleting funds in reserves, amendments to information technology (IT) and legal costs, and h...
Jan 23, 2024
Former Red Deer Catholic superintendent has professional credentials revoked; reasons for 2020 dismissal revealed
The former superintendent of Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools (RDCRS) no longer has his professional credentials after being found to have falsified grades and improperly accessed diploma exams. Dr....
Jan 23, 2024
Chinook’s Edge teacher Renu Mathew fires up excitement for pottery on national TV show
Teaching ceramics classes at cole Olds High School is something teacher Renu Mathew loves to do, and now her passion will be shared beyond classroom walls. Officials with Chinook's Edge School Divisio...
Jan 23, 2024