Red Deer

Festival of Trees raising funds for hi-tech medical scopes

Nearly 13,000 patients each year stand to benefit from money raised through the 2019 Festival of Trees.The 26th annual event begins Thursday evening with the preview dinner and is open to the public f...

Nov 18, 2019 Proceeds from the 2019 Festival of Trees will be used to purchase new medical scopes for Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre. (rdnewsNOW/Rene Rondeau)

City to recognize Transgender Day of Remembrance

Wednesday is the Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR), held annually to shed light on violence against those who are transgender.It began in 1999 as a vigil to honour the memory of Rita Hester, a tra...

Nov 18, 2019

Ron MacLean addresses viewers in first Hockey Night in Canada since Don Cherry’s ouster

TORONTO - Ron MacLean addressed Don Cherry's dismissal with a lengthy monologue during the first period intermission of Saturday's "Hockey Night in Canada" broadcast, saying "Coach's Corner is no more...

Nov 17, 2019

Suspect in Red Deer kidnapping to stand trial

A man accused of kidnapping a woman in Red Deer last year is going to trial. It was shortly before 7 a.m. on Wednesday, October 17, 2018 when Red Deer RCMP responded to a gas station on 39 Street near...

Nov 16, 2019

Red Deer County launches farming engagement survey

Red Deer County's Know to Grow project is conducting a survey to gather opinions on modern farming. The goal is to help urban residents and their farming and ranching neighbors in Red Deer County conn...

Nov 16, 2019

City wraps up public meetings on crime

Dozens of Red Deerians gathered at the Radisson Hotel on Friday to offer their solutions towards addressing the city's top priority. The City of Red Deer's sixth and final crime and community safety m...

Nov 15, 2019 About 50 people attended Friday's crime and community safety meeting at the Radisson (rdnewsNOW/Sheldon Spackman)

Gadsby residents vote to dissolve village

Residents in the Village of Gadsby have voted in favor of becoming a hamlet in the County of Stettler. A vote was held on Thursday with 27 votes in favor of becoming a hamlet and one vote in favor of ...

Nov 15, 2019

Alberta's Speaker brings passion for politics to local classrooms

A self-proclaimed "political nerd," Nathan Cooper is taking his love for his job beyond the legislature dome. Alberta's Speaker of the Legislative Assembly embarked on a three-day tour of central Albe...

Nov 15, 2019 Speaker Nathan Cooper talks about the Alberta Legislature, democracy and the Mace to pupils at Ecole Steffie Woima School in Sylvan Lake on Thursday. (Photo: Katja Oosthuis/Speaker's Office)

Innisfail man arrested following standoff on Wednesday

An Innisfail man has been charged following an incident on Wednesday that involved a standoff with police. While doing targeted patrols, Innisfail Mounties observed a van that was confirmed stolen fro...

Nov 15, 2019 (Photo: RCMP)

Police chiefs talk mental wellness at annual conference in Red Deer

Leaders in law enforcement across the province say significant steps are being taken to break the stigma surrounding mental illness.Police response to mental illness was the theme for the annual confe...

Nov 14, 2019 Lorne Blumhagen, Lacombe Police Chief and AACP board member, says strides are being made in terms of dealing with mental illness. (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)