Category Archives: Red Deer

E-scooter pilot project rolling into Lacombe
E-scooters will soon be coming to the city of Lacombe, perhaps as early as this July.Lacombe city council approved a pilot project from Roll Technologies Inc. (Roll) to launch a new shared micro-mobil...
Jun 14, 2022

Penhold mayor re-elected to FCM board
Penhold's mayor will once again serve on the board for the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM).Mike Yargeau attended the recent FCM annual conference in Regina, and was re-elected to its board...
Jun 14, 2022

Motorcyclist hurt in crash near Innisfail
A motorcyclist was seriously injured in a crash in central Alberta last Friday, June 10.RCMP responded to the collision on Highway 42 near Range Road 271 -- about 17 km east of Innisfail -- at about 3...
Jun 14, 2022

Red Deer RCMP arrest pair in TRAP auto theft project
Red Deer RCMP, in an effort to curb vehicle thefts, conducted a tactical response to auto theft prevention (TRAP) project from June 7-10.Members from Sylvan Lake, Blackfalds, Innisfail, the Emergency ...
Jun 14, 2022

Significant drug seizure in Olds and residence east of Didsbury
A significant drug seizure took place in two central Alberta areas in early June. This May, the RCMP Southern Alberta District Crime Reduction Unit (RCMP SADCRU), with the assistance of Olds and Didsb...
Jun 14, 2022

Red Deer search warrants turn up nine firearms and suspected fentanyl
Nine firearms and over two kilograms of suspected fentanyl powder have been seized in Red Deer by the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT).A pair of search warrants in the Red Deer area broug...
Jun 14, 2022

Council endorses Lacombe County’s 2022-2027 Strategic Plan
Lacombe County council recently approved a new Strategic Plan which they say will help guide the organization over the next five years. The plan has identified four focus areas to support future decis...
Jun 14, 2022

City of Red Deer deactivates emergency operations centre as river stabilizes
UPDATE - 11 a.m., June 17 Statement from The City of Red Deer: "Today at noon, The City's Emergency Operations Centre will demobilize as flood concerns for our community have subsided. Since yesterday...
Jun 14, 2022 The Red Deer River from the CP walking bridge in Red Deer at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, June 14. (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)

Tara Lodewyk discusses vision as newly appointed City Manager
Red Deer's new City Manager Tara Lodewyk says she is honored to be appointed to the position and as the city's first female into the role."I've always worked hard, believed in what we have and believe...
Jun 13, 2022

Residents asked to stay off the Red Deer River
The City of Red Deer is asking residents to stay off the Red Deer River as a high streamflow advisory is in effect. Streamflow advisories are issued by Alberta Environment when stream levels are risin...
Jun 13, 2022