Category Archives: Local Sports

The Red Deer Vipers were winners in their first game of the 2019 Heritage Junior Hockey League playoffs. The Vipers blanked the Mountainview Colts 5-0 to start their best-of-seven North Conference sem...

Time to kick off another season of the rdnewsNOW Dairy Queen Athlete of the Month. We are ecstatic to announce the continued support from Hamill Dairy Queen in Red Deer as our title sponsor, allowing ...

**For coverage of the 2019 Canada Winter Games, visit our dedicated Games page REBELS (29-19-4-1) Feb. 15 – @ Seattle (21-27-5-1) >> 6-4 loss (STORY) Feb. 16 – @ Portland (33-16-3-3)...

Last weekend was an exciting one for 63 Red Deer athletes and coaches who traveled to Calgary for the 2019 Special Olympics Alberta Winter Games. The Red Deer delegation consisted of three curling tea...

The family of a local hockey legend is thankful for support from the community as its patriarch deals with a recent brain cancer diagnosis. Wynne Dempster won the Centennial Cup with the Jr. A Red Dee...

To call the Olds Grizzlys 2018-19 AJHL season 'tough' would be an understatement. The Grizzlys have stumbled to a record of 6-44-3 for just 15 points, averaging a league-worst 5.26 goals against per g...

It's playoff time for Alberta's only men's senior AAA hockey league, Allan Cup Hockey West. Teams will play for the league title, but these playoffs have no impact on Allan Cup qualifying. This year's...

REBELS (28-18-2-1) Feb. 8 - vs. Regina (14-36-1-2) >> 4-3 (OT) loss (STORY) Feb. 9 - vs. Moose Jaw (28-13-6-2) >> 2-1 loss (STORY) PREVIEW === ALLAN CUP HOCKEY WEST (SENIOR AAA) - ROUND 1 ...

A number of local athletes will be participating this coming weekend in the 2019 Special Olympics Alberta Winter Games. A total of 47 athletes from Red Deer will travel to Calgary for the Games to par...

The signature fundraising event for the Ronald McDonald House of Central Alberta was a sweeping success once again this year. Rhanda Bonnet-Graham, development manager for Ronald McDonald House Charit...