Red Deer

City hosting open houses for snow and ice control program

The City of Red Deer is in the process of gathering public input for snow and ice removal programs.An online survey launched Feb. 12 has already gathered over 500 responses, and a series of open house...

Feb 29, 2020 (rdnewsNOW file photo)

Anxiety high over changes to AISH payments

For Red Deerian Gary Mottl, changes to Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH) payments are causing him nothing but grief.Mottl, 37, has Asperger's Syndrome, diabetes, social anxiety disord...

Feb 29, 2020 Red Deer residents Gary and Stephanie Mottl say changes to AISH which take effect March 1 will cause them hardship. (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)

Future remains uncertain for proposed Buffalo Lake RV Resort

The fate of a proposed RV resort along the south shore of Buffalo Lake, northwest of Stettler, remains uncertain.On Feb. 14, the Summer Village of White Sands and Summer Village of Rochon Sands both r...

Feb 29, 2020 (dreamstime.com)

Construction underway on new continuing care facility in Red Deer

The official groundbreaking ceremony for the new Points West Living continuing care facility in north Red Deer took place on Friday.The expansion of the existing facility along Taylor Drive north of 6...

Feb 28, 2020 (rdnewsNOW/Dan Hermanutz)

False threat in downtown Red Deer leads to charges

Charges have been laid against a Calgary man following an incident in downtown Red Deer on Tuesday that resulted in a heavy police presence around the Millennium Centre. Mounties say 38-year-old David...

Feb 28, 2020 A heavy police presence was seen in downtown Red Deer Tuesday afternoon after RCMP received word of a possible threat to a business inside the Millenium Centre.

Preliminary inquiry to be held for pair charged in fatal Lacombe shooting

A preliminary inquiry will take place for two people charged in a fatal shooting in Lacombe last December that claimed the life of a young man from Ponoka.Tyler John Campbell, 27, and Amie Joanne Roge...

Feb 28, 2020

Seven arrested, drugs and weapons seized by Mounties in Red Deer

RCMP say charges are pending after seven people were arrested following search warrants at multiple locations in Red Deer on Thursday.The warrants were executed by Red Deer RCMP, along with the assist...

Feb 28, 2020

City says provincial budget responds to Red Deer's critical infrastructure needs

Although Thursday's provincial budget revealed a significant investment in badly-needed capital projects for the City of Red Deer, officials note many details are still to be determined. On Friday, ci...

Feb 28, 2020 (rdnewsNOW/Sheldon Spackman)

Sexually explicit “Greta” sticker does not warrant charges: RCMP

There will be no criminal charges coming for a local oil and gas services company linked to a decal that caused outrage when images of it were posted to social media this week. The sticker shows a bla...

Feb 28, 2020 Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg speaks at a rally at the Alberta Legislature Building in Edmonton, on Friday, Oct. 18, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Dave Chidley

7-year-old girl dies in mobile home park fire

An overnight fire at a mobile home park west of Red Deer has claimed a life. The fire at Westview Estates, formerly Les's Trailer Park, near Burnt Lake Trail broke out just after 1 a.m. Friday. Blackf...

Andrew Snook Feb 28, 2020 (rdnewsNOW/Dan Hermanutz)