Category Archives: Red Deer
Red Deer man charged with porn-related offenses
Authorities have charged a 72-year-old Red Deer man with multiple child porn-related offenses.ALERT spokesman Mike Tucker confirms to rdnewsNOW that on Aug. 25, police, including local RCMP, seized a ...
Sep 16, 2022
Blackfalds Border Paving Plaza now underway with new completion date
The Border Paving Plaza project in the town of Blackfalds is now underway after council awarded a tender on Tuesday.In a 4-3 vote at council's meeting on September 13, Timcon Construction in Red Deer ...
Sep 16, 2022
Red Deer Indigenous-owned company featured on APTN's Bears' Lair
Two Red Deer business owners are featured in a new TV series on the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN).Entitled Bears' Lair, which debuted Sept. 11, entrepreneurs with Indigenous backgrounds...
Sep 16, 2022
Local home sales dip lower last month
Red Deer saw a dip in home sales last month when compared to the month before and August 2021.According to the latest Residential Market Update from Central Alberta Realtors Association, there were 15...
Sep 15, 2022
Edmonton Protocol turns diabetic Innisfail resident's life around; research gets closer to a cure
For over 51 years, Colleen Preston's life brimmed with, "constant burden," thanks to a childhood diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes.Thousands of insulin doses later, the Innisfail resident has a fresh outlo...
Sep 15, 2022
In-person Kidney Walk back in Red Deer this Saturday after 12 years
The Kidney Walk for the Northern Alberta and Territories will be held back in Red Deer this Saturday for the first time in almost 12 years.Organized by the Kidney Foundation, the 2 km and 5 km walks o...
Sep 15, 2022
Maskwacis RCMP and Major Crime Unit lay charges in suspicious death
The Alberta RCMP Major Crimes Unit has laid charges against a man in relation to a homicide on Samson Cree Nation on Sept. 9, 2022. Mounties say the deceased in this incident has been identified as 22...
Sep 15, 2022
Lacombe City Mayor says he received positive feedback at Coffee with Council
City of Lacombe Mayor Grant Creasey says he received positive and constructive feedback during Coffee with Council on Wednesday.On September 14, the Mayor was joined by four councillors and five senio...
Sep 15, 2022
Ponoka residents encouraged to turn their unwanted items into treasure
Ponoka residents are invited to turn their unwanted items into somebody else's treasure during Kick it to the Curb Week from October 12 - 16. Town officials say residents are invited to place items th...
Sep 15, 2022
Planned power outage scheduled in Ponoka for routine electrical maintenance
A planned power outage is scheduled for Tuesday, September 27 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (weather dependent) in the Town of Ponoka.Town officials say the outage is planned in the Riverside neighbour...
Sep 15, 2022