Category Archives: Red Deer
Thousands of Red Deer workers affected by minimum wage freeze: Report
Public Interest Alberta has released its annual Low Wage Report which shows more than 6,000 minimum wage workers in Red Deer can legally have their wages frozen this year.As a result, the agency says ...
Oct 01, 2019
Innisfail mother, daughter feel singled out by shed removal order
An Innisfail family ordered to take down a pair of soft-sided structures on their property say they feel singled out.Lisa Voelker and her mother received an order by Town Enforcement on August 30 to r...
Oct 01, 2019 One of two soft-sided structures an Innisfail woman and her mother have been ordered to remove from their property. Town officials say the structures are not permitted in their Land Use Bylaw and others who have them will soon face the same enforcement. (Photo: Lisa Voelker)
RDC grads recognized for creating flying Wi-Fi hotspot
A group of grads from Red Deer College was recently recognized for creating a flying Wi-Fi hotspot that allows people in remote locations to access a cell signal where there is none.The team of six wa...
Oct 01, 2019
Conclusion of literacy project just the beginning of life-long success for Chinook's Edge students
Capturing the scope of a near-decade's long project is almost impossible in a few paragraphs, but the conclusion of the Chinook's Edge School Division (CESD) Literacy Framework project warrants an att...
Oct 01, 2019 Dr. Jody Dennis, Angelia Eadie-Gyori and Carolyn Massel are celebrating the final pieces in the Division’s intensive Literacy Framework project. (Photo supplied)
Salary freeze for Red Deer city council
Red Deer city council will see no salary increase this year.Council voted Monday to freeze the salaries for the mayor and its other eight members at their current rates."As we continue to navigate the...
Oct 01, 2019 (rdnewsNOW file photo)
Red Deer 'Welcome' sign wins two national awards
Two national awards have been given to The City of Red Deer for its south end welcome sign which was installed last February in the run-up to the 2019 Canada Winter Games.The sign was recognized recen...
Sep 30, 2019 (rdnewsNOW file photo)
Downtown Red Deer the focal point of new incentive programs
Red Deer is "open for business" says one city official after council endorsed a number of incentive programs on Monday aimed at driving up interest in living, working and playing in the downtown.The p...
Sep 30, 2019 (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)
Red Deer schools honour Orange Shirt Day
It was 1973 and six-year-old Phyllis Webstad had just picked out a brand new orange shirt for the dawning school year.What happened next is now recognized annually by Canadians on Sept. 30 in the form...
Sep 30, 2019 Noah Bousquet and Ana Paulin, grade four students at Ecole Barrie WIlson Elementary, with vice-principal Rhonda Eidem (left) and Red Deer Public Schools' First Nations, Metis and Inuit coordinator Hayley Christen. (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)
Red Deer's fentanyl-related death rate lowest in province
In a stark contrast from the end of last year, Red Deer had the lowest rate of fentanyl-related deaths in the province through the first half of 2019. Five people died from fentanyl in Red Deer betwee...
Sep 30, 2019
Advanced Education Minister tours RDC
Alberta's Minister of Advanced Education paid a visit to RDC on Monday as part of his provincial tour of post-secondary institutions. Demetrios Nicolaides says his tour is the best way to get a strong...
Sep 30, 2019