Category Archives: Red Deer
Two teens suffer critical injuries in head-on crash near Ponoka
RCMP now say one of two teens injured in a head-on crash near Ponoka over the weekend has died. The collision between a sedan and pickup truck happened at around 6:30 a.m. Saturday on Highway 795, jus...
Sep 23, 2019
Weekend crash in north Red Deer puts three in hospital
Three people were taken to hospital Sunday evening following a scary-looking crash in north Red Deer.RCMP and other first responders attended the scene just before 7 p.m. to Taylor Drive and 77 Street...
Sep 23, 2019 (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)
Olds College opens new agricultural technology school
Olds College has announced the launch of the Werklund School of Agriculture Technology.Through the school, students will have access to new ag tech programs, including a diploma in Precision Agricultu...
Sep 22, 2019 (L-R): Michael Frankiw, student; Debbie Thompson, Vice President Academic and Student Experience, Olds College; David Werklund, Founder and Chairman of Werklund Ventures Ltd.; Stuart Cullum, President, Olds College; Demetrios Nicolaides, MLA for Calgary–Bow and Alberta’s Minister of Advanced Education. (Olds College)
Adventure Playground helping kids grow and excel
Youth HQ continued its efforts this week to open up the minds and imaginations of young kids with its final Adventure Playground event of the summer.Meagan Parisian, Marketing and Communications Speci...
Sep 22, 2019 Everik Harach, 7, with a spaceship he built at the Adventure Playground with Youth HQ staff member Cared Blackham. (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)
Solemn ceremony in Sylvan Lake keeping remembrance a priority
From the Boer War to modern day conflicts in Afghanistan, to the streets where first responders risk their lives daily, Canada has lost approximately 128,000 of its finest citizens.Those lives, as wel...
Sep 21, 2019 Pte. William McCann Walker, a Wetaskiwin resident and WWII veteran who served from 1943-46, was in attendance at Saturday's Flags of Remembrance ceremony in Sylvan Lake to be honoured with a plaque and flag. (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)
Innisfail Mounties arrest Rocky Mountain House man on warrants
Innisfail RCMP have charged a Rocky Mountain House man after observing a suspicious vehicle in the town's Cannon Park area.Members approached the male who was reaching into the trunk and determined he...
Sep 21, 2019 (RCMP)
Drum and Sash program helping Métis find their way with communicable diseases
An Alberta-based research project is connecting Mtis people to better testing for communicable diseases like syphilis, Hepatitis C and HIV.Drum and Sash is a five-year initiative led by the Canadian A...
Sep 20, 2019
NDP brings budget town hall tour to Red Deer
Alberta's NDP Official Opposition held a Budget Town Hall in Red Deer Thursday night to gather input from residents on alternatives to the UCP government's first budget expected next month.The NDP is ...
Sep 20, 2019 NDP Advanced Education Critic David Eggen speaks to nearly 100 people at the Red Deer Public Library Thursday night to gather feedback from residents regarding anticipated cuts to the province's budget this fall.
Fundraising underway for family of QEII crash victim
A fundraising campaign has been launched for the family of a man killed in a crash on the QEII Highway last weekend. Ryan Taylor was riding his bike along the highway between Highway 11 and 32 Street ...
Sep 20, 2019
Trudeau's racist gaffes highlight need to change systemic policy, local advocates say
The actions of Liberal leader Justin Trudeau have led to an important conversation around why brown or blackface is inappropriate. Time Magazine dropped a bombshell Wednesday night by releasing a phot...
Sep 20, 2019 Liberal leader Justin Trudeau shown here on Wednesday following his scrum with reporters in which he apologized for two instances of him wearing brownface. (The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick)