Category Archives: Red Deer
Red Deer County gives $300,000 to community facility upgrades
A number of Red Deer County community facilities are to benefit from an incoming round of Rural Community Facility Capital Assistance Grant dollars. Contained within the Support to Rural Community Fac...
Dec 07, 2022
Local MMA fighter Connor "KryptoKnight" Krebs wins first title at Havoc Fighting Championship
His opponent came out of the gate swinging with a flying armbar in the first round and a guillotine in the second, but local mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Connor "KryptoKnight" Krebs managed to jum...
Dec 07, 2022
ST Math partnership helping improve outcomes in Wolf Creek Public Schools
Wolf Creek Public Schools (WCPS) has partnered with a company out of the US to provide a math resource for schools and it's already having great success in the classroom. Officials with WCPS say numer...
Dec 07, 2022
CP Holiday Train to roll through central Alberta Thursday and Saturday
The Canadian Pacific (CP) Holiday Train will return to the rails of central Alberta this season on its first cross-continent tour in three years, following virtual concerts in the pandemic years of 20...
Dec 07, 2022
Red Deer County has new bylaw for use of off-highway vehicles
Red Deer County council has unanimously passed final readings of a bylaw regulating use of off-highway vehicles (OHVs).First reading was given earlier in November.The bylaw's definition of an OHV incl...
Dec 07, 2022
Volunteer network arranging gifts for Alberta seniors
A group called Communities of Alberta Networking (CAN) is hoping Albertans will help spread some holiday cheer to local seniors this festive season.Started in Onoway three years ago, the group is stea...
Dec 07, 2022
RDP launches ‘Polytechnic Means More’ campaign
Red Deer Polytechnic (RDP) is highlighting its unique programs, hands-on training and applied research through a new "Polytechnic Means More" campaign. With more ways to learn and more industry connec...
Dec 06, 2022
10+ kilos of fentanyl seized by police; Red Deer ALERT involved
A male wanted on multiple warrants has been arrested, and more than 10 kilograms of fentanyl will now never see the streets of Alberta and Saskatchewan, police say."Approximately two milligrams of thi...
Dec 06, 2022
Over $100,000 worth of drugs and four guns seized from repeat offender in Olds
Four guns and over $100,000 worth of drugs have been seized from a repeat offender in Olds, according to the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT). On Tuesday, Brad Lundeen, Inspector of ALER...
Dec 06, 2022
Red Deer city council revisits Capstone to Bower Ponds Bridge and Aquatic Centre projects
Red Deer city council brought back the discussion of the "Capstone to Bower Ponds Bridge" and Aquatics Centre during 2023-24 Capital and Operating budget deliberations.The 2025-2032 Capital Plan curre...
Dec 06, 2022