Local News

An Alberta landowner group is trying to rally opposition to new carbon capture and storage legislation that the organization claims erodes property rights and will leave the province on the hook for billions of dollars in potential liability.

Red Deer Regional Airport’s dreams of buying de-icing equipment has taken off.

After exposing the public to the charms of the mechanical bull last weekend, the staff at Cowboys — a newly opened bar in downtown Red Deer — expect this weekend to surpass the approximately 260 riders that rode it on the opening two days.

A man convicted Friday of the aggravated sexual assault of an elderly woman in Red Deer will now be the subject of a dangerous offender hearing.

A program coming to Olds next month is out to prove that science happens everywhere.

The final hockey game was a nail-biter. Tied 3-3 after three periods. Five minutes of overtime solved nothing. It was shootout time.

Antoinette Stuppard has run the Red Deer Youth Orchestra for over four decades with the goal of keeping kids engaged in music — and her effort has paid off, remarkably.

Ponoka County and a group of concerned residents are lobbying the Natural Resources Conservation Board to overturn a decision approving a huge poultry operation near scenic lakes.

A pedestrian bridge heavily damaged by flooding last July is being fixed.The City of Red Deer is repairing the bridge on the connector trail from Spruce Drive to Kin Kanyon after receiving clearance from Transport Canada’s Navigable Waters Protection Program.

The City of Red Deer will add another Action Bus to its fleet this spring in an effort to ease heightened demand from the city’s aging population.