Category Archives: Red Deer
City council to consider $10 million in tweaks to multi-year budget on Monday
Red Deer city council will hold budget talks this week.Following budget deliberations last year, council, for the first time, approved a multi-year budget covering 2021 and 2022.Council will now be pr...
Nov 27, 2021
Alberta's Ombudsperson cannot investigate AHS over EMS dispatch consolidation
Alberta's ombudsperson says it's simple: she can't legally investigate a complaint by four municipalities against the consolidation of EMS dispatch.The City of Red Deer, as well as Calgary, Lethbridge...
Nov 27, 2021
AUPE claims Red Deer Hospital workers being axed while COVID-19 pandemic still rages
Officials with the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) say dozens of front-line health-care workers will lose their jobs in Red Deer today (Friday, Nov. 26), as the UCP government and Alberta...
Nov 26, 2021
74,038 Red Deerians now have one vaccine dose, 8 points behind provincial mark
Red Deer now sits at 129 active cases of COVID-19, down three from Thursday. Meantime, the city's total number of recorded cases is up two in the last day to 9,377, while recoveries are up five to 9,1...
Nov 26, 2021
City of Red Deer employees petition against immunization policy
An anonymous group of City of Red Deer employees have submitted a petition against a mandatory immunization policy.The City has said Immunization Policy 2224-CA aims to relieve pressure on the local h...
Nov 26, 2021
Traffic disruption on 50 Avenue northbound from 37 Street to 43 Street
Red Deer drivers are being advised of a traffic disruption on 50 Avenue northbound from 37 Street to 43 Street as crews replace guardrails.Starting at 12:00 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 29, 50 Avenue will be ...
Nov 26, 2021
Lip Sync Battle fundraising event takes the stage
RuPaul may tell contestants to "Lip sync for your life" on his hit TV-show Drag Race, but The Outreach Centre tells Red Deerians to "Lip Sync for the lives of others." On Dec. 2, seven fierce contesta...
Nov 26, 2021
Multi-Family residences receiving additional recycling tools
The City of Red Deer's Waste Management Team is delivering reusable recycling bags and recycling information to multi-family properties in hopes of helping residents better use the recycling program. ...
Nov 25, 2021
Red Deer down to 132 active cases of COVID-19
CENTRAL ZONERed Deer has 132 active cases of COVID-19, down 13 from Wednesday.Meantime, recoveries in Red Deer rose by 15 to 9,162, as the total number of COVID-19 cases attributed to Red Deer rose by...
Nov 25, 2021
UPDATED: Multi-tractor trailer crash on QEII causes fatality
A person is sadly deceased following a major multi-vehicle collision on the QEII Highway Thursday morning.RCMP say the crash occurred at about 6:15, northbound at the Crandall overpass near Ponoka.Pre...
Nov 25, 2021