Lacombe

Update:

The Red Deer RCMP have advised that 35-year-old Wayne Piercey was found safe.

Click here for the full update. 

Original story:

The Red Deer RCMP were seeking the public’s assistance in locating missing 35-year-old Wayne Piercey.

He was last seen on Feb. 25, in Red Deer.

There was concern for his well-being.

With the unseasonably warm temperatures, the Outdoor Rink at the Ponoka Arena Complex is temporarily closed until further notice.

You can still lace-up your skates and enjoy public skating, as well as shinny hockey at the Ponoka Arena Complex. Skating will continue to be offered indoors on weekdays and weekends throughout March. 

To view the public skating and shinny hockey times, click here.

Olds College is suspending select program intakes this fall, after projecting an approximate $5.1 million loss of student tuition revenue for the 2025-2026 budget.  

The decision comes after changes by Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) that reduced international student enrolment, and a decline of operational grant funding from the provincial government.

Red Deer County is proposing changes to the Gravel Extraction Overlay District (Overlay). 

The purpose of the Overlay is to ensure consistent and appropriate regulations are applied to the land for the extraction of sand and gravel materials.

The proposed changes and additions to the existing Gravel Extraction Overly District are listed below:

For almost 20 years, Friends of Guatemala has been hosting fundraising concerts at St. Andrews United Church in Lacombe.

The next concert on March 15 features a pair of duets including Poplar & 51st and Ray Baird and Ol'Frisky.

Funds raised will help a Christian women’s organization in Guatemala called Fraternidad, supporting food security projects in small Mayan villages. Friends of Guatemala has also supported a private health clinic in the past.

Members of the group have travelled to Guatemala in the past to check in on projects and discover other needs.

One day after he had what he describes as a "colourful call" with U.S.

Lacombe County Council approved funding for community programs, events, and activities, and funding for the Rosedale Valley Disc Golf Course project during the Feb. 27 regular meeting.   

Here are the meeting highlights:  

Committee of the Whole meeting notes  

Update:

RCMP are reporting that Dixie Buffalo was located safe in Wetaskiwin.

Original Story:

Maskwacis RCMP was seeking the public’s assistance in locating missing 24-year-old Dixie Mae Buffalo.  

She was last seen on Feb. 26, 2025, in Maskwacis.  

There was concern for her well-being.

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The Blackfalds RCMP Detachment received 155 calls for service during the week of Feb. 25 to March 3. 

The calls include three assaults, nine breach of peace, one break and enter, one fraud, three mischiefs, three thefts, three roadside suspensions, and eight motor vehicle collisions. 

Here are the calls: 

Feb. 25 

• Police attended a call of a collision involving a pickup truck that rear-ended a semi in Lacombe County. The driver of the pickup was taken to the hospital by EMS with non-life-threatening injuries.  

A support group for men going through divorce and separation has started up again in Central Alberta.

Mike Thibeau is the facilitator of Man-Up Support Group 2.0.

"It's a group that I had started up six or seven years ago because I was dealing with a lot of things with my divorce and with a bunch of different legal issues and I knew that what I was going through, there wasn't a lot of people that I could reach out to," he explained. "There was a lot of questions that I had."