Red Deer

Stantec Santa Bus offers holiday magic over the weekend

When life serves you lemons, you make lemonade.That's exactly what Santa Claus and the City of Red Deer did again Saturday for the first-ever Stantec Santa Bus.Since young Red Deerians could not visit...

Dec 14, 2020

Local shopping initiative helping Red Deer Christmas Bureau

Local businesses are banding together this holiday season to help promote shopping close to home while at the same time raising money for the Red Deer Christmas Bureau. #BetterTogether was created to ...

Dec 14, 2020

Community Resource Navigation Team helping families affected by pandemic

A helping hand is being extended to local families left feeling isolated by COVID-19.Family Services of Central Alberta (FSCA) recently launched its Community Resource Navigation Team to support area ...

Dec 14, 2020

22 new deaths as Alberta surpasses 80,000 cases of COVID-19

Twenty-two new COVID-19-related deaths are being reported in Alberta Sunday, making this the province's single deadliest 24 hours since the pandemic began in early March.The death toll is now 719, up ...

Dec 13, 2020

School Resource Officer program continuing at Clearview Public

Clearview Public Schools is extending its school resource officer (SRO) agreement.The agreement was set to end on Dec. 31, 2020 after the division gave one-year notice last December that it would be w...

Dec 13, 2020

COVID-19 restrictions and closures for the town of Blackfalds

In accordance with provincial COVID-19 regulations, new restrictions and closures are now in place in the town of Blackfalds.The changes took effect at 12:01 a.m. on Dec. 13 and will last a minimum of...

Dec 13, 2020

Town of Ponoka outlines restrictions and closures as new COVID-19 rules take effect

Starting Sunday, Dec. 13, the Ponoka Aquaplex will close temporarily.The closure is in line with recent COVID-19-related restrictions announced by the Government of Alberta. The pool will be shuttered...

Dec 13, 2020

Alberta records 13 new COVID-19 deaths, active cases decline

Alberta Health identified 1,590 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday.With 1,666 recoveries, this marks the second straight day of a decline in active cases. Today's drop was 89 to 20,072, after it declin...

Dec 12, 2020

Suspect at large after striking Red Deer peace officer vehicle in stolen SUV

A female peace officer is recovering after being struck by a stolen vehicle on Saturday.RCMP say it was at about noon when Mounties were called to the scene of an collision involving an SUV and a peac...

Dec 12, 2020

Library services still accessible during four-week shutdown

Libraries in the region are gearing down their services for what will be a long four-week shutdown, but that doesn't mean you can't still find a good book to read.Once they close this Saturday, librar...

Dec 12, 2020