Category Archives: Red Deer
MPs Dreeshen and Calkins react to Poilievre leadership win
Red Deer's two Members of Parliament are very pleased with longtime Ontario MP Pierre Poilievre being elected as leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.In a Facebook post, Red Deer-Lacombe MP Blai...
Sep 13, 2022
Trial dates set for pair charged in central Alberta shootings
Trial dates have now been set for two men each charged with four counts of attempted murder following a series of shootings on the O'Chiese First Nation last year.Zachary Yellowface, 21, and Keith Bea...
Sep 13, 2022
UCP leadership candidate Travis Toews to hold Breakfast Meet & Greet near Lacombe Wednesday
UCP leadership candidate Travis Toews will be holding a Breakfast Meet & Greet near Lacombe on Wednesday.The campaign rally will take place at The Track on 2 (40309 Range Rd 272) from 8 - 9:30 a.m...
Sep 13, 2022
Red Deer city council approves site exception for potential strip mall in Capstone
Red Deer city council passed second and third reading of a site exception in the Capstone neighborhood for a potential strip mall.At Monday's meeting, council passed the Land Use Bylaw Amendment as th...
Sep 13, 2022
Upgrades to tennis and pickleball courts begin in Ponoka this Week
Resurfacing of the tennis and pickleball courts at the Ponoka Aquaplex, as well as the addition of two new pickleball courts, are expected to begin this week, say Town officials. Starting on Wednesday...
Sep 13, 2022
Red Deer building permit values way up in August
Building permit values in Red Deer for 2022 remain higher than during the first eight months of 2021.So far this year, permits have totalled $129 million, compared to $83 million January through Augus...
Sep 13, 2022
Red Deer eligible for funding to prevent and intervene youth gun and gang violence
Red Deer is eligible to receive roughly $2.1 million from the federal Building Safer Communities Fund to prevent and intervene youth entering gun and gang violence over the next four years. City counc...
Sep 13, 2022
Red Deer city council approves 2023 meeting dates
Red Deer city council approved their meeting dates for 2023.At their Monday meeting, council approved the following dates:Monday, January 9: Regular Council Meeting @ 10:30 a.m.Monday, January 23: Reg...
Sep 13, 2022
Property and persons crime decrease in first quarter, according to Red Deer RCMP
Property and persons crimes have both showed a downward trend in Red Deer during the first quarter (Q1) of 2022, from April to June, according to the RCMP's Quarterly Community Policing Report.The rep...
Sep 13, 2022
Potential future shelter site selected by city council
During a closed session on Monday, city council selected a potential site for the future shelter in Red Deer. According to City officials, the next step in the process will be putting the site forward...
Sep 13, 2022