Category Archives: Red Deer
Red Deer City Hall to illuminate yellow for Int'l Holocaust Remembrance Day
Red Deer City Hall will light up yellow on the evening of January 27 to mark 81 years since the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp was liberated.The anniversary is the basis for what's known as Int...
Jan 27, 2026 (Image Credit: ID 62443779 © Maren Winter | Dreamstime.com)
RDP celebrates opening of CACI learning space
Students of the Central Alberta Collegiate Institute (CACI) officially have a new learning space.On Monday, Jan. 26, Red Deer Polytechnic celebrated the grand opening of the new space, which is locate...
Jan 26, 2026 (Image Credit: Red Deer Polytechnic/Supplied)
Construction accelerates at AI data centre near Red Deer
Companies involved in a new AI data centre in Red Deer County announced a major milestone on Monday.Havenz Smart Communities, in partnership with Energy Haven and Indigenous equity partner Turning Sto...
Jan 26, 2026 (Image Credit: Data Center Map/Screenshot)
New jury trial dates scheduled again for Sundre woman accused of sexual assault
New trial dates have been scheduled for the second time for a central Alberta woman facing sexual assault-related charges involving youth. Alexa Marie Suitor, 34, of Sundre, is now scheduled for a jur...
Jan 26, 2026
New strategy to focus on expanding access to trades training in central Alberta
Red Deer Polytechnic announced, through extensive collaboration, a new Central Alberta Trades Strategy (CATS) in an effort to expand access.The new CATS is set to transform how trades training is deli...
Jan 26, 2026 (Image Credit: Red Deer Polytechnic/Supplied)
Lacombe Police ask for public's help after garage break-in, theft
The Lacombe Police Service are asking for the public's assistance after a break, enter, and theft took place in the Lincoln Park neighbourhood last week.In the early morning hours on Jan. 20, a neighb...
Jan 26, 2026 (Image Credit: Lacombe Police Service/Facebook)
Community invited to West Park Community Association's Winterfest on Saturday
Red Deer residents looking for something fun to do over the weekend are invited to attend the West Park Community Association's Winterfest.On Saturday, January 24, the free event will take place at th...
Jan 23, 2026 (Image Credit: West Park Community Association/Supplied)
AAFC to shut down Lacombe Research and Development Centre after 119 years
A building opened in Lacombe 119 years ago is shutting down.Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) confirmed to rdnewsNOW on Friday that it will shutter its research and development centre in Lacombe...
Jan 23, 2026 (Image Credit: Google Maps)
Podcast: Reviewing Red Deer's housing & homelessness portfolios + The City approves new winter response plan
The City of Red Deer's Emergency Advisory Committee has endorsed a new Emergent Winter Response for Unhouse Plan. The plan will guide how the community responds when extreme winter conditions create h...
Jan 23, 2026
City of Red Deer secures $122K provincial grant for energy-efficient lighting
The City of Red Deer announced they've received $122,600 in grant funding from the provincial government for more energy-efficient lighting in several facilities.The funding came from the Government o...
Jan 22, 2026 (Image Credit: rdnewsNOW file photo)