Category Archives: Red Deer
International Women's Day events going virtual for 2021
This year's International Women's Day in central Alberta is going virtual. Two days worth of events are happening March 13 and 14 and will be hosted by Ubuntu-Mobilizing Central Alberta. International...
Mar 07, 2021
Red Deer down to 288 active cases of COVID-19
Alberta added 341 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday with a positivity rate of 4.2 per cent and 8,142 tests completed.The number of active cases in the province is 4,649, up 10. Recoveries are up 330 t...
Mar 06, 2021
Vigil on Sunday to honour lives lost due to Olymel outbreak
A vigil will be held Sunday afternoon to remember the lives lost due to a COVID-19 outbreak at Red Deer's Olymel pork-processing plant. The event is co-organized by Kyla Courte, who describes herself ...
Mar 06, 2021
Turning Point officials optimistic for OPS funding extension
Officials with Red Deer's temporary Overdose Prevention Site (OPS) are hopeful their provincial funding will continue past the end of the government's budget cycle on March 31. Sarah Fleck, clinical m...
Mar 06, 2021
2019 Canada Winter Games and chairperson honoured with national recognition
The 2019 Canada Winter Games (CWG) in Red Deer and its chairperson have both been given national recognition this week.The 14th Annual PRESTIGE Awards (Program Recognizing Exceptional Sport Tourism In...
Mar 06, 2021
Alberta adds 2 more COVID-19 deaths on anniversary of first case
Alberta added 411 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, and also marked one year since the first case of COVID-19 confirmed in the province.The one-day total is out of 10,559 test results for a positivity ...
Mar 05, 2021
Red Deer had driest winter in 99 years
If you thought it was a mild winter, you're right. Red Deer is coming off of its driest winter in 99 years and second driest in the past 136 years.Kyle Fougere, a Meteorologist with Environment and Cl...
Mar 05, 2021
Silent protest calls out school division over Pride Week decision
A series of protests outside Red Deer Public Schools' head office is happening this week in response to a board decision last month to not approve a division-wide Pride Week.Central Alberta-based Blac...
Mar 05, 2021
Eastview Middle School 's Jeremy Spink named NHL/NHLPA Most Valuable Teacher
Eastview Middle School Teacher Jeremy Spink has been named the 2020/21 NHL/NHLPA Most Valuable Teacher presented by SAP (Systems, Applications, and Products in Data Processing) for the month of Februa...
Mar 05, 2021
Preliminary hearing scheduled for man accused of sexual offenses against teen
A preliminary hearing is scheduled to take place this summer for a Red Deer man accused of committing sexual offences against a 15-year-old youth.Brandon Thomas Conlin, 31, is scheduled to find out on...
Mar 05, 2021