Building permit values increased in March for Red Deer, with 82 permits valued at nearly $5 million being issued. In March 2024, there were 86 permits issued at a value of $4 million. Notable permits include: Building permit for construction of an industrial accessory building at 7780 Edgar Industrial Way, valued at $9...

The Government of Alberta is investing more than $1 million through the Fire Services Training Program Grant to support local fire services, and Red Deer is set to receive $14,091. The funding is meant to help over 65 municipalities, First Nations and Métis Settlements deliver training to firefighters. "Thi...

Red Deer RCMP have made multiple arrests following a series of search warrants executed on April 1.That day, RCMP were notified of an individual, allegedly wanted on outstanding warrants, believed to be in the Red Deer area.Officers located the person's vehicle at a north end hotel, and arrested the suspect under a Fee...

Sunterra Quality Food Markets Inc., an Alberta-based company with multiple arms, including a line of grocery stores, has filed for bankruptcy protection.More precisely, the company filed a notice of intention to make a proposal under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, with Harris & Partners Inc. appointed as the co...

This is a candidate profile for the April 28, 2025 federal election. All candidates have been asked the same four questions, and were given a 600-word limit. Responses are unedited for grammar and spelling, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of rdnewsNOW and Pattison Media. Advance voting days are April 18, 19...

The 45th federal election is just around the corner in Canada and those hoping to vote will need to cross a few things off the list.Canadians who are at least 18-years-old are eligible to vote on election day on April 28 but they'll have to register.Elections Canada offices will be open in 343 ridings in Canada where r...

OTTAWA - Party leaders are likely to receive questions about Canada-U.S. relations during their campaign stops today, a day before American President Donald Trump is expected to impose "reciprocal" tariffs by increasing U.S. duties to match the tax rates that other countries charge on imports. Tomorrow, Trump...

As the weather warms up and roads become clear again, Alberta RCMP would like to remind motorists of the dangers of speeding. Even with improved driving conditions, RCMP say unsafe speeds increase the risk of collision and serious injury for all road users. "Speeding is one of the biggest threats to traffic safety...

Alberta has risen through the ranks to be Canada's number one recycler, with residents returning more than two billion cans, bottles and other containers in 2024. This represents about 85 per cent of all non-refillable beverage containers, the highest return rate in the country, the provincial government reported on Th...

Alberta RCMP is reminding drivers to slow down.As the weather gets warmer, and roads become clear, police say it is important to keep in mind the dangers of speeding. Unsafe speeds can risk collision and serious injury for all road users.In 2024, Alberta RCMP issued 48,600 speeding tickets, and 4,283 in the month of Ap...

Alberta's nurses have ratified a four-year collective agreement paying them nearly a 20 per cent raise over the term of the deal.The new agreement, which nurses affirmed overwhelmingly, makes workers in this province the highest paid anywhere in the country.The United Nurses of Alberta (UNA) noted 95.74 per cent of tho...

Lacombe's Daxon Rudolph is in the running for the Western Hockey League (WHL) rookie of the year award.Following a stellar first year in the WHL with the Prince Albert Raiders, the 17-year-old defenceman was named as one of six nominees for the Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy.He scored seven goals and added 34 assists for ...

A new era has begun in the town of Olds.On Wednesday morning, the historic Olds Grizzlys franchise of the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL) announced a new ownership group has taken the helm, with a new coaching staff to lead the way moving forward.The good news for the community is the team will be staying in Olds. ...

The Red Deer Polytechnic (RDP) Kings and Queens rodeo team will host the Canadian Collegiate Rodeo Finals for the first time in 10 years.From May 15-18 the Finals will return to central Alberta bringing the best rodeo college athletes from across Canada to the Rimbey Agrim Centre.In total, six of RDP's 11 athletes will...

OTTAWA - A Federal Court judge has ordered that a self-described hitman associated with a Mexican drug cartel remain in custody, throwing out a refugee board member's ruling that he be released pending his asylum case. Justice Julie Blackhawk says the application for release must be reconsidered by a different board me...

British Columbia's premier says he is encouraged to see a shifting tone in U.S. President Donald Trump's talks with Canada, but concerns remain about how tariffs could devastate the province's softwood lumber sector. Premier David Eby says he will be travelling to Prince George in the B.C. Interior to speak with forest...

VICTORIA - There were several points at which a University of Victoria student could have been saved before she died of a drug overdose last year, but instead a report says she didn't get the naloxone or respiratory support needed to survive. The report by former Abbotsford, B.C., police chief Bob Rich looks into the J...

MONTREAL - Quebec's Court of Appeal has upheld a lower-court ruling that found a provincial law abolishing school boards violated English-language minority education rights. The Quebec English School Boards Association called today's decision a recognition of the anglophone community's constitutional right to manage an...

OTTAWA - A Superior Court judge has found Ottawa-area graphic designer Patrick Macdonald guilty on three counts of terror and hate-related charges related to the production of antisemitic propaganda for the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division. Superior Court Justice Robert Smith found Macdonald guilty this week on all t...

QUÉBEC - The Quebec government has introduced a bill to preserve the integrity of the electoral process by tackling deliberate disinformation and election interference. The bill tabled today by the province's minister for democratic institutions would make it an offence to knowingly spread false information to i...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon's acting inspector general announced Thursday that he would review Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's use of the Signal messaging app to convey plans for a military strike against Houthi militants in Yemen. The review will also look at other defense officials' use of the publicly available ...

DEIR AL BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - An Israeli airstrike on Thursday killed at least 27 Palestinians sheltering at a school in northern Gaza and wounded 70 more, said Health Ministry spokesman Zaher al-Wahidi, as Israeli forces have expanded their strikes and evacuation orders across the war-torn territory in recent days....

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump has moved to fire several senior White House National Security Council officials soon after he was urged by far-right activist Laura Loomer to purge staffers she deemed insufficiently committed to his Make America Great Again agenda, according to several people familiar with the...