Category Archives: Red Deer
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
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)