Category Archives: Red Deer
Nine passengers injured and one fatality in Highway 2 multi-vehicle collision
Nine passengers injured and one fatality have been reported following a multi-vehicle collision on Highway 2 late Tuesday night. UPDATE - Dec. 28 11:30 a.m.: Airdrie RCMP remain on scene at a multi-ve...
Dec 28, 2022
Year in Review: Innisfail Mayor Jean Barclay says positivity is key when looking at 2022
"Always have a positive outlook and have that can-do attitude," said Innisfail Mayor Jean Barclay about what she learned in 2022. "There's always something going on, but you always have to keep moving...
Dec 27, 2022
Year in Review: Penhold mayor learned importance of patience in 2022
Penhold Mayor Mike Yargeau says he learned much about the virtue of patience in 2022. "Nothing can get fixed overnight. There are a lot of issues in the province, in the country, in our communities th...
Dec 26, 2022
Two separate Ponoka residents celebrating lottery wins this holiday season
Editor's Note: Due to significant amounts of online harassment suffered by local lottery winners recently, moving forward, rdnewsNOW has decided to no longer publish the names, likenesses or images of...
Dec 23, 2022
Upward trend continues in flu cases, hospitalizations throughout Central Zone
Influenza cases and the number of hospitalizations due to the flu are continuing to rise in the Alberta Health Services (AHS) Central Zone.According to Alberta Health, 877 cases of influenza have been...
Dec 23, 2022
Reduced hours for Sylvan Lake Advanced Ambulatory Care Service during holidays
Officials with Alberta Health Services (AHS) say the Sylvan Lake Advanced Ambulatory Care Service (SLAACS) will see reduced hours during the holidays. Due to physician unavailability, SLAACS will oper...
Dec 23, 2022
Fire destroys Bentley grain elevator
A several decades-old grain elevator in Bentley, northwest of Red Deer, is totally destroyed after fire ripped through it in the early morning hours of Dec. 23. Located at 4701 51 Street in the small ...
Dec 23, 2022
More record low temperatures unofficially set for December 22 throughout central Alberta
Officials with Environment and Climate Change Canada say more record low temperatures have unofficially been set throughout Alberta this week, including for the Red Deer area.Meteorologists say the Re...
Dec 23, 2022
Crews respond to fatal house fire in Innisfail
RCMP say a house fire Wednesday in Innisfail turned fatal. Emergency crews responded just after midnight on Dec. 21 to a home on 47 Street in Innisfail. Upon entering the home, a 77-year-old male was ...
Dec 22, 2022
Innisfail RCMP arrest youth for arson
RCMP in Innisfail have arrested a 16-year-old male for allegedly setting fire to his own home.It was just before 11 a.m. on Dec. 21, police say, when RCMP received a report of a structure fire on 53 A...
Dec 22, 2022