Category Archives: Red Deer
Red Deer health care aide charged under Federal Quarantine Act
Red Deer RCMP have charged a health care aide employee under the Federal Quarantine Act following an investigation in collaboration with Alberta Health Services (AHS).On Oct. 19, Red Deer RCMP was con...
Dec 31, 2020
A Better World Canada celebrates 30 years of helping children
In 1990, two friends, Eric and Brian, wanted to invest $5,000 in a development project.They and a handful of others decided to pay for reconstructive surgery for 15 children in Kenya, enabling those c...
Dec 31, 2020
Ponoka mayor moving on in 2021
By this time next year the town of Ponoka will have a new mayor. Rick Bonnett, who has served two terms in the town's mayor's chair, says he won't be seeking a third."I've been in this chair for eight...
Dec 31, 2020
Mayor Veer looks back a final time at 2020 and ahead to 2021
As noted in the first half of our year in review story with Mayor Tara Veer, Red Deer was a community that found itself divided over a number of issues throughout an emotionally volatile year in 2020....
Dec 31, 2020
2020: A year unlike any other
There really are no words that can properly describe a year that at times felt like a decade. Yes, COVID-19 has changed the world and dominated headlines since the onset of the pandemic, but there was...
Dec 31, 2020
Principal writes book on 'double life' as volunteer firefighter
From 'regular life' to emergency scenes, a central Alberta man is sharing his unique experiences as both a teacher and firefighter through the release of a new book.Not My Emergency: The Double Life o...
Dec 30, 2020
Mayor says 2020 proved 'resiliency' of Sylvan Lakers
Sylvan Lake's mayor is proud of the town's residents for coming together to overcome the challenges presented by 2020.From overcrowded summer beaches to temporary shutdowns for many local businesses, ...
Dec 30, 2020
Blood donations key in Red Deer man's fight with Leukemia
Before 2018, Michael Wark didn't fully grasp the importance of giving blood - because it hadn't affected him personally. No one in his family had been in a traumatic accident, and to his knowledge no ...
Dec 29, 2020
Red Deer among first Alberta communities to receive Moderna vaccine
Premier Jason Kenney announced Tuesday that Alberta has received 16,900 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine and Red Deer will be one of the first communities to get it.Kenney said shipments of the v...
Dec 29, 2020
Red Deer with 296 active COVID-19 cases as of Tuesday
Alberta reported another 872 cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday. That's out of 11,006 test results over the past 24 hours for a positivity rate of 7.9 per cent.There are now 14,785 active cases in Alberta, ...
Dec 29, 2020