Category Archives: Red Deer
Mobile mammography service to visit Olds next month
Women ages 45 to 74 - the group most at risk of developing breast cancer - will have local access to mammography services next month when Alberta Health Services' Screen Test program visits Olds. Offi...
Jan 08, 2024
Missing: Candace Payou, 43, of Red Deer
Red Deer RCMP would like to advise the public that Candace Marie Payou was located safe. RCMP would like to thank the public and the media for their assistance.--Download the rdnewsNOW mobile app on G...
Jan 08, 2024
City Council: on the agenda
The following items are on Red Deer city council's open meeting agenda on Monday, January 8, 2024. Budget 2024: Administration will present the 2024 Budget documents to council and deliver a brief pre...
Jan 08, 2024
Preliminary hearing scheduled for Ponoka man accused of human trafficking and sexual assault
A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for a Ponoka man accused of human trafficking and sexual assault.Christopher Becks, 37, is scheduled to find out in Edmonton Court of Justice from April 4-5, 2...
Jan 05, 2024
Ponoka’s new Downtown Façade Improvement Program is open for applications
A new Downtown Faade Improvement Program to promote redevelopment and upgrades to commercial buildings in downtown Ponoka is now open for applications. "The purpose of the program is to encourage buil...
Jan 05, 2024
Roughly 120 people participate in Learn to Skate program for newcomers at Bower Ponds
Roughly 120 people were gliding across Bower Ponds on Thursday at the Learn to Skate event for newcomers in Red Deer. Held for the 11th year by SNAP (Settlement for Newcomers Through Activities and Pr...
Jan 05, 2024
Hundreds of central Albertans pay their respects to "Red Deer's Beloved Son"
Hundreds of central Albertans gathered at Gaetz Memorial United Church and Parkland Pavilion at Westerner Park Thursday, to honour, remember, and pay tribute to a man many regarded as, "Red Deer's Bel...
Jan 05, 2024 Red Deer City Hall, the Red Deer Public Library, and flags at half-mast to honour the late Michael Dawe, who passed away suddenly on Dec. 24, 2023, at the age of 67. Dawe was a current member of Red Deer city council at the time of his death. (rdnewsNOW/Alessia Proietti)
Blackfalds RCMP advising of poor road conditions on the QE II near Red Deer
Blackfalds RCMP are advising that driving conditions on the QEII in the Lacombe County area, from Highway 597 and the Highway 2A intersection, are very poor. RCMP are tending to numerous collisions th...
Jan 05, 2024
LOCATED: Derek Friesen, 35, of Red Deer
Red Deer RCMP say that as of Jan. 25, 2024, Derek Friesen, 35, has been located safe. He was reported missing Jan. 4 and had last been seen in early November 2023. RCMP thank the public and media for ...
Jan 04, 2024
Lacombe man sentenced to time served in Lac La Biche shooting incident
A central Alberta man charged after a shooting in Lac La Biche last year has been sentenced to time served.Chervaine Dean Saddleback, 24, was sentenced in Lac La Biche Court of Justice on Jan. 3, 2024...
Jan 04, 2024