Category Archives: Red Deer
Selection of location for new Lacombe fire hall is en route
There continues to be positive movement on the Lacombe fire station relocation file.The search for a new home has been on since 2022, with the downtown facility aging and no longer suited for the size...
Mar 17, 2026
Judicial Inquiry Board suspends Red Deer judge 30 days without pay
Alberta's Judicial Inquiry Board (JIB) has ordered a judge serving in Red Deer suspended for a month without pay for an incident that happened inside a courtroom in late 2024. The sanctions primarily ...
Mar 17, 2026 (Image Credit: rdnewsNOW file photo)
Trial date set for Red Deer man facing child pornography-related charges
A trial date has been set for a Red Deer man facing child pornography-related charges. Jason Leone, 51, is scheduled for trial in Red Deer Court of King's Bench on May 17, 2027. He's among seven indiv...
Mar 17, 2026 (Image Credit: Josh Hall/rdnewsNOW)
Red Deer RCMP charge 61-year-old man following alleged altercation involving weapons
The Red Deer RCMP have charged a 61-year-old man following an alleged altercation involving weapons in the downtown. Velizar Zonjic of Red Deer was charged with two counts of possession of a weapon fo...
Mar 17, 2026 (Image Credit: rdnewsNOW file photo)
Life sentence for man convicted in central Alberta homicide
A sentence of life in prison has been handed to a central Alberta man convicted in a Maskwacis homicide two-and-a-half years ago. Eroll Clay Rabbit, 60, was found guilty of second-degree murder on Sep...
Mar 17, 2026 (Image Credit: Dreamstime)
Federal government announces investments to help central Alberta businesses
The Government of Canada has made an investment of $4 million through the Regional Tariff Response Initiative to help tariff-impacted businesses in Alberta.They made the announcement on Tuesday at Red...
Mar 17, 2026 (Image Credit: rdnewsNOW/Ian Gustafson)
Downtown businesses vote in favour of disestablishing the BIA
Downtown businesses have voted in favour of the disestablishment of the Downtown Business Improvement Area (BIA).This result came after in-person voting concluded on March 16, with 28 out of 43 levy p...
Mar 17, 2026 (Image Credit: rdnewsNOW file photo)
Dress for Success Central Alberta launches new Career Hub
Dress for Success Central Alberta (DFSCA) has launched its new Career Hub with support of the Donald Family Fund and Red Deer Polytechnic.The Career Hub is a digital platform that was created to expan...
Mar 16, 2026 Pictured (L-R): Erin Forbes (Executive Director, Dress for Success Central Alberta), Stuart Cullum (President, Red Deer Polytechnic), Heather Donald, John Donald, Lee Ann Waines (Chair, Board of Directors, Dress for Success Central Alberta). (Image Credit: Stacey Tompkins Photography/Supplied)
Safe Harbour Society's Elder Lynn Jonasson earns national recognition
Red Deer-based Safe Harbour Society for Health and Housing is celebrating one of its own.Elder Lynn Jonasson, who leads the Many Healing Blankets program at Safe Harbour, was recently named a recipien...
Mar 16, 2026 (Image Credit: Thunderbird Partnership Foundation)
Blackfalds town council approves 2026 operating budget
Blackfalds town council has approved its 2026 operating budget of $38.9 million and its three-year operating plan.As a result, Blackfalds residents will experience an increase to their property taxes....
Mar 16, 2026 (Image Credit: rdnewsNOW file photo)