Category Archives: Red Deer
Alberta awards grant funding for Family Resource Networks
The provincial government has announced the successful grant funding applicants for its new Family Resource Networks (FRN) designed to deliver prevention and early intervention services and supports a...
Apr 08, 2020
Blackfalds, Lacombe County sign Intermunicipal Collaboration Framework (ICF) Master Agreement
Lacombe County and the Town of Blackfalds have announced the signing of a new agreement that aims to help both municipalities plan and deliver shared programs and services effectively, efficiently and...
Apr 08, 2020
Man sentenced for attempted gunpoint robbery at Blackfalds Motor Inn
A man taken down by patrons while trying to rob the Blackfalds Motor Inn at gunpoint on Halloween night has been sentenced to more than four years behind bars. It was at 12:42 a.m. on Nov. 1, 2019 whe...
Apr 08, 2020
Cilantro and Chive, local breweries win big at Alberta Beer Awards
The best of Alberta's craft beer scene was celebrated at the 2020 Alberta Beer Awards held during a live-streamed event Tuesday night, and central Alberta was well represented.Created by the Alberta S...
Apr 08, 2020 Cilantro and Chive owners Rieley and Kim Kay celebrate their latest win at the Alberta Beer Awards (Photo: Twitter @Clinatro_chive)
Sylvan Lake RCMP arrest break-in suspects in action
Sylvan Lake RCMP are crediting alert members of the public in helping them arrest suspects involved in two separate break and enters this week.Over two days, Sylvan Lake Mounties responded to two call...
Apr 08, 2020
RDC closing public campus access starting Monday
Red Deer College (RDC) has announced that effective Monday (April 13) public access will no longer be permitted at its main campus and the Donald School of Business downtown.This means any students, e...
Apr 08, 2020
Zookeeper says same measures keep big cats safe from COVID-19 as people
A local zookeeper says their facility is using the same safety precautions around its animals as with people in a bid to keep them safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. It was learned on Monday that a ti...
Apr 07, 2020 Sheera is a resident of the Discovery Wildlife Park at Innisfail (Photo: Discovery Wildlife Park)
Red Deer Public Market may postpone 50th anniversary celebrations to next year
It looks as though 50th anniversary celebrations may have to wait until next year for the Red Deer Public Market.Open from May Long Weekend through Thanksgiving weekend each year, has become one of th...
Apr 07, 2020 Dennis Moffat, Owner/Manager of The Market at Red Deer (rdnewsNOW file photo)
Mayor Veer asks Ottawa to keep prisoners behind bars during pandemic
Red Deer's mayor says releasing some prisoners early as a way of addressing physical distancing concerns in Canada's institutions would be a risk to public safety in our community. Last week, Public S...
Apr 07, 2020 (Dreamstime.com)
'Logan Boulet effect' continuing to save lives two years later
When Dave Kinsella anonymously donated one of his kidneys earlier this year, it didn't matter that he would never meet the recipient or that they would never know the person who saved their life.On th...
Apr 07, 2020 Dave Kinsella (middle) following his kidney donation surgery in Jan. 2020, with Tony Timmons (right) and Ryan McLennan, the man Kinsella had initially signed up to help. Timmons later donated a kidney to McLennan after Kinsella was determined to not be a match. (Supplied)