registration opens april 22
18th Run/Hike for Hospice coming this June
The Run/Hike for Hospice, in support of the Red Deer Hospice Society, is quickly approaching. The event is now in its 18th year and will go ahead June 8 at Bower Ponds, from 9 a.m.-2 p.m.This year, participants can choose to walk, stroll, or run 1 km, 3 km, or 5 km around the beautiful trails at Bower Ponds, helping th...
57m ago
Read More
Rimbey Centre
RDP rodeo team to host Canadian Collegiate Rodeo Finals
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...
2h ago
Read More
What's Trending
registration opens april 22
18th Run/Hike for Hospice coming this June
56m ago
episode 1: chatting with the mayor
The Everything Red Deer Podcast launches NOW
New Schools
RDCRS approves 3-year capital plan which includes two new schools
20h ago
CELEBRATING COMMUNITY ACHIEVEMENTS
Chinook's Edge celebrates multiple King Charles III Coronation Medal winners
20h ago
Red Deer and Area
registration opens april 22
18th Run/Hike for Hospice coming this June
The Run/Hike for Hospice, in support of the Red Deer Hospice Society, is quickly approaching. The event is now in its 18th year and will go ahead June 8 at Bower Ponds, from 9 a.m.-2 p.m.This year, participants can choose to walk, stroll, or run 1 km, 3 km, or 5 km around the beautiful trails at Bower Ponds, helping th...
57m ago
Read More
New Schools
RDCRS approves 3-year capital plan which includes two new schools
Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools approved its three-year capital plan on Tuesday, with multiple big construction projects on the horizon. This includes a new high school in Sylvan Lake, the modernization of Notre Dame High School in Red Deer, and a new Kindergarten to Grade 9 school in Innisfail. When it comes to the...
20h ago
Read More
CELEBRATING COMMUNITY ACHIEVEMENTS
Chinook's Edge celebrates multiple King Charles III Coronation Medal winners
Multiple officials connected to the Chinook's Edge School Division (CESD) have received King Charles III Coronation Medals. The Government of Canada says recipients of these awards have made significant contributions to Canada as a whole or a particular region or community, or have made an achievement abroad that bring...
20h ago
Read More
VALUES HIGHER THAN EXPECTED
Sylvan Lake town council to make budget adjustment following property assessments
The Town of Sylvan Lake has received its final 2025 property assessments, and in response to higher values than expected, town council is considering multiple options to adjust the budget. Assessments increased by 8.5 per cent, while the draft budget estimated an increase of three per cent, and estimated a 3.38 per cen...
21h ago
Read More
Federal Election 2025
Conservative Party of Canada
Candidate profile: Burton Bailey (CPC) - Red Deer
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...
1h ago
Read More
Federal election
Here's how Canadians can vote ahead of and on election day
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...
21h ago
Read More
Federal party leaders continue campaigning as more Trump tariffs loom
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...
Apr 01, 2025
Read More
Alberta
TRADE WAR
Premier Smith says she's sticking to U.S. tariffs approach
Premier Danielle Smith says she'll stick to her contentious approach of trying to make the case against U.S. tariffs on Canada with right-wing media personalities and down-ballot Republicans as U.S. President Donald Trump mulls another round of damaging economic tariffs."It was agreed by all the premiers that we w...
24m ago
Read More
PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN
From dirt to door: BILD Alberta demystifying homebuilding and its affordability
The Building Industry and Land Development Association Alberta (BILD Alberta) has launched a public awareness campaign, "Unlock Housing," to take Albertans behind the scenes on how homes and communities are built, from dirt to door. BILD Alberta says our province leads the country in new home construction. De...
19h ago
Read More
Canada's Choice
Carney promises home building program, Poilievre pitches national energy corridor
Liberal Leader Mark Carney promised Monday to get the federal government back into the business of home building, while Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives pitched a national energy corridor to fast-track approval of key infrastructure.The New Democrats rolled out their own national project - a promise to help retrofit 3....
19h ago
Read More
Health Care
Alberta Health Services pauses planned changes to food policy in emergency departments
Alberta Health Services president Andre Tremblay announced Tuesday that AHS will no longer move forward with changes concerning the way food is supplied in emergency departments other non-inpatient areas.In September 2024, AHS approved changes to the way food is supplied in the areas, and the policy was set to take eff...
