Red Deer

Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools wins communications awards

RED DEER- The Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools (RDCRS) communications department won two BRAVO Awards at a national communications conference in Winnipeg on Monday.The Canadian Association of Commun...

Oct 25, 2019 Left to right: Dr. V. Paul Mason, Superintendent, Meghan Alton, Communications Coordinator, Haleigh Packer, Communications Coordinator and Anne Marie Watson, Board Chair

Property owner assaulted while having vehicle stolen

A woman is recovering after she was assaulted at gunpoint while having her vehicle stolen Wednesday morning. At 8:48 a.m., Sylvan Lake RCMP responded to a complaint from a rural property that two fema...

Oct 24, 2019

Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre expansion not part of Alberta's budget

The first budget from Alberta's United Conservative Government does not include capital funding for Red Deer Regional Hospital expansion.Instead, the capital plan for the budget tabled Thursday by Fin...

Oct 24, 2019 (rdnewsNOW file photo)

New CEO for Westerner Park

Westerner Park has a new CEO.Mike Olesen has been selected by the Board of Directors to take over from Bradley Williams, who stepped out of retirement to serve as CEO for the past year. "The Board wou...

Oct 24, 2019 Mike Olesen (Linkedin profile picture)

City school districts pleased with new seclusion room guidelines

Red Deer's two largest school districts are welcoming the new standards announced Wednesday regarding the use of seclusion rooms, time-outs and physical restraints in Alberta classrooms.The standards ...

Oct 24, 2019 Red Deer Public Schools Superintendent Stu Henry

Mom says first year with quadruplets "chaotic in the best way"

Charlene Hainsworth says the last 12 months have been chaotic, but in the best way possible. On Oct. 18, 2018, Charlene, husband Greg and 2-year-old son Joseph welcomed four new members to their Rocky...

Andrew Snook Oct 24, 2019 Left to right: Thomas, Connor, Harper and Micheal Hainsworth (Photo supplied by family)

More used oil round-ups coming in 2020

Red Deerians will have more opportunities to recycle their used oil in 2020.A recent meeting between The City of Red Deer and the Alberta Recycling Management Authority (ARMA) has yielded an agreement...

Oct 24, 2019 (Contributed)

Contractor work caused massive power outage Wednesday: City official

A City of Red Deer official says work that was being performed by a contractor at a main substation downtown was the cause of a large power outage that affected roughly one-third of the city during ru...

Oct 24, 2019 (City of Red Deer)

RCMP remind Red Deer motorists to drive safely following two-vehicle crash

Submitted)Red Deer RCMP are reminding local motorists to allow themselves enough time to get to where they're going and obey all the rules of the road following a two-vehicle collision near Bower Pond...

Oct 24, 2019 An 18-year-old woman is facing two Traffic Safety Act violations following a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Taylor Drive and Kerry Wood Drive Wednesday night. Fortunately, no one was hurt. (Photo Submitted)

Paula Law to serve 7th term as Lacombe County reeve

Paula Law will serve a seventh one-year term as reeve for Lacombe County.Law, councillor for Division 4, was appointed by her peers at the October 22 meeting of County council. She was sworn in by Cou...

Oct 24, 2019 County Manager Tim Timmons swears in Paula Law as reeve for Lacombe County. (Supplied)