Lacombe

The Red Deer Rebels have announced that recently acquired 17-year-old forward Zane Torre has signed a WHL Scholarship and Development Agreement with the team.

Torre was acquired by the Rebels from the Seattle Thunderbirds last month in exchange for a fourth-round pick at this week’s 2025 WHL Prospects Draft (via Everett) and a conditional fourth-round pick at the 2028 WHL Prospects Draft.

Red Deer RCMP is seeking public assistance in locating missing 14-year-old Saydes Peek. She was last seen in Red Deer on April 26, 2025. There is concern for her well-being.

Saydes Peek is described as:

• 5 feet 6 inches and approximately 150 pounds
• Brown hair and brown eyes

If you have any information regarding the whereabouts of Saydes, please contact Red Deer RCMP at 403-406-2200.

Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School will welcome nearly 120 athletes and partners on Thursday (May 8) for its annual Unified Sports Tournament - a powerful celebration of inclusion, teamwork, sportsmanship and school pride. 

About 30 student-athletes from Lindsay Thurber and 15 student-partners will take part in the tournament, which focuses on basketball and bean bag toss.  

On May 3, at approximately 6:17 p.m., Red Deer RCMP responded to a report of an armed robbery at a gas station located in the area of 50 Street and 41 Avenue.

Preliminary investigation reveals that a male suspect entered the store, produced a bladed weapon, and threatened the employee while demanding money.

The suspect then fled the scene.

The suspect is described as an older male with grey hair and facial hair.

He was wearing black clothing and is believed to be between 5 feet 1 inch and 5 feet 5 inches tall. 

On May 3, at 10:53 p.m. Ponoka RCMP received a report of a serious two vehicle collision on Highway 2A near Township Road 434.

Upon arrival, emergency responders located a GMC Acadia with a lone deceased 41-year-old female occupant.

The other vehicle, a Volkswagen Tiguan, had two deceased people inside, a 26-year-old male and 14-year-old male.

A third 14-year-old female occupant was taken to hospital by STARS but died due to the injuries incurred.

All 4 deceased people were residents of Maskwacis.

Emergency Preparedness Week (EP Week) is this week (May 4 to 10) and is a reminder for people in Canada to take concrete actions to be better prepared to protect themselves and their household during emergencies. The theme this year is "Be Prepared. Know Your Risks."

Here are some tips:

Grade Eleven students at HJ Cody High School in Sylvan Lake will be doing a food drive on Thursday, May 8th.

The students say they want to give back to the Sylvan Lake Community.

Bags have been left at many doors already across town. You are asked to fill the bag with non-perishable food items and leave it on your porch.

Donations will be picked up May 8th, from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm.

Food bank items can also be dropped off in person at HJ Cody High School.

Lacombe local Catherine Butcher will give a special solo performance in Red Deer on May 10 at the downtown branch of the public library.

The second violinist for the Red Deer Symphony Orchestra (RDSO) will be accompanied by piano and will perform masterpieces including Sarasate’s Carmen Suite, Johannes Brahms’s Violin Sonata No. 3, and a special composition by Paul Schoenfield.

Butcher, who has been playing since she was four years old, holds a Bachelor of Music from the University of Calgary and a Master’s Degree in violin performance from McGill University in Montreal.

The 2025 WPCA Pro Tour canvas auction took place for one of chuckwagon racing’s premier events – the Ponoka Stampede – at the Stagecoach Saloon on the Ponoka Stampede grounds in Ponoka.

Alberta’s New Democratic Party has voted overwhelmingly to cut traditional membership ties with its federal counterpart.

Delegates in Edmonton voted Saturday to allow provincial members to opt out of joining the federal NDP, a move Leader Naheed Nenshi campaigned on last year.

In adopting the measure, the party is shedding what many considered a political albatross.

Nenshi told reporters the party's longtime practice of automatically signing up members to the federal party was a sticking point that scared some potential voters and members away.