Author Archives: Josh Hall
PowerSchool student data breach impacts Red Deer Public and other North American schools
A widespread PowerSchool data breach has impacted schools across North America and other parts of the world, compromising students' personal information. That's according to a letter from Red Deer Pub...
Jan 09, 2025
Saving Grace Animal Society overwhelmed following influx of animals in January
Saving Grace Animal Society is seeing an unprecedented number of animals brought into their care since the start of the new year. Through the first week of January, the animal rescue located in Alix, ...
Jan 08, 2025
Red Deer MPs, Earl Dreeshen and Blaine Calkins, plus others, react to Trudeau's resignation
Both of Red Deer's longtime MPs, Blaine Calkins and Earl Dreeshen, agree that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's resignation this week changes nothing. Neither were made available for one-on-one intervie...
Jan 08, 2025
Is Donald Trump kidding? Americans in Canada react to tariff, annexation threats
Incoming U.S. president Donald Trump has been courting controversy in Canada since his election victory, with threats to impose whopping tariffs on Canadian goods and musings about the country becomin...
Jan 08, 2025
Sylvan Lakers welcome Red Deer Regional Hospital's 2025 'New Year's baby'
The 2025 'New Year's baby' at Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre came at 9:17 a.m. on Jan. 1. First-time parents Chloe Ross and Dominick Zander, of Sylvan Lake, welcomed baby Oliver a week early. Littl...
Jan 02, 2025
Everything Red Deer Podcast -- Ep. 3: Remembering Michael Dawe, and reminiscing about local news in 2024
This week on the Everything Red Deer podcast, host Josh Hall brings in the entire rdnewsNOW team to discuss the year that was.As well, we remember the late Michael Dawe a year after his passing, and w...
Dec 27, 2024
LeBlanc says it's not the government's job to respond to everything Trump posts
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc says it's not the Liberal government's job to respond to everything U.S. president-elect Donald Trump posts online. LeBlanc made those comments in response to...
Dec 19, 2024
Dawe School students treated to photographer visit to learn about grizzly bear "The Boss"
First grade students at G. H. Dawe School were treated to a special presentation from wildlife photographer and biologist Jason Bantle, after they created art works inspired by one of his photos of Ba...
Dec 18, 2024
Everything Red Deer Podcast -- Ep. 2: Join the Red Deer Titans, and The Outreach Centre's Holiday Hope campaign
This week on the pod, for episode number two, we chat with Jula Lewis, club administrator at the Red Deer Titans Rugby Club (3:07), about upcoming winter tryouts. Then, we talk to Ian Wheeliker, execu...
Dec 18, 2024
Red Deer District Chamber 'deeply concerned' with findings of PiT homeless count
The Red Deer District Chamber is reaffirming its commitment to finding a solution for homelessness in the community following the City's latest Point in Time (PiT) homeless count. According to the cou...
Dec 18, 2024