Category Archives: Red Deer
More supportive living beds coming to Drayton and Ponoka
Seniors in Drayton Valley and Ponoka in need of supportive living accommodations will soon be resting much more comfortably.This week, Alberta Health Services (AHS) announced that the Seasons Retireme...
Nov 20, 2021
Ponoka wrapping up busy construction season
The construction season is nearly over for workers in Ponoka, where numerous projects were completed this year.That includes $1.5 million invested in roadway and sidewalk improvements alone, such as:-...
Nov 20, 2021
Blackfalds reviews two council code of conduct complaints
Blackfalds town council recently took initial steps to review two formal complaints made under the Council Code of Conduct bylaw.The complaints were received Oct. 26 and Nov. 1, and involve accusation...
Nov 19, 2021
Red Deer recovery community begins construction today
The sun shined bright for Red Deerians today as officials from provincial and municipal government gathered for the ground-breaking of a 75-bed recovery community, a residential treatment centre for a...
Nov 19, 2021
COVID numbers plateauing, Red Deer down slightly to 149 active cases
Red Deer now sits at 149 active cases of COVID-19, down two from Thursday. That's the lowest active cases have been in the city since Aug. 20.Meantime, the city's total number of recorded cases is up ...
Nov 19, 2021
Sentencing planned for January in fatal Lacombe shooting
It's hoped that sentencing will take place early next year for a man charged in the fatal shooting of a young Ponoka man in Lacombe nearly two years ago.Tyler John Campbell, 29, is charged with mansla...
Nov 19, 2021
2021 Festival of Trees ready for the Holiday Season
Central Albertans are being invited to help kick-off the Holiday Season by taking part in this year's annual Festival of Trees at Westerner Park in Red Deer. Events include the Tree Room & Silent ...
Nov 19, 2021
Alberta Municipalities supports Red Deer's call for third-party review of dispatch consolidation
The newly re-branded Alberta Municipalities, or AM (formerly Alberta Urban Municipalities Association -- AUMA) is lending its support to the call from four major cities for an independent third-party ...
Nov 18, 2021
Thurber to recognize late teacher who started Alberta's first GSA
Staff and students at Red Deer's Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School will honour a former teacher on Friday.Dr. Darren Lund, who taught English at Thurber from 1986 to 2002, passed away last wee...
Nov 18, 2021
COVID ICU admissions below 100 for first time since late August
CENTRAL ZONERed Deer has 151 active cases of COVID-19, down one from Wednesday.Meantime, recoveries in Red Deer rose by 17 to 9,061, as the total number of COVID-19 cases attributed to Red Deer rose b...
Nov 18, 2021