Category Archives: Red Deer

Grand Masquerade Gala supports Access for All playscape
Nearly 100 community supporters gathered at the Black Knight Inn on Saturday to help raise money for a one-of-a-kind playground in Red Deer.The second annual Grand Masquerade Gala was held in support ...
Apr 01, 2019 Sharlee Anderson of Red Deer is joined on stage by members of the Make a Move with Jagger Foundation during the second annual Grand Masquerade Gala Saturday.

Transgender Day of Visibility recognized in Red Deer
Today, and every day, people who are transgender continue the fight to be heard and understood.March 31 is the International Transgender Day of Visibility (TDoV), a day to let the world know transgend...
Mar 31, 2019 (HRC.org)

Snow & Ice control, Adopt a Spot, and Pogadl Park update
The Town of Sylvan Lake is tweaking its Snow and Ice Control policy to better deal with accumulations that don't necessarily meet the plowing trigger.Council voted this week to add what is called a se...
Mar 30, 2019 (rdnewsNOW file photo)

Temporary trail closures due to flooding
Ice build-up on the Red Deer River has caused isolated flooding and as a result, the temporary closures of two riverfront trails in Red Deer.City officials say effective immediately, the riverfront tr...
Mar 29, 2019

Suspects identified in Red Deer homicide
UPDATE (10:30 a.m. - March 31)RCMP Major Crimes North have laid charges against two people in connection to the death of a man at a home in Grandview on Friday.Quentin Lee Strawberry and Jennifer Lee ...
Mar 29, 2019 Quentin Strawberry (left) and Jennifer Caswell. (RCMP)

Family expo at Westerner Park this weekend
The fourth annual Central Alberta Family Expo kicks off this weekend at the Parkland Pavilion at Westerner Park. The event will feature special character guests PJ Masks, Owelette, Catboy and Gekko. T...
Mar 29, 2019

Man accused in sexual assaults has charges dropped
Trial did not proceed and charges were dropped on Friday for a Red Deer man accused in a pair of sexual assaults in our city last year.Daniel Leonard, 41, saw two counts of sexual assault, one of comm...
Mar 29, 2019 File photo of Daniel Leonard

Red Deer firefighters enduring rooftop campout for Muscular Dystrophy Canada
Some Red Deer firefighters are taking part in a rooftop campout this weekend in support of Muscular Dystrophy Canada.Ben Shillington, Jordan Schidlowsky, Josh Anderson and Griffin Marshall are settled...
Mar 29, 2019

Red Deer stabbing trial hears closing arguments
A Red Deer man charged in an Oriole Park stabbing incident will learn his fate this May following the conclusion of his two-day judge-alone trial in Court of Queen's Bench on Friday.Justice Marilyn D....
Mar 29, 2019

Eckville man facing child porn charges seeks lawyer
An Eckville man facing dozens of child porn-related charges is seeking a new lawyer. Th 35-year-old man made a brief court appearance by Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) from the Edmonton Remand Centr...
Mar 29, 2019