Category Archives: Red Deer
Traffic disruptions on Taylor Drive Bridge starting Monday
Motorists in Red Deer are being advised of traffic disruptions on Taylor Drive Bridge next week. On Monday, May 8 starting at 8 a.m., the City says there will be lane closures on both north and south ...
May 05, 2023
Eight Clearview Publics Schools projects receive program funding
Eight Clearview Public Schools projects will be receiving funding from the Community Initiative Support Program.The Division's Board of Trustees say they have reviewed all applications for the program...
May 05, 2023
City of Lacombe wins provincial award for repurposing former lagoons
The City of Lacombe has been given a provincial award for repurposing their decommissioned former lagoon cells in an innovative way. The City received the 2023 Economic Developers Alberta (EDA) Commun...
May 05, 2023
Grief takes forefront at Red Dress Day observance in Red Deer
Tina Fontaine; 15 in 2014.Trudy Gopher; 19 in 1997.Kimberly Lynn Cardinal; 34 in 2019.Cindy Gladue; 36 in 2011.These names represent but a miniscule fraction of the estimated thousands of Indigenous w...
May 05, 2023
Tinder dry conditions out there, RDES says, with local ambulances deployed to Drayton Valley
Red Deer Emergency Services (RDES) is supplying help related to the wildfire near Drayton Valley, and at the same time are urging people to not take for granted the possibility that fires can easily s...
May 05, 2023
Lacombe County council approves zero per cent municipal tax increase for 2023
Lacombe County council approved a zero per cent increase to the county's portion of municipal taxes in 2023. At their meeting on April 27, council approved their 2023 operating and capital budgets and...
May 05, 2023
Red Deer hospital expansion group to hold rally Saturday at noon
The Society for Hospital Expansion in Central Alberta (SHECA) is continuing its advocacy for an expansion to the Red Deer Regional Hospital, this time with a noon rally on Saturday, May 6 at City Hall...
May 05, 2023
Wolf Creek Public Schools acknowledged for raising over $50,000 in 2022 Terry Fox Run
Wolf Creek Public Schools (WCPS) is being congratulated for raising over $50,000 last year with their Terry Fox Run.WCPS says the Terry Fox Foundation has expressed its gratitude for their schools' co...
May 05, 2023
Preliminary new temperature records set throughout central Alberta again Thursday
The current heat wave throughout much of Alberta this week has resulted in more record high temperatures being broken on Thursday.According to Environment and Climate Change Canada, a preliminary new ...
May 05, 2023
Fire Ban issued for Lacombe County
Lacombe County has upgraded the current Fire Restriction to a Fire Ban due to extremely dry and hot conditions.Effective immediately, the County says they will issue no new fire permits or fireworks p...
May 05, 2023