Author Archives: Josh Hall

Red Deer surpasses 2,000 COVID cases as active caseload surges
COVID-19 hospitalizations across the province of Alberta now total 434, down from 457. If that number can stay below for 450 for three straight weeks, the province will then re-evaluate whether it's s...
Feb 07, 2021

LOCATED: 26 y/o Darcie Lermen from Red Deer
Red Deer RCMP say Darcie Lermen, 26, has been located She was reported missing Jan. 29.
Feb 02, 2021

Mayors want immediate investigation into EMS dispatch outage
RED DEER-- Four Alberta mayors are demanding an immediate third-party review of EMS dispatch consolidation, as well as an inquiry into a 72-minute long technical outage last week at the AHS South Comm...
Feb 01, 2021

Red Deer mom's quest to raise awareness of button battery safety a success
A Red Deer mother's journey which began with a nightmare has turned into one of education and advocacy. After a period of guilt and shame, Leslie Bangamba's goal now is to save lives, she says. Last A...
Jan 30, 2021

City of Red Deer formally reviewing social media comment made by council member
Red Deer Mayor Tara Veer has issued an official statement regarding a controversial social media post from a member of city council this week. rdnewsNOW reported on said comment Thursday, and the City...
Jan 29, 2021

WATCH: COVID-19 update for Friday, Jan. 29
Alberta's Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, will offer the latest update on COVID-19 at 3:30. Reports say Premier Jason Kenney may also be in attendance. We will have more at our web...
Jan 29, 2021

Lacombe city council cutting lots of red tape
Lacombe city council has streamlined the municipality's development application approval process. It did so this week by approving amendments to the Subdivision and Development Authority Bylaw. Previo...
Jan 28, 2021

Central Alberta Child Advocacy Centre 'One Day Challenge' exceeds goal
On Thursday, January 21, the Central Alberta Child Advocacy Centre held its third One Day Challenge - an initiative to recognize the courageous children supported by the centre by selling the same num...
Jan 25, 2021

Red Deer mom alarmed over 17-day delay in COVID contact notification
With Alberta students having returned to in-person learning, a Red Deer family is concerned that it took 17 days to find out their child was a close contact of a COVID-19 case. Abby, whose real name i...
Jan 18, 2021

Innisfail salon owner set to defy public health orders, open Tuesday
An Innisfail hair salon owner says the business will open its doors in defiance of public health orders on Jan. 12. Natalie Klein says Bladez 2 Fadez is booked for several days since sharing her decis...
Jan 11, 2021