Author Archives: Josh Hall
K-Bro to take over linen, laundry service from AHS in September
Beginning in September of 2021, laundry and linen services at Alberta Health Services (AHS) will transition to K-Bro Linen Systems. The transition will begin in the rural parts of the Calgary Zone, fo...
Jul 27, 2021
Voluntary recall issued for Frank's RedHot Buffalo Ranch Seasoning
A voluntary recall has been issued for Frank's RedHot Buffalo Ranch Seasoning over a possible Salmonella contamination. McCormick & Company, Inc. says the recall covers 153g bottles with a best be...
Jul 27, 2021
rdnewsNOW: In conversation with Premier Jason Kenney
From the Cambridge Hotel in Red Deer on July 20, 2021, rdnewsNOW talked one-on-one with Alberta Premier Jason Kenney. Find start points for interview segments at the following time-markers: 1: 0:00 - ...
Jul 22, 2021
WHL player, Nashville draft pick Luke Prokop comes out as gay
A Nashville Predators prospect has come out as gay. Luke Prokop posted on Twitter Monday morning that he is no longer scared to hide who he is. No active NHL player has ever come out as gay. Las Vegas...
Jul 19, 2021
Ag Minister pushing for emergency funding as farmers deal with extreme heat & droughts
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Alberta's Minister of Agriculture is pushing Ottawa for help. Devin Dreeshen spoke with officials at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada this week, asking them to activate the AgriRecove...
Jul 15, 2021
Two Lacombe residents win Hospital Lottery dream home and Mega Bucks 50/50
The Red Deer Regional Health Foundation made a number of people very happy on Friday as it drew the winners of its annual Hospital Lottery. The dream home at 101 Larratt Close in southeast Red Deer is...
Jul 09, 2021
United Nurses of Alberta president questions rollback rationale
The president of the United Nurses of Alberta (UNA) questions what rationale the UCP government is using to antagonize an, "already exhausted and emotionally depleted workforce." That workforce includ...
Jul 07, 2021
Train carrying liquid asphalt derails between Blackfalds and Lacombe
A 23-car train hauling liquid asphalt derailed in central Alberta Friday evening. Blackfalds RCMP say they received a call about a train derailment at about 8:15 p.m. RCMP, along with Lacombe Police S...
Jul 03, 2021 A rail car is overturned along the tracks which follow Hwy 2A, about halfway between Lacombe and Blackfalds, on July 3, 2021. A derailment occurred around 8 p.m. the night before. (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)
July 1 a 'day of hurt' for local Indigenous leader
"I can't anymore refer to that day as... it's July 1," laments an emotional Raye St. Denys. "It's a day of hurt." Executive director of Red Deer's Shining Mountains Living Community Services, and pres...
Jun 25, 2021
Canada Day should be a time of reflection after unmarked graves discovered: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says this Canada Day should be a time of reflection. His comments come the day after a First Nation in Saskatchewan announced ground-penetrating radar had detect...
Jun 25, 2021