Category Archives: Red Deer
Drugs, replica firearm seized in Red Deer County traffic stop
One person has been charged after a run-in with RCMP in Red Deer County earlier this month.RCMP say it was on Dec. 8 when members with the Innisfail Integrated Traffic Unit performed a traffic stop on...
Dec 16, 2021
Town of Ponoka snow and ice control update
Officials with the Town of Ponoka say snow and ice control crews are working hard on snow clearing, and salting and sanding on Priority 1 and 2 routes.Priority 1 and 2 routes include high-volume roads...
Dec 15, 2021
Increases proposed for water and sewage rates in Sylvan Lake
Water and sewage rates are going up in Sylvan Lake next year.Following council's latest meeting this week, a public hearing has been scheduled for Jan. 10, 2022 to amend the Town's Water and Sewage By...
Dec 15, 2021
Red Deer at 89 active COVID cases, Alberta up to 60 cases of Omicron
On Wednesday, Alberta is reporting 456 new COVID cases across the province.Meantime, the active caseload is now 4,082, up 66. Of those, 3,103 are variants of concern, and there have now been 60 record...
Dec 15, 2021
Local coverage of CP Newsmaker of the Year: Children who didn't return from residential schools
On Wednesday, the Canadian Press announced its newsmaker of the year: the children who didn't come home from residential schools.The newsmaker of the year is selected by a survey of editors across the...
Dec 15, 2021
Sylvan Lake's 2022 interim budget approved
Sylvan Lake town council has approved its 2022 interim operating budget.While the 2022 Operating and Capital Budgets will likely be officially passed on Feb. 14, 2022, Town officials say the interim b...
Dec 15, 2021
Red Deer with 90 active cases of COVID-19
Alberta Health is reporting 90 active cases of COVID-19 in Red Deer, down three from Monday.That brings the total number of coronavirus cases identified in Red Deer since the start of the pandemic to ...
Dec 14, 2021
Innisfail council approves 2022 budget with a focus on the future
Innisfail residents can expect a two per cent tax rate increase next year.On Monday, Dec. 13, council approved the Town's 2022 operating and capital budgets.Council passed an operating budget of $22,7...
Dec 14, 2021
Red Deer Dream Centre expects opening in first quarter of 2022
The Red Deer Dream Centre is on schedule for an opening in the first quarter of 2022, according to Executive Director Dr. Vincenzo Aliberti."It's not just sobriety. Sobriety is just: you're stopping t...
Dec 14, 2021
Olds RCMP looking for public assistance regarding break and enter theft
Olds RCMP are seeking anyone who may have information regarding a break and enter that occurred at a Bowden liquor store.Mounties say video shows a male entering the Liquor Store on 20 Avenue by break...
Dec 14, 2021