Events

Canada Day at the Alberta Legislature cancelled

Canada Day at the Alberta Legislature will not take place in 2020 following last week's announcement by the Alberta's Chief Medical Officer of Health that mass events for this summer are cancelled due...

May 01, 2020

STARS holding live country music concert to support operations

With the COVID-19 pandemic postponing or cancelling hundreds of their annual fundraising events, STARS Air Ambulance is taking their efforts online with a virtual concert and fundraiser.A star-studded...

May 01, 2020

Drive-in movies back on in Mirror

Call it "take two" as outdoor movies will be showing again in Mirror. Chris Scott, owner of the Whistle Stop Caf, posted on Facebook Thursday night that Alberta Health Services is giving them the go-a...

May 01, 2020 (Photo: Whistle Stop Cafe)

AHS brings curtain down on drive-in movie nights in Mirror

Alberta Health Services (AHS) has put the brakes on a series of drive-in movies in the hamlet of Mirror.Chris Scott, owner of the Whistle Stop Caf in Mirror where the drive-in movies were being screen...

Apr 30, 2020 A recent drive-in movie night at the Whistle Stop Cafe in Mirror. (Supplied)

World Professional Chuckwagon Association cancels 2020 season

The World Professional Chuckwagon Association has cancelled the entire 2020 season.The announcement Wednesday evening cites the continued ban on mass gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic and the fa...

Apr 29, 2020 Photo by Curtis Galbraith

Ponoka Stampede officially postponed

Officials with the Ponoka Stampede have announced that the 84th edition of the rodeo scheduled for June 25 to July 1, 2020 has been postponed.The decision is a result of the ban by provincial health a...

Apr 29, 2020

Centrefest cancelled for 2020

Red Deer's largest annual street performers' festival is one of the latest events to be cancelled due to the COVIFD-19 pandemic. Officials with Centrefest announced this week that their event schedule...

Apr 29, 2020 (Photo: Centrefest)

Ceremony in Red Deer honours fallen workers

April 28 is the National Day of Mourning.A ceremony was held at the Red Deer Fallen Worker Tribute (Bower Ponds) on Tuesday to remember and honour those who lost their lives, suffered injury or illnes...

Apr 28, 2020 (Photo submitted)

AgSmart 2020 cancelled at Olds College

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Government of Alberta's mass gathering restrictions, AgSmart 2020 has been cancelled. After a successful launch in 2019, AgSmart officials say they are dis...

Apr 28, 2020

2020 Hlinka Gretzky Cup cancelled

Hockey Canada announced on Tuesday that the 2020 edition of the Hlinka Gretzky Cup, scheduled for Aug. 3-8, has been cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The tournament brings together the ...

Apr 28, 2020 On Aug. 5, 2018 Canada and Czech Republic battled in pre-tournament action at the Servus Arena as part of the 2018 Hlinka Gretzky Cup (Photo: Hockey Canada/Rob Wallator)