Category Archives: Red Deer
Blackfalds RCMP remind motorists to slow down on icy roads
RCMP and Alberta Transportation are warning motorists to avoid any travel on the QEII between Red Deer and Ponoka. Mounties say a semi tractor trailer unit jackknifed north of Highway 12 this afternoo...
Nov 05, 2019 A school bus crashed along Highway 11 westbound, west of Red Deer Tuesday morning. No students were on board at the time. (Twitter photo shared by @wick186)
Sylvan Lake man charged in alleged $2.6M fraud case frustrated with length of court process
A Sylvan Lake man charged in an alleged $2.6 million fraud case expressed his frustration in Red Deer Court of Queen's Bench on Monday about the length of time it's taking for his matter to be resolve...
Nov 05, 2019 Dane Skinner of Sylvan Lake stands accused in a $2.6 million fraud case involving a reported 'revolutionary fracking product.' (rdnewsNOW file photo)
School bus cancellations Nov. 5
RED DEER- Due to the snowfall and road conditions, Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools has cancelled school bus service for the community of Rocky Mountain House.The routes cancelled are S-56, S-57 and...
Nov 05, 2019
Dozens attend first public meeting on community safety
Dozens of Red Deerians took another step on Monday towards becoming more in sync with city hall when it comes to community safety.The City of Red Deer held its first of six public meetings designed to...
Nov 04, 2019 (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)
RCMP looking for wanted Red Deer man
UPDATE (Nov. 14) - RCMP advise that Shaw was recently located and arrested without incident.--- Red Deer RCMP are seeking the public's help in locating a man accused of fraudulently selling a motorcyc...
Nov 04, 2019 Chance Shaw, 28, of Red Deer, is wanted by RCMP.
Appeal filed in Red Deer Dream Centre proposal
An appeal has been filed after Red Deer's Municipal Planning Commission (MPC) last month denied an application for a downtown drug and alcohol treatment centre.Wes Giesbrecht, co-chair of the proposed...
Nov 04, 2019 (rdnewsNOW file photo)
100 Kids Who Care comes through for local women in need
Another year of philanthropy is in the books for Red Deer's 100 Kids Who Care.The group met Sunday at Parkland Mall to shop, decorate and fill shoeboxes for local women in need. The boxes were filled ...
Nov 04, 2019 (Supplied)
No stone left alone ahead of Remembrance Day
Remembrance and respect were top of mind Monday for a group of students from Red Deer's St. Thomas Aquinas Middle School.The students were involved in a ceremony at Red Deer Cemetery as part of the na...
Nov 04, 2019 Darby Duncan, a grade nine student at St. Thomas Aquinas Middle School, places a poppy on the grave of a Canadian veteran during a ceremony held as part of the No Stone Left Alone program. (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)
Stay of proceedings declared in alleged fraud case
A stay of proceedings was declared in Red Deer provincial court on Monday for an Innisfail woman accused of stealing more than $54,000 from her employer over the course of two years.Pamela Bernard, 38...
Nov 04, 2019 Maurice Collard, defence lawyer
Trial ordered for Red Deer County woman accused of killing husband
A Red Deer County woman accused of killing her husband has been ordered to stand trial.A preliminary hearing was held in Red Deer last week for 37-year-old Robin Berresford, who is charged the death o...
Nov 04, 2019