Local News

Red Deer County will hold its residential tax rate at 2008 levels and reduce the farmland rate slightly this year.

A trial date for a man charged with attempting to kill policemen by running them over could be set in early June.

A spark in calls from people worried about making ends meet has prompted a Red Deer organization to host a session on surviving the global economic crisis.

Red Deer residents and businesses can expect property taxes to rise an average 5.5 per cent.

Westerners associate Sierra Leone with blood diamonds and a vicious civil war that has killed thousands of people.

A motocross track near Alix has been ordered to trim its weekend hours by a Lacombe County subdivision and development appeal board following an emotional hearing earlier in the week.

A group of 11 Red Deer College students, two faculty members and a volunteer is home safe after a study tour to Mexico was cut short over recent fears about the H1N1 flu.

A man charged in a downtown stabbing death last August has been ordered to stand trial.Blair Andrew Neill, 41, of Red Deer is charged with first-degree murder in connection with stabbing death of Nathan Casey.

Red Deer and District SPCA still needs to raise another $830,000 from the community for the construction of its new Animal Welfare and Humane Education Centre.

A man who claims he grew 29 marijuana plants for personal use to ease the pain of a back injury received a conditional sentence in Red Deer court Thursday.