Red Deer

Alberta launches new system to track drug overdose deaths

The Government of Alberta is launching what it calls the most comprehensive opioid surveillance system in the country.Up-to-date data on deaths and EMS calls will now be shared monthly as opposed to t...

Dec 18, 2020

Red Deer records first death from COVID-19

Red Deer has recorded its first COVID-19 death. Friday's update from the province shows that the death of a woman in her nineties on Dec. 16 is linked to the COVID-19 outbreak at the Points Living Wes...

Dec 18, 2020

Some city staff work outdoor areas while indoor facilities are closed

The City of Red Deer is finding a way to keep some of its Parks and Recreation staff working while indoor facilities are closed due to public health restrictions. City Manager Allan Seabrooke says som...

Dec 18, 2020

Loaded gun among weapons seized in Red Deer RCMP patrol

Five people are facing a total of 58 charges after Mounties seized a number of weapons, including a loaded gun from a vehicle in downtown Red Deer last week. In the early morning hours of Dec. 12, mem...

Dec 18, 2020

Government unions still seeing pay increases during downturn: CTF

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) has released a report claiming to show hundreds of government wage settlements across Alberta, including 12 in Red Deer, resulting in pay increases during the e...

Dec 18, 2020

New trial dates set for man charged in $2.6 million fraud case

New trial dates have been set for a Sylvan Lake man accused in an alleged $2.6 million fraud case reportedly involving a 'revolutionary fracking product'.Dane Michael Skinner, 56, was previously sched...

Dec 18, 2020

Reduced service for Red Deer Transit starting Sunday

Red Deer Transit will operate with reduced hours and frequency beginning this Sunday in response to recent changes to public health restrictions.Officials say the decision was made "in an effort to be...

Dec 18, 2020

Preliminary hearings set for pair charged in central Alberta shooting

A preliminary hearing will take place early next year for a Red Deer man charged in a shooting northeast of Didsbury last winter.Lyle Robert Walter Vance, 28, faces 10 counts, including unlawfully wou...

Dec 18, 2020

Penhold council asks premier, opposition to work together on pandemic response

Penhold town council wants Alberta's political leaders to put their partisan differences aside and work together to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.On Monday, council directed Town administration to ...

Dec 18, 2020

Red Deer remains with 417 active COVID-19 cases

Alberta reported another 1,571 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday.That's out of 19,852 tests for a positivity rate of 7.9 per cent.The number of active cases in the province has dipped to 19,865, a dec...

Dec 17, 2020