Category Archives: Red Deer

Year-in-Review: Red Deer-South MLA Jason Stephan opines on recall, independence, plus tackling downtown and shelter issues
Red Deer-South MLA Jason Stephan remains fairly confident in his job as MLA, and the likelihood -- or lack thereof -- of a recall petition against him succeeding. In a recent year-end interview, Steph...
Dec 27, 2025

The Everything Red Deer Podcast: Revisiting rdnewsNOW's top local NEWS stories of 2025
rdnewsNOW has been hard at work all year, and we've curated an extensive list of the year's top stories for you, below. Listen to a very special episode of The Everything Red Deer Podcast to find out ...
Dec 26, 2025

Year-in-Review: Adriana LaGrange talks recall, lawsuit, health care privatization, homeless shelter, and QEII widening
Hear from MLA LaGrange on the new Year-in-Review episode of The Everything Red Deer Podcast.--Red Deer-North MLA Adriana LaGrange, who also serves as minister of primary and preventative health servic...
Dec 26, 2025

Year-in-Review: Red Deer mayor Cindy Jefferies says new homeless shelter is top priority in 2026
Red Deer mayor Cindy Jefferies said getting a new homeless shelter is priority number one for the city heading into 2026.She explained in her year-end interview with rdnewsNOW that the previous counci...
Dec 25, 2025

Year-in-Review: Red Deer County mayor Brent Ramsay reflects on exciting year
Red Deer Mayor Brent Ramsay says he's proud of what Red Deer County was able to accomplish in 2025.Ramsay was elected mayor in October, taking over for former mayor Jim Wood, after serving as a counci...
Dec 25, 2025

Missing: Wetaskiwin teen may be in Red Deer
Wetaskiwin RCMP are seeking public assistance in locating missing 14-year-old Vada Baptiste. Vada was last seen in Wetaskiwin, on Dec. 15, 2025, but may be in the Edmonton, Red Deer or Hinton areas. T...
Dec 24, 2025

Location secured for overnight warming space near downtown Red Deer
A location has been secured for a new overnight warming space in Red Deer, but there's one hang-up. The site at Red Deer's Cannery Row, where the existing Safe Harbour-operated homeless shelter is, ca...
Dec 24, 2025

Red Deer RCMP continue impaired driving campaign, remove three drivers city roadways
The Red Deer RCMP have provided a further update on the results of its ongoing impaired driving campaign.On Dec. 19, the Red Deer RCMP Traffic Services, along with Red Deer City Community Peace Office...
Dec 23, 2025

21 arrested in two-day Red Deer RCMP project aimed at tackling auto theft
The Red Deer RCMP Crime Reduction Team have arrested 21 people as a result of its recently completed two-day Targeted Response to Auto Theft (TRAP) project.From December 11-12, they led the project th...
Dec 23, 2025

Environmental Appeals Board hearing for Burnco Rock Products Ltd.
Alberta's Environmental Appeals Board will conduct a virtual hearing next year regarding activities involving a Red Deer-based company. The hearing will take place on March 11, 12 and 13, 2026.Governm...
Dec 23, 2025