Category Archives: Red Deer

Red Deer with 355 active COVID-19 cases, Alberta surpasses 20,000
Alberta reported another 1,735 cases of COVID-19 on Monday. That's out of 20,358 test results over the past 24 hours for a positivity rate of about 8.5 per cent. There are now 20,067 active cases in t...
Dec 07, 2020

Man accused of killing Red Deer doctor pleads not guilty
The man charged with first-degree murder in the slaying of a Red Deer family physician this summer has pleaded not guilty. Deng Mabiour also pleaded not guilty to assault with a weapon and assault of ...
Dec 07, 2020

Missing: Tarin Crier, 27, of Innisfail
Innisfail RCMP have located Tarin Crier and no longer require media or public assistance. Innisfail RCMP would like to thank the public and media for their assistance.
Dec 07, 2020

19 more coronavirus deaths pushes Alberta past 600
Alberta climbed well past 600 deaths from COVID-19 on Sunday with 19 new fatalities.The total now is 615 deaths, as the province added 1,836 new cases on Sunday, the third largest one-day total. The r...
Dec 06, 2020

Report reveals scope and design of future multi-use aquatic centre in Red Deer
If a new multi-use aquatic centre is to be built in Red Deer, its location will be nearby the Michener Aquatic Centre or near downtown's Rotary Recreation Centre.A report published this weekend in the...
Dec 06, 2020

More than 100 ICU admissions provincially, Red Deer surpasses 300 active cases
Alberta had another record-breaking day on Saturday with 1,879 new cases of COVID-19.The previous record was set on Dec. 3 with 1,854 cases, and Friday saw 1,828. There are now 18,806 province-wide.Re...
Dec 05, 2020

MP Dreeshen talks mental health in agriculture in the House of Commons
The member of parliament for Red Deer-Mountain View spoke recently in the House of Commons to highlight rising mental illness in agriculture.Earl Dreeshen, whose own family has a strong background in ...
Dec 05, 2020

Ponoka council approves 2021 interim capital and operating budgets
Interim capital and operating budgets have been approved for the Town of Ponoka next year.The approvals came during council's regular meeting last week following two days of budget deliberations.The t...
Dec 05, 2020

Salvation Army has long way to go to reach Kettle Campaign goal
Officials with The Salvation Army in Red Deer are hoping you can help them with this year's annual Christmas Kettle Campaign.Kettle donations are said to be desperately needed for the organization to ...
Dec 04, 2020

City Manager rejects concept of defunding police
Red Deer's city manager says he fundamentally disagrees with the concept of defunding the police.When asked this week whether City administration had considered it while working on Red Deer's operatin...
Dec 04, 2020