Category Archives: Red Deer

Ponoka woman sentenced in alleged shooting incident last year
A 90-day jail term has been handed to a central Alberta woman charged in an alleged Ponoka shooting last year.Tracy Lightfoot, 48, of Ponoka, was also sentenced to 12 months of probation, and given a ...
Jan 23, 2024

New trial dates set for Bowden man charged in girlfriend's murder
New trial dates have been set for a Bowden man accused in the death of his girlfriend, a young mother of two-year-old twin boys at the time, nearly three years ago. Ross Arran McInnes, 29, is schedule...
Jan 23, 2024

Red Deer city council considers increasing borrowing bylaws as precaution
At their meeting on Monday, Red Deer city council gave first reading to a bylaw amendment that would raise maximum quoted interest rates by roughly three per cent for various active capital projects.S...
Jan 22, 2024

Red Deer city council creates non-statutory public hearing for Overdose Prevention Site topic
A full house in Red Deer council chambers for an item regarding the Overdose Prevention Site (OPS) led council to replace the item with a non-statutory public hearing instead. At their meeting on Mond...
Jan 22, 2024

Red Deer municipal byelection to be held on April 22, 2024
At their meeting on Monday, Red Deer city council confirmed that a municipal by-election will be held on April 22 this year, to fill the spot of late-councillor Michael Dawe. "The City is incredibly s...
Jan 22, 2024

City Council: on the agenda
The following items are on Red Deer city council's open meeting agenda on Monday, January 22, 2024. By-election: City Council will consider a resolution setting a date for a municipal by-election to f...
Jan 21, 2024

Red Deer Chamber offers advice to city council ahead of budget talks
The Red Deer and District Chamber of Commerce says after having reviewed The City's proposed capital and operating budgets for 2024, they believe its growth is unsustainable. City council be debating ...
Jan 20, 2024

UPDATE: Police incident in Red Deer's Pines results in no charges
UPDATE: Jan. 23, 2024, 10:30 a.m. RCMP say that on Jan. 20, just before 5:30 a.m., Red Deer Mounties received a report of a firearms dispute involving a gun on Parke Avenue, near Phelan Crescent. Cpl....
Jan 20, 2024 (Contributed/Cassidy Simone)

Missing Lloydminster man could be in Red Deer
Lloydminster RCMP are requesting the public's assistance in locating a missing 39-year-old male. Shawn Murphy was last seen in Lloydminster on Jan. 12, 2024 at 5:15 p.m. When last spoken to, Murphy me...
Jan 19, 2024

Red Deer Catholic school board to discuss by-election on Jan. 26
Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools says the matter of a by-election will be discussed at the Jan. 26 board of trustees meeting.The possibility of a by-election comes in the wake of removing former tru...
Jan 19, 2024