Category Archives: Red Deer
Alberta adds 1,625 new COVID-19 cases
The latest COVID-19 statistics are below...With 1,625 new cases of COVID-19 reported today in Alberta, the province is changing how it investigates and notifies confirmed cases of COVID-19 and recomme...
Dec 23, 2021
A fundraising opportunity to change everything for a child
For Youth HQ, their "Opportunity Changes Everything" fundraising campaign isn't getting any younger, with eight days left to reach their goal of $30,000."Any money raised goes to support kids having a...
Dec 23, 2021
Pre-tournament World Juniors game tonight in Red Deer cancelled due to COVID protocols
The World Juniors pre-tournament game scheduled for 5 p.m. Thursday night at the Gary W. Harris Canada Games Centre in Red Deer has been cancelled.UPDATE | Today's pre-tournament game between Cze...
Dec 23, 2021
Red Deer Polytechnic to start winter term online
Red Deer Polytechnic is moving its classes online from Jan. 4-23.The decision comes in light of rising COVID-19 numbers, primarily related to the Omicron variant."With the safety of our students and e...
Dec 23, 2021
Charges pending after dangerous driving incidents in south Red Deer
Red Deer RCMP say a local 28-year-old man is facing charges following multiple alleged dangerous driving incidents on Dec. 22.It was just before 10 p.m. Wednesday night when police responded to a comp...
Dec 23, 2021
Associate Minister issues statement on Alberta's opioid crisis as records break
2021 is officially a record year for opioid-related deaths in the province, with new numbers available on the Alberta Substance Use Surveillance System showing 1,247 in Alberta through October.There w...
Dec 23, 2021
Clearview Public Schools launches new website
Officials with Clearview Public Schools have announced the launch of a new website.Associate Superintendent, Business and Finance, Peter Neale, says the new website platform offers many advantages, in...
Dec 23, 2021
Santa Claus given approval to travel Canadian skies Friday night
Santa has been cleared for lift-off and travel over Canadian airspace.Federal Minister of Transport, Omar Alghabra, made the announcement Thursday morning.Alghabra says Claus has utilized the ArriveCA...
Dec 23, 2021
Red Deer experiences driest fall on record
It was a warmer than normal fall throughout central Alberta this year, and also the driest on record.That according to Kyle Fougere, Meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada, who says ...
Dec 23, 2021
Lacombe city council approved substantial pay raise in September
Lacombe city council members gave themselves a hefty raise this past summer, and the mayor is defending it.The increases to council remuneration - outlined in the Council Remuneration and Expenses Pol...
Dec 22, 2021