Lacombe

This year’s Encore Art Show and Sale’s featured artist, Marlene Kallstrom-Barritt, has always come back to making art.   

Kallstrom-Barritt found her passion for painting when she was a young mother, but her art career has been very off and on throughout the years.  

A local author, Myrna Pearman will be launching her new book tonight (Friday, April 26th) at The Rimbey Library.

The book titled, Beauty Everywhere: Volume II is a sequel to Beauty Everywhere (2016). It celebrates the diversity and beauty of Central Alberta and beyond. Myrna will share stories while taking about her love of photography and fascinating details about the amazing but often underappreciated creatures we share this planet with.

For anyone who watched T.V. in the 70's/80's it's hard not to remember Mrs. Roper from the hit sitcom "Three's Company". Mrs. Roper along with her husband Stanley were the caretakers and  key characters in the show.

Now you have a chance to channel your inner Mrs. Roper with a fundraiser called the Sylvan Lake's Mrs. Roper's Romp on Saturday (April 27).

Annette Brown the organizer of the event talks about how it came about. 

 Bunge and Viterra are pleased that the Canadian Competition Bureau has concluded its review of Bunge’s proposed acquisition of Viterra and issued its non-binding advisory report to the Minister of Transport. We appreciate the Bureau’s time and effort in reviewing the transaction.

On Monday April 22, 2024 Council passed Bylaw 823/2024 Tax Rate and Minimum Tax Rate Bylaw which set the Town of Penhold's Municipal Tax Rates for 2024.

Mayor Mike Yargeau, “We are proud of Administration and their efforts to continuously work towards providing the same high level of services, while ensuring infrastructure is maintained, with only a minimal municipal tax increase, despite ongoing cost increases. Further to that we have kept the increase at less than half of the national average rate of inflation”

The City of Red Deer’s Emergency Services has reached an agreement with Alberta Health Services (AHS) to continue delivering emergency medical services in Red Deer. This agreement solidifies a partnership aimed at enhancing emergency response capabilities and ensuring timely medical assistance to those in need.

For the ninth year, Viterra is partnering with the Canadian Foodgrains Bank to help end world hunger.

Viterra will provide 267 acres of land around five terminals in Alberta and Saskatchewan to the Foodgrains Bank.

Alberta sites include Lethbridge, and Trochu, with Saskatchewan sites including Balgonie, Grenfell, and Raymore.

The Competition Bureau released its report this week regarding Bunge's proposed acquisition of Viterra. 

Both Sylvan Lake and Red Fire are asking residents to exercise extra caution due to the dry and windy conditions across Central Alberta.

Although there are no fire bans at this time, please be careful and keep informed on the latest fire ban status information here.

With wind, warm temperatures and no precipitation forecasted next week, the dry conditions are likely to worsen. The City of Red Deer will not be issuing burn permits as a result of these conditions.

Red Deer-Lacombe MP Blaine Calkins is calling for the changes Bill C-47 made to the natural health product legislation be reversed.  

Under Bill C-47, natural health products follow the same regulatory approval process, including the cost, of therapeutic drugs.