Community Connections

In the heart of Red Deer, 2023 was a year marked by resilience, compassion, and unwavering community spirit.

As we approach 2025, our city faces a financial challenge: a projected budget shortfall of $17 to $19 million in our operating budget. These are not easy numbers to face with tough decisions to make. Your input matters in these decision.

Two women’s journeys demonstrates the power of community when facing health challenges.

Xplore Sport Day is an opportunity for our local sport organizations to come together with the community to discover the many sport and recreation pursuits available to Red Deerians.

Vincent van Gogh believed in the therapeutic power of art. He once wrote: “Art consoles those broken by life.” Red Deer-area artist Mélanie Kilsby perfectly understands this sentiment.

On Friday, July 12, Medicine River Wildlife Centre received a call from a concerned citizen that a baby Osprey had fallen out of its nest at Three Mile Bend in Red Deer.

Ever find yourself looking for something to do but having no desire to do the planning or research? There’s a new business in town that does the boring stuff for you so all you have to do is show up.

SPARC Red Deer is pleased to announce our newest “Paint the Town Positive” activity designed to promote positive messaging by creating a kindness rock garden.

Over the past three days, The City of Red Deer has played host to a high-intensity emergency exercise to help 45 central Alberta municipalities prepare for and respond to real-world emergencies.

Over five days, a six-man team from RDES trained 100 bomberos from eleven Mexican municipalities with the Angels for Mexico program.