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Lake development showing renewed signs of life

Development activity is picking up again around Sylvan and Gull Lakes after a lull brought on by the economic downturn.

“I think the interest in development in Lacombe County has increased quite a bit,” said Dale Freitag, the county’s manager of planning services. READ

Province's quest for revenue concerns city; Chamber gives budget nod of approval

As the province looks to break away from its reliance on energy resource revenue, the City of Red Deer is concerned property taxes will be a revenue target. READ

Budget ‘listens to Albertans’: Liepert

EDMONTON — Premier Alison Redford’s Alberta Tories delivered a pre-election budget Thursday that increased spending to record levels and raided billions from the piggy bank, but promised the province will be out of the red within a year. READ

RCMP seize 959 marijuana plants near Rocky

RCMP seized 959 marijuana plants worth about $1.2 million in an early Thursday morning raid southwest of Rocky Mountain House. READ

Armed standoff ends tragically in Three Hills

An armed standoff came to a tragic conclusion near Three Hills on Wednesday afternoon. READ

Mad Butcher closing doors permanently

The Mad Butcher owner Ron Burndred has decided reluctantly to close his doors for good. READ

A vote for the Tories is a vote for a tax hike: Wildrose leader

Wildrose Party leader Danielle Smith predicts Albertans will pay more taxes and the province will raid the $17-billion Heritage Fund based on Tuesday’s throne speech. READ

Ample evidence pointing to harassment, torment by RCMP officer: Crown

Greed and power motivated an RCMP officer accused of bullying tenants and defrauding mortgage providers and their insurers, a Crown prosecutor said during trial closing arguments on Tuesday. READ

Red Deer's rising utility rates 'too much', says councillor

Red Deer residents can’t afford to keep paying ever-increasing utility bills, said a city councillor. READ

Elton John to perform solo concert in Red Deer

The man who wrote Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is about to say “hello” to Red Deer. READ

Berry marching on Legislature to press for charges

The Alberta sheriff who used “unjustified and excessive force” to remove a deaf and mute cancer survivor from the Red Deer Court House is no longer a peace officer. READ

Fluoride debate goes to overtime

City council hasn’t heard enough about fluoride, apparently. READ

Mourning family loses keepsakes

Relatives of a Red Deer baby killed last November are seeking the return of memorial items, including hand and foot prints, that they say were stolen from a car in Edmonton on the weekend. READ

Auctioneering a tough call at first

Edward McCormack describes grabbing the microphone at his first auction as an experience akin to stepping out in front of a crowd to belt out a tune having never sung a note before. READ

First and goal in sight for sole survivor of horrific crash

EDMONTON — High school football player Zach Judd’s bright red Ultimate Fighter T-shirt just about says it all. Last October, Judd was in a coma and suffering from brain injuries, a fractured skull and a punctured lung when he was wheeled into hospital. He was the sole survivor of a horrific traffic crash, involving a suspected drunk driver, that killed four of his teammates. READ