Category Archives: Red Deer

COVID-19 hospitalizations across the province of Alberta now total 434, down from 457. If that number can stay below for 450 for three straight weeks, the province will then re-evaluate whether it's s...

The Town of Blackfalds and many community partners are celebrating the success of the local Lunch Box program.It was announced last month the program would extend through 2021, and would also become a...

The following school divisions have announced bus cancellations and school closures for Monday, Feb. 8 due to the extreme cold weather in the region.Red Deer Catholic Regional SchoolsAll rural (Red De...

Red Deer College is set to lose an annual $70,000 provincial grant.Effective June 30, 2021, RDC will no longer receive those dollars which it's used for many years to fund programming under the Govern...

Alberta Health is reporting 348 new cases of COVID-19 across the province Saturday for a one-day positivity rate of 3.5 per cent.Taking recoveries into account, the active case total is down to 6,266 ...

The local unemployment rate was down again last month, but so too was the number of people in the region that are working. Friday's latest numbers from Statistics Canada show the unemployment rate in ...

A young Red Deer girl has taken it upon herself to help out her much-loved dance instructor in her fight against breast cancer.Kaitlyn Rumohr is a 12-year-old Grade 7 student at Glendale Sciences and ...

The union representing employees at Red Deer's Olymel pork plant is asking for an immediate two-week shutdown of the facility.Alberta Health confirmed to rdnewsNOW on Friday that there are 80 active c...

Efforts are ramping up in the town of Blackfalds to recruit more physicians to the community.Annamarie Fuchs, chair of the Blackfalds Health Professional Attraction and Retention Committee (BHPARC), s...

Police say a joint forces investigation in Red Deer has resulted in the seizure of a large amount of drugs, 15 firearms, and 60 charges against five suspected drug dealers.The arrests and seizure were...