Red Deer

Local money manager advises not to panic during market turmoil

Plunging stock markets are prompting at least one local money manager to call for calm and for investors not to panic.Dion Zukiwsky, Branch Manager and Director of Wealth Management at Scotia Wealth M...

Mar 09, 2020 (The Associated Press)

A Better World Canada sets new targets for 2030

A Better World Canada, which is based in Lacombe, hopes to put 75,000 children in schools by 2030.The organization has education facilities in countries such as Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Afghanistan...

Mar 09, 2020 Gord Bontje, ABW board member and philanthropist, celebrates opening four more classrooms with students at Keringet School on Jan. 26, 2020 in Kenya. (A Better World Canada)

Lacombe County signs Intermunicipal Collaboration Frameworks with neighbouring counties

Lacombe County has teamed up with a few of its municipal neighbours to ensure they are working together efficiently and economically for their ratepayers. In recent weeks, Lacombe County officials say...

Mar 09, 2020

Biggest Red Deer Home Show ever features pint-sized residences

More than 270 businesses took part in this year's Red Deer Home Show, which organizers say makes it the largest ever.One unique company at this year's show was central Alberta-based Tree Hugger Tiny H...

Mar 08, 2020 Scott Smythe, president of central Alberta-based Tree Hugger Tiny Homes, at the Red Deer Home Show on Mar. 7, 2020. (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)

Women's March takes to Red Deer's downtown streets

Around 100 people braved the snow and cold Saturday morning for the second annual Red Deer Women's March.The event falls one day ahead of International Women's Day."We really want to ignite conversati...

Mar 07, 2020 (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)

Change of leadership at Drumheller and Bowden institutions

A change in command has taken place at both Bowden Institution and Drumheller Institution.Outgoing Bowden Warden Tracey Farmer is being replaced by Lawrence Hartigan, and at Drumheller, Warden Darcy E...

Mar 07, 2020 (Government of Canada)

City, AHS differ over ongoing costs for vacant Valley Park Manor

The City of Red Deer and Alberta Health Services (AHS) are at odds over what exactly it's costing to let Valley Park Manor sit empty.The former seniors' living facility, which is owned by AHS and loca...

Mar 06, 2020

Police investigating shooting near Innisfail park

Innisfail RCMP are investigating a shooting incident that took place Friday morning.Police received a call at about 5 a.m. on March 6 for a shooting in the area of Cannon Park in the town's south end....

Mar 06, 2020 (Google Maps)

Anger, confusion after city council’s vote on conversion therapy

A contentious vote this week by Red Deer city council over whether to get behind a ban on conversion therapy led to disappointment among members and allies of the LGBTQ+ community.Councillor Dianne Wy...

Mar 06, 2020 Alongside her dog Lyric, Shay Vanderschaeghe, a member of Red Deer's LGBTQ2S+ community, says a number of local city councillors showed their true colours during a debate last Monday on conversion therapy. (Supplied)

Rooftop firefighters raising funds for muscular dystrophy

Some local firefighters are once again going up, way up in support of a good cause. Four firefighters from Red Deer Emergency Services are perched on the roof of Station Three on Lees Street for their...

Mar 06, 2020 (Photo: rdnewsNOW/Dan Hermanutz)