Category Archives: Red Deer
Coldest Night of the Year raising important funds, awareness for The Mustard Seed
The Mustard Seed's biggest annual fundraiser is entering its fourth year.The Coldest Night of the Year (CNOY) is a family-friendly walk and fundraiser where all money raised goes directly to The Musta...
Feb 13, 2020 (rdnewsNOW file photo)
Car wash owners fined $40,000 for 2017 explosion
The owners of a car wash in north Red Deer that was the scene of an explosion that injured three people have been fined $40,000.Heebo Jo and Myung Kun Song, owners of Lazer Car Wash on 67A Street, ple...
Feb 13, 2020 An OHS investigator examines the scene of an explosion at a north Red Deer car wash on Aug. 18, 2017 (rdnewsNOW/Troy Gillard)
Psychiatric assessment coming for serial sexual predator
A report is being prepared to determine whether an Eckville man who admitted to committing sexual crimes against young children can be classified as a dangerous or long-term offender. The 35-year-old ...
Feb 13, 2020
Three arrested after Innisfail RCMP locate stolen vehicles
INNISFAIL- Three people face a list of charges after Mounties in Innisfail recovered several stolen vehicles. On February 12 at approximately 12:40 a.m., RCMP received a call from a concerned citizen ...
Feb 13, 2020
Grant funding available to groups that help city's homeless
Local groups that help accommodate homeless people can apply for $15M in grant funding from the federal and provincial governments over the next four years.Earlier this month, city council endorsed th...
Feb 12, 2020 (City of Red Deer)
City seeks public input on snow and ice control
The City of Red Deer has arranged a series of public consultation sessions as it aims to improve its snow and ice control programThe City evaluates and makes improvements to the Snow and Ice Control p...
Feb 12, 2020
People's Bus takes health care and senior's care concerns to minister's riding
A bus carrying dozens of Albertans concerned about the government's actions regarding health care and senior's care made a stop near Red Deer on Wednesday.The People's Bus, chartered by Friends of Med...
Feb 12, 2020 Dozens of people concerned about the direction of Alberta's health care and senior's care systems boarded the People's Bus enroute from Edmonton to Calgary on Wednesday to bring those concerns to Minister of Health Tyler Shandro in the constituency of Calgary-Acadia. (rdnewsNOW/Sheldon Spackman)
Business owners say more can be added to city's downtown incentive program
A new incentive program for downtown development projects announced by the City of Red Deer this week is getting mixed reviews from at least two local businesses.Ken Heywood, owner of Heyrock Chartere...
Feb 11, 2020
Crooks break into Bowden post office, twice
Olds RCMP are investigating two break-ins at the Canada Post office in Bowden. The incidents occurred on February 6 and 10. Police say that in the first incident, the suspects broke through the main e...
Feb 11, 2020
Piper Creek Optimist Club, Troubled Monk show support for Central Alberta Child Advocacy Centre
Donations to the Central Alberta Child Advocacy Centre (CACAC) keep pouring in. On Monday, Troubled Monk Brewery donated $1,000 to the centre, while the Piper Creek Optimist Club made a commitment to ...
Feb 11, 2020 Left to right: Ted Emmett (Piper Creek Optimist Club), Bud Kelly (troubled Monk), Mark Jones (CACAC), NIck Kietaibl and Matt Hamill (Piper Creek Optimist Club).