Category Archives: Red Deer
Chinook’s Edge keeping educational assistants until June 1
Chinook's Edge School Division says it is waiting until June 1 before laying off its educational assistants and hourly support staff following the temporary K-12 funding cut announced last weekend by ...
Apr 02, 2020
Town of Sylvan Lake temporarily lays off 64 employees
The Town of Sylvan Lake is the latest local municipality to be laying off part of its workforce due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In a release, the Town says 64 employees are enacting the "Temporary 60-Da...
Apr 02, 2020 (rdnewsNOW file photo)
Red Deer postpones Point in Time Homeless Count
The City of Red Deer has postponed the 2020 Point in Time Homeless Count due to the COVID-19 situation. The count had been scheduled for Tuesday, April 7. A new date has not been announced. The Point ...
Apr 02, 2020
Two charged after break-in and theft at Innisfail area oil lease site
Two people are facing charges following a break-in and theft at an oil lease site near Innisfail last weekend.On Mar. 28, at 9:30 a.m., Innisfail RCMP received a call of a break-in to an oil lease sit...
Apr 02, 2020
Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools helping families in need during COVID pandemic
During this time of school building closures, Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools (RDCRS) has been working to provide lunches for families in need. To date, the division has supported 52 families with ...
Apr 02, 2020
Red Deer Public Schools defers educational assistant layoffs until June
Red Deer Public Schools says it won't be laying off its 258 educational assistants until June 1, a month later than first planned.The district says there will also be no more assignments for substitut...
Apr 01, 2020
Three charged following violent Red Deer robbery
Red Deer RCMP have charged three people and recovered stolen property following a violent robbery which occurred at a Fas Gas on Gaetz Avenue on Mar. 30. At 3:30 a.m., Mounties responded to a complain...
Apr 01, 2020
Red Deer Mounties investigating drug-related, targeted shooting
Red Deer RCMP are investigating what they believe to be a drug-related, targeted shooting in Riverside Meadows Sunday night.It happened around 5:00 p.m. on Mar.29, when police responded to a 9-1-1 cal...
Apr 01, 2020
Red Deer’s Garden Plot Program closed for 2020 due to pandemic
Red Deerians who make use of a city program to grow their own food won't be able to do so this year.The City of Red Deer has closed its Garden Plot Program for 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. City ...
Apr 01, 2020 (Photo: Jen Stange)
First responders salute hospital workers, young boy with special parades
Red Deer's first responders are making it loud and clear to the local community that when it comes to the COVID-19 crisis, they're all in it together.This spirit of unity was on full display Tuesday n...
Apr 01, 2020 Red Deer Regional Hospital workers wave at an ambulance driving by as part of a special parade Tuesday evening in their honour. (rdnewsNOW/Rene Rondeau)