Category Archives: Red Deer

Lacombe Performing Arts Centre gets boost from county funding
Life is good for the Lacombe Performing Arts Centre Foundation, which is anticipating the start of its second season.The foundation recently received $83,000 from Lacombe County to put towards its new...
Jan 16, 2020

$300,000 in signage coming for Culture Services building
It will soon be easier to find one's way into the City of Red Deer's new home for its Culture Services department.This week, city council approved one final capital project for the year that was defer...
Jan 16, 2020 (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)

MISSING: Mark Crier, 17, of Sylvan Lake
Sylvan Lake RCMP say 17-year-old Mark Crier has been safely located.He was reported missing on Jan. 16.
Jan 16, 2020

Red Deer's snow plows are at the ready
City snow plows will be coming through Red Deer's residential neighbourhoods next week.Residents are reminded to sign up for Snow Zone alerts, which can be received via text, email or phone.Snow Zone ...
Jan 16, 2020 (rdnewsNOW file photo)

STARS launches annual fundraising Lottery
Calgary-area resident Stu Wilson says he wouldn't be here today if STARS Air Ambulance wasn't there for him in August of 1997."I certainly was a critical injury patient," he recalls. "I was returning ...
Jan 16, 2020 The 2020 STARS Lottery Dream Home in Lethbridge (Photo: Lethbridge News Now)

North end salon owner vows to run for council after latest break-in
A Red Deer business owner says that after being broken into Thursday morning there's no doubt she's running for city council come 2021.Grace Engel, owner of ClassiCuts Oasis Salon at Taylor Drive and ...
Jan 16, 2020 ClassiCuts Oasis owner Grace Engel (left), and Tiffany Dam with Tips n Toes, which has a space inside Engel's salon, stand next to the shattered front door of their storefront. (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)

Lower assessment values likely to offset tax hike in Sylvan Lake
Sylvan Lake town council has approved a Municipal Operating Budget for 2020 that Town officials say balances service delivery with the needs of the community and economic realities.On Monday, council ...
Jan 16, 2020

Gas leak at community health centre under investigation
Investigators are looking into the cause of a gas leak at the Bremner Avenue Community Health Centre Thursday morning.Red Deer Emergency Services Platoon Chief Chuck Ruether says crews responded short...
Jan 16, 2020 (rdnewsNOW/Sheldon Spackman)

School closures and bus cancellations: Thurs. Jan. 16
Below is the list of bus cancellations and school closures for Thursday, January 16. The list will be updated as more announcements are made.- Wolf Creek Public Schools is cancelling buses and closing...
Jan 16, 2020

RCMP explosives team deployed to Red Deer apartment building for ‘unknown device’
The RCMP deployed its explosives disposal unit to a Red Deer apartment building at about 3:30 p.m. Wednesday afternoon following the discovery of a gun and what police referred to as an "unknown devic...
Jan 15, 2020