Tag Archives: Events

Pride parade to roll through Red Deer
A pride parade will move through the streets of downtown Red Deer. Following the trend of drive-by birthday celebrations, organizers say the parade will have participants displaying their pride from t...
Jul 25, 2020

Evansburg’s Thrive Community Garden celebrates grand opening
Yellowhead County Mayor Jim Eglinski and Councillor Cherniawsky-Voigtwere on hand on July 10 to mark the 4th Grand Opening of the Thrive Community Garden and to appreciate the fruit of local gardeners...
Jul 23, 2020

Recreation, arts and culture activities ramping up in Whitecourt
With the Government of Alberta's Stage 2 Relaunch underway, the Town of Whitecourt's Recreation, Arts & Culture team says it's been able to increase services and programming opportunities availabl...
Jul 22, 2020

CommunityNOW: Online Arts Festival & Summer Day Camp
We're back with CommunityNOW for our friends at ABC Country Restaurant to let you know about some of the great things happening in our community!This week we tell you about the ongoing online arts fes...
Jul 17, 2020

CEO confident Westerner Days will be back next year
Today marks the start of what would have been the kick-off to central Alberta's largest summer celebration.The 2020 edition of Westerner Days scheduled for July 15-19 was cancelled due to government h...
Jul 15, 2020

20th anniversary of the Pine Lake tornado
Harvey Kelts hopes to never see anything like it again. Kelts was playing in a ball tournament at the Pine Lake Hub Community Centre on July 14, 2000. It was early evening when he and a teammate notic...
Jul 14, 2020

Reflecting on the Pine Lake tornado
I first heard about the Pine Lake tornado arriving at the Pine Lake Hub Community Centre Saturday morning to play in a slo-pitch tournament.A number of our players and members of other teams were camp...
Jul 13, 2020

Winners drawn in 2020 Red Deer Hospital Lottery
The 2020 Hospital Lottery in support of the Red Deer Regional Health Foundation is officially in the books.This year's proceeds are going towards the purchase of ventilators to replace an aging invent...
Jul 10, 2020

Boys & Girls Club launches online auction in support of youth adventure programming
An online fundraiser to support youth adventure programming in central Alberta is launching Monday. Boys & Girls Club of Red Deer and District's Online Summer Auction fundraiser begins July 6 at 9...
Jul 06, 2020

CommunityNOW: Events supporting Kids with Cancer and Ronald McDonald House
We're back with CommunityNOW for our friends at ABC Country Restaurant to let you know about some of the great things happening in our community!This week we tell you about a special bottle drive happ...
Jul 03, 2020