Category Archives: Red Deer
Red Deer man arrested after hiding from police in crawl space
One person has been arrested and charged following a police operation in Red Deer on Aug. 30.Red Deer RCMP say it was that day the detachment received multiple calls about a man and woman with a firea...
Sep 03, 2024
RCMP investigating homicide on O'Chiese First Nation
RCMP are investigating a homicide on O'Chiese First Nation near Rocky Mountain House.On Aug. 30, police say, members attended to O'Chiese for a report of a body in a field.They located a deceased pers...
Sep 03, 2024
Fatal crash near Rimbey claims one life
RCMP say a crash in the Rimbey area on Sept. 2 claimed the life of a 46-year-old resident of Ponoka County.Rimbey RCMP say the two-vehicle crash happened at about 3 p.m. on Range Road 42 at Township R...
Sep 03, 2024
Widespread power outage affects 4,000 customers in Red Deer Tuesday morning
Around 4,000 customers were impacted by a power outage in Red Deer this morning.Reports came in from Michener, the G.H. Dawe, Edgar, Queens, and power was even out for the first day of school at Oriol...
Sep 03, 2024
'As bad as it gets': Red Deer Food Bank shares images of barren shelves
It's been tight, to say the least, for a couple years, but it's likely never been as dire as it got this weekend at the Red Deer Food Bank.On Friday afternoon, the food bank shared pictures on its soc...
Sep 03, 2024
Red Deer organizations to hold third annual Service Clubs Week
Red Deer's three Rotary Clubs, as well as the Lions, Optimists, Kiwanis and Kinsmen, are teaming up again for their third annual Service Clubs Week. The campaign runs Sept. 9-14 with several community...
Sep 03, 2024
UPDATE: RCMP done searching for suspect in north Red Deer, no arrest made
UPDATE (Sept. 6): RCMP confirm presences in Red Deer this week were due to search for Elijah Blake Strawberry -- UPDATE - 10:16 p.m., Sept. 2 Red Deer RCMP say they are clear from tracking a suspect i...
Sep 02, 2024 An officer with a firearm at the ready, and other RCMP vehicles, could be seen Monday evening in and at the entrance to the north Red Deer Save-On Foods parking lot. Picture posted after update that tracking was over. (rdnewsNOW)
Swimmer Nicholas Bennett wins Canada's first Paralympic gold medal in Paris
PARIS - Nicholas Bennett won Canada's first gold medal of the Paralympic Games on Monday. The 20-year-old swimmer from Parksville, B.C., was first in the men's 100-metre breaststroke and collected his...
Sep 02, 2024
15 years since Red Deer's TV station went off the air
It's been 15 years since Red Deer's first, and so far only, local television station went off the air. Screens went dark on CHCA-TV on Aug. 31, 2009 after 62 years of broadcasting.In 1955, the Central...
Aug 31, 2024
Province invests $10 million into mental health seats at Alberta post-secondaries
Red Deer Polytechnic is receiving funding for 70 new seats in its mental health programs.This is part of a larger announcement made Friday by the Province, which is giving $10 million over three years...
Aug 31, 2024