Category Archives: Red Deer
Riverside Meadows comes together for family of Barb Dohl
A community celebration of a life lost is taking place on Saturday in Riverside Meadows. Barb Dohl (1948-2019) passed away earlier this month from cancer, just days after being honoured with a Mayor's...
Jun 21, 2019 Barb Dohl (1947-2019)
Thieves swipe knives during downtown business break-in
Red Deer RCMP are investigating a break-in and theft at The Key Hole, a downtown business on 49 Street and 51 Avenue.The incident occurred around 3 a.m. on June 15, according to Constable Derek Turner...
Jun 21, 2019 The Key Hole on 51 Avenue in downtown Red Deer is partially boarded up after a break-in and theft on the morning of June 15. (Jason Hives)
City honours National Indigenous Peoples Day
"As long as the sun shines, the grass grows and the river flows," reads the text of Treaty 6, signed in 1876 to represent an accord between the Canadian Crown and various First Nations."Those treaties...
Jun 21, 2019 (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)
Boys and Girls Club of Red Deer & District to receive overdose-reversing spray
The Boys and Girls Club of Red Deer and District is one of 700 clubs across the country in line to receive a new tool to conquer drug overdoses.Narcan Nasal Spray, an antidote that reverses the life-t...
Jun 21, 2019
One sentenced, trials booked for two in May Long Weekend police chase
One person has been sentenced while trials have been scheduled for two others charged in a string of incidents on May Long Weekend that included a chase where suspects fired shots at police. The event...
Jun 20, 2019
Red Deer event to celebrate World Refugee Day
Local advocates say World Refugee Day is about celebrating what newcomers offer our communities.A free public event is being held this Saturday from 4-7 p.m. at Gaetz United Memorial Church's Pioneer ...
Jun 20, 2019 Jan Underwood (left) and Angie Chinguwo, both with Central Alberta Refugee Effort. (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)
Mountie on trial denies asking woman in custody to lift shirt
A Red Deer RCMP officer says that at no point did he ask a woman in custody to lift her shirt and how him her breasts.Jason Tress, 32, has pleaded not guilty to sexual assault and breach of trust and ...
Jun 20, 2019
Red Deer RCMP lead drug seizure, four arrested
Four people have been arrested and large quantities of drugs seized following a multi-agency investigation led by Red Deer RCMP.In total, 17 charges are being laid after seizures in Red Deer, Calgary,...
Jun 20, 2019 Sgt. Robert Schultz and Red Deer Mayor Tara Veer overlook items seized in a recent series of search warrants executed around central Alberta. (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)
Indigenous elders honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award
Two well-respected local Indigenous elders have been given a special honour.Theresa "Corky" Larsen Jonasson and Doreen Bergum received the Lifetime Achievement Award Wednesday night at the 2019 Women ...
Jun 20, 2019 Theresa “Corky” Larsen Jonasson (left) and Doreen Bergum (right) were each presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Red Deer & District Community Foundation at the 2019 Women of Excellence Awards held at the Cambridge Red Deer Hotel and Conference Centre Wednesday night.
Red Deer man facing drug charges
A Red Deer man is facing drug and other charges after a week-long investigation by Red Deer RCMP and Alberta Sheriffs. In partnership with the Alberta Sheriffs Safe Communities and Neighbourhoods unit...
Jun 19, 2019