Category Archives: Red Deer

New ice plant coming for Ponoka Arena
A new ice plant is being installed at the Ponoka Arena Complex.Town council recently approved awarding the contract for the project to CIMCO Refrigeration for $1,342,229.The new ice plant will replace...
Feb 02, 2021

Province provides $170,000 to child advocacy centre, family services bureau
The provincial government is allocating $170,000 to two local organizations to help in their work to support wellness and recovery in the community.Red Deer-North MLA Adriana LaGrange announced Friday...
Feb 02, 2021

Two of three City mask bylaws extended to June 1
Council took another look at The City of Red Deer's face coverings bylaws on Monday.The matter was back on the agenda because the bylaws mandating the wearing of face coverings on Red Deer Transit and...
Feb 01, 2021

Trial dates set for Innisfail councillor facing charges
A five-day trial is scheduled to take place next year for an Innisfail town councilor facing sexual assault-related charges.In Red Deer Court of Queen's Bench on Monday, defense lawyer Kevin Sproule i...
Feb 01, 2021

Red Deer with 190 active COVID-19 cases
Alberta confirmed 355 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday.That's out of 7,294 test results over the past 24 hours for a positivity rate of about 4.9 per cent.The number of active cases in the province is ...
Feb 01, 2021

Mayors want immediate investigation into EMS dispatch outage
RED DEER-- Four Alberta mayors are demanding an immediate third-party review of EMS dispatch consolidation, as well as an inquiry into a 72-minute long technical outage last week at the AHS South Comm...
Feb 01, 2021

County of Stettler doing virtual budget presentation
County of Stettler residents can learn more about the county's proposed budget on Tuesday. Due to COVID, council will present the proposed 2021-2024 budget to the public virtually, at 1:00 p.m. on Tue...
Feb 01, 2021

November jury trial set for man accused of killing Red Deer doctor
A four week jury trial has been scheduled in November for a man accused in the killing of a family doctor at a medical clinic in Red Deer. Deng Mabiour, 54, is also insisting on representing himself o...
Feb 01, 2021

Gas leaks prompts emergency road closure at 40 Ave and Ross Street
Ross Street at 40 Avenue is closed this morning due to an underground natural gas leak in the area. The City of Red Deer says the closure will be in effect until at least noon as Red Deer Emergency Se...
Feb 01, 2021

Red Deer up to 187 active cases, Alberta Health reports eight more deaths
Alberta is reporting another 461 cases of COVID-19, for a total of 124,208 up to the end of Jan. 30.With recoveries taken into account, active cases drop by 25 to 7,505. With 8,946 tests done, the pos...
Jan 31, 2021