Red Deer

Central Alberta Refugee Effort needs community's help to mark 40 years

To celebrate its 40th anniversary in the community, Central Alberta Refugee Effort (CARE) is encouraging Red Deerians to participate in 40 acts of caring.Executive Director Frank Bauer says when they ...

Jan 24, 2020

Influenza claims four Central Zone lives in last two weeks

Influenza has taken the lives of four central Albertans in the past two weeks, according to data from Alberta Health Services.Ifeoma Achebe, medical officer of health for AHS Central Zone, says this i...

Jan 23, 2020 (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)

CAPRA aims to strengthen social connections in 2020

An organization working towards reducing poverty in Red Deer is excited about its opportunities to impact the community going forward.On Wednesday, the Central Alberta Poverty Reduction Alliance (CAPR...

Jan 23, 2020

Habitat for Humanity Red Deer won't be asking families to pay interest

Habitat for Humanity Red Deer will not be altering its mortgage model any time soon.If it ever does -- hypothetically speaking, its CEO says -- it will only be for future partner families, not those w...

Jan 23, 2020 (rdnewsNOW file photo)

AHS opens new protective safe house in Red Deer

Children and youth struggling with drug and alcohol use in central Alberta are now able to receive more help from Alberta Health Services' (AHS) expanded Protection of Children Abusing Drugs (PChAD) p...

Jan 23, 2020 Alberta Health Services Chief Zone Officer Janice Stewart (far left), Mayor Tara Veer (centre), and representatives from the Government of Alberta cut the ribbon on Thursday to a new protective safe house in Red Deer. The Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Program expands on previous local services that provide detox support for children and youth. (Supplied)

Premier's comments spark concern over future of supervised consumption services in Red Deer

The executive director of Turning Point, which operates Red Deer's temporary Overdose Prevention Site (OPS), says she is disappointed to hear Premier Jason Kenney say the government may close or reloc...

Jan 23, 2020 Red Deer's temporary Overdose Prevention Site (rdnewsNOW file photo)

Investigators looking into small kitchen fire at The Mustard Seed

Investigators are looking into the cause of a small kitchen fire at The Mustard Seed in Riverside Meadows on Thursday.Red Deer Emergency Services (RDES) Duty Chief Matt White says crews responded at 1...

Jan 23, 2020 Mustard Seed (rdnewsNOW File Photo)

Fatal crash on Highway 11 west of Red Deer

A 27-year-old man from Red Deer is dead following a crash between a semi and a pickup truck along west of the city Thursday morning.Red Deer Emergency Services (RDES) Duty Chief Matt White says crews ...

Jan 23, 2020

Hydraulic fracturing likely cause of Red Deer area earthquakes: Report

Preliminary findings into the cause of a pair of earthquakes near Red Deer over the past two years have identified hydraulic fracturing as the likely cause. According to an open file report published ...

Jan 23, 2020

Semi driver dead after crashing into stopped tow truck south of Red Deer

One man is dead following a collision late Wednesday night south of Red Deer in which a semi plowed into the back of a stopped tow truck.It was just after 11 p.m. when Innisfail and Blackfalds RCMP re...

Jan 23, 2020 (Photo submitted)