Local News

A local “CrossFit momma” is gearing up to test her fitness level against those of women perhaps 20 years her junior.Nancy McKeage, 38, is a phys-ed teacher at Hunting Hills High School and a mother of two.

Many local schools will have new principals this fall.Karyn Barber will take the helm as the principal at Hunting Hills High School in Red Deer for the 2010-11 school year.

A preliminary hearing has determined there is enough evidence to hold a trial for a Red Deer man charged with second-degree murder in the death of an 18-month-old boy.

Red Deer Emergency Services fire-medics Bill Kamp, left, and Brad Readman carry a dummy acting as a victim who succumbed to toxic vapours during an exercise at Univar Canada on Thursday.

Central Alberta skateboarders are on a roll.After years of persistent lobbying and fundraising, skateboarding groups backed by supportive municipalities are seeing their skatepark dreams inch closer to realization.

As a member of Calgary pop-rock group Seventh Rain, Luke Sheppard knows a lot of school-age kids consider him to be a super-cool musician.

A Canadian soldier had the opportunity on Thursday to put a face to the names of Sylvan Lake school children who sent him letters while he served in Afghanistan.

An outreach worker and a plainclothes Mountie have been working the streets of Red Deer, registering sex workers as recently as last week in a program designed to identify the remains of those missing or murdered.

The City of Red Deer celebrated Clean Air Day by receiving an environmental award for its Idle Free Zone campaign.

Wonky weather brought a mixed bag of tricks for just about everyone who stuck their noses outside during May.