Lacombe

Motorists are advised of traffic disruptions on Kerry Wood Drive between 55 Street and 57 Street next week as crews work on underground infrastructure.

On Monday, June 17 from 8 a.m. to Tuesday June 25, 2024 at 8 p.m. both lanes on Kerry Wood Drive will be closed between 55 Street and 57 Street. Detours along 55 Street and 60 Street will be in place and drivers are encouraged to plan an alternate route during the closure.

The Man Van, which is the Prostate Cancer Centre's mobile clinic, will be coming to Lacombe on Thursday, June 20th. It will be providing free PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen) blood tests at The Lacombe Admin Building (40403 Range Road 24-4) from 11 AM – 3 PM for men aged 50-70. 

It will also be making an appearance at the Ponoka Stampede on June 29th and 30th. It will be located at the Wild West Tradeshow in the Arena Complex from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm

On June 14, 2024, at approximately 3:30 p.m., Red Deer RCMP responded to a theft of motor vehicle at the downtown Original Joe’s.

Before officers could arrive, the vehicle had fled at a high rate of speed, running red lights and driving erratically. The suspect caused a collision, fled the scene and continued to drive erratically before ditching the vehicle.

Wolf Creek Public Schools (WCPS) and Maskwacis Education School Commission (MESC) extended an Educational Services Agreement.  

The agreement is designed to strengthen resource sharing and relationships between the two organizations.  

Maskwacis RCMP are stepping up proactive patrols after seeing an increase in gun related crime.

On June 10, 2024, Maskwacis RCMP responded to reports of gun shots being fired at a residence in Maskwacis. On June 11, 2024, RCMP received a similar call of shots fired at a residence in Maskwacis. There were no injuries reported from these two incidents.

As a result of these ongoing investigations, RCMP initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle in Wetaskiwin. A search revealed a loaded 9 mm hand gun and a sawed-off rifle.

At 3:20 pm, Saturday, June 15th, Environment Canada issued a heavy rainfall warning for most parts of Central Alberta including The City of Red Deer and areas to the south and west.

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Emergency department renovations have started at the Wetaskiwin Hospital and Care Centre.  

Due to construction, the emergency department will be temporarily relocated to a space on the hospital’s main floor on June 18.   

Strengthening Positive Assets and Resiliency in Communities (SPARC) newest "Paint the Town Positive" activity is promoting positive messaging in the community.   

SPARC partnered with the City of Red Deer and the 13U AA1 Red Deer Northstar Braves to bring a Kindness Rock Garden to the Oxbows Off Leash Dog Park.  

Red Deerians are encouraged to add their own positive colourful rocks to the garden.   

At 2:44 PM MDT, Environment Canada meteorologists are tracking a severe thunderstorm capable of producing strong wind gusts, nickel to ping pong ball size hail and heavy rain.

This severe thunderstorm is located 10 km southwest of Winfield and is moving east at 30 km/h.

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Federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay has announced an early list of Livestock Tax Deferral regions for 2024.

This year, the Government has streamlined the process to identify regions earlier in the growing season, and has included a new buffer zone adjacent to the designated regions to capture impacted producers that may be on the edge of affected areas.

This year, the majority of Alberta falls into either the designated or buffered designated regions.