Category Archives: Red Deer
Red Deer city councillors make budget amendment proposals
Following three days of discussions over the 2023-24 Capital and Operating Budgets, Red Deer city council outlined their proposed amendments on Wednesday.Council was asked by administration to establi...
Dec 01, 2022
CPR bridge repair and Centennial Plaza Park redevelopment among proposed in Red Deer's capital budget
Red Deer's City Manager Tara Lodewyk says the 2023-24 capital budgets focus primarily on infrastructure rehabilitation and replacement rather than new projects.Administration and council discussed the...
Dec 01, 2022
BUDGET: recreation facilities see fractional proposed increases
Certain City fees and charges in Red Deer may slightly increase next year, according to the proposed 2023-24 Capital and Operating Budgets presented on Wednesday.Administration and council discussed t...
Dec 01, 2022
Red Deer still holding $9.6 million for RCMP retroactive pay contract increases
The City of Red Deer confirmed on Tuesday they are still holding $9.6 million in retroactive pay for the RCMP union settlement.At day two of the 2023-24 budget deliberations, administration and counci...
Dec 01, 2022
Free event Thursday to mark International Day of Persons with Disabilities
An event Thursday night in Red Deer will allow Red Deerians to observe the International Day of Persons with Disabilities.The occasion is technically Dec. 3, but the Red Deer Public Library is hosting...
Nov 30, 2022
On Red Deer visit, NDP's Phillips lambastes Smith's Bill 1, as does Unifor
The provincial government is attempting to further clarify today what its latest piece of legislation will actually allow it to do.On Nov. 29, the Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act -- als...
Nov 30, 2022
Ponoka, Red Deer, and Blackfalds RCMP on-scene with multiple collisions on QEII Highway near Red Deer
UPDATE:4:05 p.m. - RCMP advise that the QE II is now clear and normal traffic flow has resumed. Road conditions remain poor and motorists are advised to take precautions. ---Alberta RCMP Detachment an...
Nov 30, 2022
Red Deer man sentenced to nine months for accessing child pornography
A Red Deer man charged with child porn-related offenses has been sentenced to nine months in jail.Robert Crawshaw, 72, was sentenced in Red Deer provincial court on Nov. 29, 2022, on one count of acce...
Nov 30, 2022
Preliminary hearing scheduled for pair charged in central Alberta homicide
A three-day preliminary hearing has been scheduled next year for two men charged in the death of a young man in Maskwacis over the summer. Cole Gerald Cattleman, 25, and Chaz Joseph Cattleman, 22, bot...
Nov 30, 2022
Red Deer councillor proposes utility bill charge for snow removal
Councillor Victor Doerksen suggested adding a charge to resident utility bills as a way of increasing the City of Red Deer's snow removal budget at deliberations on Tuesday.Following resident feedback...
Nov 30, 2022