19h ago
Read More
Local Sports
Rimbey Centre
RDP rodeo team to host Canadian Collegiate Rodeo Finals
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...
2h ago
Read More
Blackfalds Hockey
Bulldogs Thomas Neu named BCHL third star of the week
Blackfalds Bulldogs forward Thomas Neu has been named one of the British Columbia Hockey League's (BCHL) Three Stars of the Week.Neu has been honoured as the third star after an impressive stretch that saw him tie the lead league in points last week with five.He lit the lamp with two goals and added three assists in a ...
19h ago
Read More
Inclusivity and sportsmanship
Second annual ND Unified Cougar Classic to take place on Thursday
École Secondaire Notre Dame High School announced the second annual ND Unified Cougar Classic is fast approaching.The celebration of inclusivity and sportsmanship is set for Thursday, April 3 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the school's gymnasium.Organizers say it's more than just a sports event, but rather a celebrat...
20h ago
Read More
Canada
'Liberation Day': A timeline of Donald Trump's trade war with Canada
For over a year before the November 2024 presidential election, Donald Trump had been signalling he planned to impose across-the-board tariffs if he won the United States presidency. Trump was elected on Nov. 5, and it's been a roller-coaster ever since for Canadian leaders and businesses. He has threatened, enacted, m...
1h ago
Read More
Remove drugs from potential retaliatory tariffs list, pharmacists urge
TORONTO - The Canadian Pharmacists Association is urging the federal government to remove all drug-related products from its list of potential retaliatory tariffs against the U.S. The association says there are currently eight pharmaceutical tariff codes on the list, but it's not clear which specific medications or dru...
3h ago
Read More
Snow and freezing rain return to parts of Ontario; more power outages possible
A massive spring storm has descended on Ontario with damaging conditions in store for parts of the province still without power from the last bout of freezing rain. Weather warnings issued by Environment Canada cover most of Ontario, ranging from snowfall in the north to rainfall and freezing rain across the south and ...
3h ago
Read More
In the news today: Trump's global tariff action expected today, Carney back in Ottawa
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Confusion lingers over Trump's fentanyl tariffs As U.S. President Donald Trump prepares to unveil his so-called "liberation day" plan to hit multiple countries with tariffs, it's still not clear whether a temporary pause...
10h ago
Read More
'Can't imagine Alaska without Canada': Resolution would affirm Canadian sovereignty
America's 49th state is showing support for the country that U.S. President Donald Trump wants to make its 51st. Republican Rep. Chuck Kopp of Alaska, which shares a border with the Yukon and is separated from the contiguous U.S. by Canada, says the state doesn't support the president's trade war and annexation bid aga...
10h ago
Read More
All eyes are on Trump today as trade war continues to dominate election campaign
OTTAWA - All eyes are on U.S. President Donald Trump as he prepares to hit multiple countries with "reciprocal" tariffs. Liberal Leader Mark Carney is pausing his campaign to take part in meetings in Ottawa ahead of the expected tariffs. On top of the expected "reciprocal" tariffs, it's not clear wh...
10h ago
Read More
World
Police find 2023 Nashville school shooter sought notoriety, hid mental health from medical providers
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The shooter behind the 2023 Nashville elementary school attack that killed six people, including three children, had been planning it for years while hiding their mental health issues from medical providers and hoping the carnage would bring notoriety and fame, a report released Wednesday reveal...
1h ago
Read More
Myanmar's government declares ceasefire to facilitate quake relief efforts
BANGKOK (AP) - Myanmar's ruling military has declared a temporary ceasefire in the country's civil war until April 22 to facilitate earthquake relief efforts and show compassion to the people affected, state TV said Wednesday. The announcement, made in a statement from the military's high command, follows unilateral te...
4h ago
Read More
Judge dismisses corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams
NEW YORK (AP) - A federal judge dismissed New York City Mayor Eric Adams' corruption case on Wednesday, acquiescing to the Justice Department's extraordinary request to set aside criminal charges so the Democrat could help with President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown. The judge, though, denied prosecutors the ab...
4h ago
Read More