Category Archives: Red Deer
Reopening in Red Deer may not ease if COVID cases remain high, Veer cautions
City officials are cautioning Red Deerians that if COVID-19 cases remain as high as they are there we may not reopen from public health restrictions as quickly as the rest of the province. Red Deer ha...
Feb 23, 2021
Sylvan Lake man pleads guilty to manslaughter for wife's death
A Sylvan Lake man charged in the death of his wife in 2019 will learn later this week how much longer he will stay behind bars.Satnam Singh Sandhu, 43, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in Red Deer Court...
Feb 23, 2021
Pink Shirt Day an important reminder to be kind during trying times
Pink Shirt Day is Wednesday, and with the current state of social media, politics and society, any reminder to practice kindness is a welcome one."We can all improve on making an effort to be compassi...
Feb 23, 2021
Red Deer down 7 to 559 active COVID-19 cases
Alberta confirmed 267 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday.That's out of 6,335 test results over the past 24 hours for a positivity rate of about 4.2 per cent.The number of active cases in the province is...
Feb 23, 2021
Coldest Night of the Year raises $84,500 for The Mustard Seed
This year's Coldest Night of the Year fundraiser was a tremendous success in support of The Mustard Seed in Red Deer. The month-long event brought in $84,500, far surpassing the fundraising goal of $2...
Feb 23, 2021
Injuries avoided thanks to working smoke alarms at Penhold home
No one was injured after fire broke out at a home in Penhold last weekend.It was at approximately 4:30 a.m. on Saturday when Penhold Volunteer Fire Department crews were called out to a reported struc...
Feb 23, 2021
MP Dreeshen tables petition on carbon tax and clean fuel standard
Red Deer-Mountain View MP Earl Dreeshen has tabled a petition in the House of Commons calling on the Liberal government to exempt all direct and indirect input costs that the Carbon Tax imposes on far...
Feb 23, 2021
Black history teaching in Alberta comes up short, advocates say
There is significant room for growth in teaching Black history within Alberta schools.That's the prevailing thought discovered after speaking with several people, younger and older, about how Black hi...
Feb 23, 2021
Red Deer crime rates trended down in 2020
The city's top cop says 2020 certainly was a challenging year for Red Deer RCMP. Supt. Gerald Grobmeier, officer in charge of the detachment, says COVID-19 changed how they deliver policing service in...
Feb 23, 2021
“Forks Up For Canadian Agriculture” on Canada's Agriculture Day
Today is Canada's Agriculture Day, a day to bring together and celebrate people involved in agriculture, food and agribusiness industries."Today, let's celebrate our local producers and all those who ...
Feb 23, 2021