Olds News

Local music teacher and choir director Lisa Ward is branching out further with the start-up of a new community choir for youth ages 14 to 21.

Red Deer resident Cheryl Riley never expected to be diagnosed with breast cancer. And although her mother and aunt had battled the disease, it was still a shock when the doctor called Riley, 59, with the news in the winter of 2008.

A local Christian artist has been charged with sexual assault against a physically disabled man, who police said was afflicted with cerebral palsy and defenceless in a wheelchair. At about 9:55 a.m. on Aug.

Three males have been arrested in connection to a double stabbing incident early Thursday morning that left two men in serious condition. At about 3 a.m. on Aug.

RCMP investigators are probing the tragic death of a City boy who died after an apparent accident at a local industrial park. At about 3:50 p.m.

RCMP are waiting for the results of an autopsy to positively determine the death of a Penhold youth who was found lifeless along the side of Hwy. 2A just outside the Red Deer city limits. RCMP Sgt.

A man who struck an Innisfail RCMP officer with his vehicle during a high speed chase on the QE II Hwy. has been sentenced to six years in jail.

A rare find has been seen flying around Central Alberta. The partial albino robin has been spotted southwest of Sylvan Lake. It was born this summer and has about four other siblings, all of which look like an average robin.

Protestors gathered in City Hall Park Tuesday to continue to try and change the provincial government's plans to shut down the Red Deer Nursing Home and Valley Park Manor.