Category Archives: Red Deer
Sylvan Lake's re-elected mayor says town eyeing new high school, and health care facility upgrades
Megan Hanson believes she got a fairly good handle on what Sylvan Lakers consider priorities when she was door-knocking during the recent municipal election campaign.Hanson, re-elected as mayor on Oct...
Oct 31, 2025
Toys for Tickets returns to support Red Deer Christmas Bureau
Nobody wants you to get a parking ticket, but if you do this November, you are encouraged to pay your fine with a gift to the Red Deer Christmas Bureau.A long-running program, Toys for Tickets allows ...
Oct 30, 2025
Lacombe County council sworn in, selects reeve and deputy
Lacombe County council has unanimously selected councillors John Ireland and Dwayne West to serve as reeve and deputy reeve, respectively.Both will serve a one-year term, through the first quarter of ...
Oct 30, 2025
Petition opposed to new provincial ADAP comes to Red Deer
A petition calling for the provincial government to halt the transition from the Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH) to the Alberta Disability Assistance Program (ADAP) made its way to ...
Oct 30, 2025
Red Deer students take part in walkout in support of teachers
Students across the province, including in Red Deer, staged a walkout on Thursday in support of Alberta's 51,000 teachers who were recently forced back to work by the provincial government. This comes...
Oct 30, 2025
Journalist Andrew Coyne speaks on dysfunction of Canadian political system
As part of Red Deer Polytechnic's Perspectives: Canada in the World annual series, they welcomed Canadian political journalist Andrew Coyne on Wednesday as the featured speaker.The Globe and Mail colu...
Oct 30, 2025
MLA Jason Stephan given mandate letter for Constitutional Affairs portfolio
Red Deer-South MLA Jason Stephan, who is also serving as Alberta's Parliamentary Secretary for Constitutional Affairs, has been given a mandate letter from the premier for that latter role.The letter,...
Oct 29, 2025
Red Deer lawyer to return home as newly appointed justice
Kimberley Goddard, KC, is returning to central Alberta as a justice of the Alberta Court of Justice.Goddard, who grew up in Red Deer, will take on the new role effective Nov. 17.She earned her bachelo...
Oct 29, 2025
Innisfail Mayor Jean Barclay hopes to keep town's momentum going
Newly re-elected mayor of Innisfail, Jean Barclay, says the next four years are about keeping the town's momentum going.In an interview with rdnewsNOW, the now third-term council member says that mome...
Oct 29, 2025
Rotary Club of Red Deer's annual Black Tie Bingo returns Thursday
The Rotary Club of Red Deer will hold its annual Black Tie Bingo: "Dress to Dazzle" fundraising event on Thursday.The 30th annual edition is set for Oct. 30 at the Red Deer Resort & Casino in bene...
Oct 29, 2025