Category Archives: Red Deer
Alberta Health Services accepting toys as payment for parking tickets
Alberta Health Services (AHS) is bringing back their own Toys for Tickets campaign this holiday season. The campaign, similar to the one in the City of Red Deer, gives people who've recently received ...
Nov 23, 2023
Festival of Trees celebrates 30th anniversary raising funds for hospital this weekend
Red Deer's annual Festival of Trees will be celebrating its 30th anniversary this weekend.From November 24-26 at Westerner Park (4847A 19 St.), the event uses funds raised through various holiday acti...
Nov 23, 2023
Funding announced for affordable housing units and providers, including in Red Deer
The provincial government is providing funding for multiple affordable housing projects and organizations across Alberta.Budget 2023 included $94 million over three years for capital maintenance and r...
Nov 22, 2023
Final telephone town hall regarding Alberta Pension Plan takes place for central Albertans Wednesday evening
The fifth and final telephone town hall hosted by the Alberta government regarding a proposed Alberta Pension Plan is taking place this evening.The Alberta Pension Plan Engagement Panel, led by former...
Nov 22, 2023
Red Deer students get day-in-the-life experience of RCMP officers at Youth Academy session
Some local students are getting a unique day-in-the-life experience with police officers through two Youth Academy sessions.On Wednesday, members of the Red Deer RCMP Youth and Community Action Team (...
Nov 22, 2023
Clothing drive taking donations with event planned Dec. 9
A downtown Red Deer church is collecting warm clothing for those in need.Trinity Church, also known as The Centre, is calling it Wrap Up Red Deer, and are encouraging people to donate new or gently us...
Nov 22, 2023
Red Deer RCMP advise of heavy police presence
UPDATE: Nov. 22, 2023, 3:10 p.m. The police incident on 49 avenue in Red Deer is now over. Officers do remain on scene, however, as they conduct an investigation. Mounties say a follow up release is a...
Nov 22, 2023
November 21 temperature records set in west central Alberta Tuesday
Some areas of west central Alberta broke temperature records for November 21 on Tuesday.According to Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), the Rocky Mountain House area reached a daytime high ...
Nov 22, 2023
Trial scheduled for Sylvan Lake man accused in residential break-in and arson fire
A trial has been scheduled for a Sylvan Lake man accused in a residential break-in and arson fire in Kneehill County this fall.Joseph Vincent, 30, is scheduled for trial in Drumheller Court of Justice...
Nov 21, 2023
Sentencing set for man charged in central Alberta stabbing
Sentencing is scheduled next year for a man charged in relation to a stabbing on the Sunchild Road northwest of Rocky Mountain House last year.Michael Mackinaw, 39, of the O'Chiese First Nation, is sc...
Nov 21, 2023