Red Deer

Aspen Heights Elementary School recognized with international awards

TULSA, OK, USA- Aspen Heights Elementary School was recognized as a Four Star MicroSociety School for the 2018-2019 school year.Melisa McIntosh and Sian Milner were also recognized as outstanding teac...

Oct 16, 2019

City to look at improving residential snow plowing while keeping costs the same

While things have overall improved since the "Snowmageddon" of 2014, The City of Red Deer continues to hear that more needs to be done when it comes to residential snow plowing. As such, city council ...

Oct 15, 2019 (rdnewsNOW/Troy Gillard)

City council supports proposed changes to police funding model

Red Deer city council is supporting, in principle, the province's plan to have smaller communities in Alberta pay for policing. Currently, communities with fewer than 5,000 people have their policing ...

Oct 15, 2019

Driver facing charges after fleeing traffic stop, colliding with RCMP vehicle

Mounties are continuing their investigation into a short police pursuit north of Ponoka on Saturday that ended with an RCMP vehicle being struck and an officer suffering minor injuries.The incident be...

Oct 15, 2019 RCMP continue to investigate a collision between a police vehicle and suspect vehicle that fled a traffic stop along Highway 2A north of Ponoka on Saturday. (Photo Submitted)

Mounties investigating youth-involved fight outside Collicutt Centre

RCMP say charges are pending after two male youth got into a fight outside the Collicutt Centre in Red Deer Tuesday morning.Multiple units responded to the altercation at 10:45 a.m., with police sayin...

Oct 15, 2019 RCMP were called to the Collicutt Centre in Red Deer Tuesday morning to reports of a fight outside the facility. Mounties confirm two male youth suffered minor injuries and charges are pending.

High speed internet coming to Junction 42

Residents and visitors to Red Deer County may notice work being done along the Highway 42 route from Penhold to Junction 42. County officials say this work involves the installation of fiber optic cab...

Oct 15, 2019

A Better World volunteers rack up 59,000 hours of service

A Better World Canada, which is based in Lacombe, has released its first ever detailed health report.It concludes that in the organization's 29-year history, health care volunteers have recorded 59,45...

Oct 13, 2019 Dr. Charlotte Goodine, a pediatrician from Medicine Hat, is shown here training nurses on delivery methods during a trip to Kenya in 2017. (A Better World Canada)

Tickets now on sale for 2019 Festival of Trees

Tickets are now on sale for the Festival of Trees, which runs Nov. 21-24 at Westerner Park.Tickets are available for various events, including the Festival of Wines, Mistletoe Magic, and Breakfast wit...

Oct 12, 2019

Red Deer Public Schools maintaining status quo on SOGI policy

In the wake of a strongly-worded letter from the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF), Red Deer Public Schools says it will not be changing its policies around sexual orientation and gend...

Josh Hall Oct 12, 2019 A flag with the phrase #LoveWins is flown at a rally outside Red Deer City Hall to show support for Bill 24. (rdnewsNOW file photo)

49 years and counting for the Market at Red Deer

Another year is in the books for the Market at Red Deer, a weekly tradition that's become an institution in our city over the last 49 years.On Saturday, rdnewsNOW caught up with long-time market owner...

Oct 12, 2019 Dennis Moffatt, now 86, has managed the Market at Red Deer since its inception 49 years ago. The 2019 season wrapped up on Saturday. (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)