Category Archives: Red Deer

Outdoor rinks and pond surfaces to close for the season
Effective Mar. 4, all remaining outdoor rinks in the city of Red Deer will close for the season. City officials add, however, that natural ice surfaces at Bower Ponds, Anders and Westlake are thick en...
Mar 04, 2022

Red Deer Home Show back at Westerner Park this weekend
Spending the past two years predominantly at home, you may have noticed some necessary, real or desired, home improvements to be made. One way to get ideas this weekend is at the Red Deer Home Show.Wi...
Mar 04, 2022

Design funding announced for replacement of Penhold Elementary School
Officials with Chinook's Edge School Division have received confirmation from the Alberta government of funding on the way for the design of a new school to replace Penhold Elementary School (Grades 4...
Mar 04, 2022

Ponoka residents can now sign up to receive assessment and tax notices by email
Ponoka citizens now have the option of going paperless and having their property assessment and tax notices delivered by email instead of regular mail. Ponoka town council has passed the Electronic As...
Mar 04, 2022

Preliminary hearing set for men charged in central Alberta shooting
Two men charged in a central Alberta shooting last year that sent one man to hospital with life-threatening injuries will find out later this summer if their case has enough evidence to go to trial.Wi...
Mar 04, 2022

Roche, Alberta Precision Labs, AHS team up to improve diagnostic services
Red Deer is included in a series of major improvements to integrated lab services.Alberta Precision Laboratories and Roche Diagnostics announced Thursday they've joined forces with Alberta Health Serv...
Mar 03, 2022

Alberta’s COVID-19 numbers for March 3, 2022
*rdnewsNOW will be adjusting the way we report COVID-19 data in the near future.PROVINCIAL NUMBERS*Numbers are up to date as of previous day's end. Numbers in parentheses represent a one-day change un...
Mar 03, 2022

CommUnity: The Power of One returns March 19 with focus on challenging racism
This year's CommUnity: The Power of One event is all about the four Cs: Challenge, Connection, Conversation and Change.The seventh annual event is free and takes place March 19, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. ...
Mar 03, 2022

Ponoka Civic Centre lit in yellow and blue in support of Ukraine
The Town of Ponoka is lighting up the Ponoka Civic Centre this week with the Ukrainian flag colours of blue and yellow in support of Ukraine."We're lighting up our building as a symbol of hope for dem...
Mar 03, 2022

Red Deer's Jocelyn Peterman and fiancé Brett Gallant represent Canada on world stage
Red Deer native Jocelyn Peterman is about to take the ice with curling and life partner Brett Gallant. The two-time Canadian mixed doubles champions and world silver-medalist team of Peterman (Winnipe...
Mar 03, 2022