Category Archives: Red Deer
RDC’s Mechanical Engineering Technology program receives national accreditation
Officials with Red Deer College (RDC) have announced that national accreditation has been received for its Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) Diploma program.The recognition from Technology Accre...
Oct 06, 2020
Red Deer down to three active COVID-19 cases
Red Deer is down to three active cases of COVID-19 as of Tuesday. It's the fewest active cases in the city since three were reported back on July 14.The number of recoveries in the city remains listed...
Oct 06, 2020
No Thanksgiving dinner at Salvation Army this year
Circumstances surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic have halted the long-standing tradition of the Salvation Army hosting its annual Thanksgiving Day dinner in Red Deer.Major Kent Hepditch acknowledges it...
Oct 06, 2020
Golden Circle serves over 10,000 frozen meals during pandemic
Despite the challenges presented by COVID-19, officials with the Golden Circle in Red Deer say it hasn't stopped their frozen meal program from being a big success this year.Between March 19 and Sept....
Oct 06, 2020
Time change for downtown parking meters
New daily hours are coming into effect for parking meters in Red Deer. Parking fees at downtown meters will be in effect from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily instead of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.CIty officials say al...
Oct 06, 2020
Woman arrested for impaired driving
UPDATE (Oct. 6, 2:15 p.m) Red Deer RCMP has clarified the information they provided rdnewsNOW regarding this story. They now say the woman involved in the incident was fully clothed at the time, and t...
Oct 06, 2020
Alleged drug traffickers make court appearances
Both a trial and a sentencing will take place next month for two men who RCMP allege were extensively involved in drug trafficking throughout central Alberta.Levin Gabriel Hill, 26, of Sylvan Lake fac...
Oct 05, 2020
Red Deer man to be sentenced next year for child luring-related offenses
Sentencing will take place next year for a Red Deer man charged with child luring-related offenses.Wayne David Taylor, 59, plead guilty in Red Deer provincial court on Monday to counts of child luring...
Oct 05, 2020
Alberta reaches five-month high in active COVID-19 cases, Red Deer down to four
While the numbers in Red Deer remain quite low, active cases of COVID-19 in Alberta are the highest they've been in nearly five months.The province has 1,783 active cases as of Monday - the most since...
Oct 05, 2020
Trial dates set for Stettler man charged in father's murder
A five-day trial will take place next year for a Stettler man charged in the death of his father last winter.In Red Deer Court of Queen's Bench Monday, trial dates of Feb. 8-12, 2021 were set for 33-y...
Oct 05, 2020