Category Archives: Red Deer
Trial ordered for trio charged in significant local drug seizure
Three of four people charged in a significant drug, weapons, and stolen property seizure in Red Deer last year have been ordered to stand trial.The order was made in Red Deer provincial court last wee...
Oct 07, 2022
Red Deer region sees slight increase in unemployment rate last month
The Red Deer region saw a slight increase in its unemployment rate last month.According to Statistics Canada, the Red Deer region's jobless rate in September was 4.5 per cent, up from 4.4 per cent in ...
Oct 07, 2022
Red Deerians close to raising $2,500 for Type 1 diabetes research
Red Deerians are participating in a larger mission in central Alberta to raise money for Type 1 diabetes research.Sun Life's annual Ride to Defeat Diabetes for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundatio...
Oct 07, 2022
Red Deer Food Bank says Thanksgiving won't look the same for many central Albertans
Many people in central Alberta will not have the ability to celebrate Thanksgiving in the same way as others with a turkey, stuffing and pumpkin pie, says Mitch Thompson, Executive Director of the Red...
Oct 07, 2022
Thousands raised for the hungry in local canola crop harvest
This year's 27th annual charity crop from central Alberta destined for the Canadian Foodgrains Bank in Winnipeg to help feed hungry people across the world is now in the bin.Jack Siebenga, committee m...
Oct 06, 2022
Three central Alberta projects get portion of civil society funding's final batch
A number of central Alberta-based initiatives are receiving money from the latest round of civil society funding offered by the Government of Alberta.The province has chosen 41 successful applicants f...
Oct 06, 2022
Red Deer Museum & Mitsuing family receive Heritage Awareness Award for exhibit
The Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery and a local family are the recipients of a Heritage Awareness Award for an exhibit entitled Powwow! Ohcwin the Origins.Marissa Mitsuing, the exhibit's co-curator and ...
Oct 06, 2022
Olds College to launch Equine Care & Management Certificate
Starting in fall 2024, Olds College will offer an Equine Care & Management Certificate.The one-year program will be offered through the college's School of Life Science and Business, and will prep...
Oct 06, 2022
Stay of proceedings for one of three men accused in Bowden institution drug bust
There has been a stay of proceedings for one of three individuals charged in a year-and-a-half long drug investigation at the Bowden Institution.Legal proceedings have been paused indefinitely for Ray...
Oct 06, 2022
First annual Afro Caribbean Cultural Event comes to Red Deer this November
The first annual Afro Caribbean Cultural Event will be held in Red Deer this November.On November 18, the African Caribbean Centre of Central Alberta (ACCoCA) will be hosting the event from 6 - 10 p.m...
Oct 06, 2022