By now many of you have likely heard about Canada's Online News Act - formerly known as Bill C-18. The new law calls for big tech companies to compensate media outlets and aims to make a more level playing field when it comes to online advertising - a revenue stream many of our local newsrooms within Pattison Media rel...

Have we become a community incapable of rigorous, respectful discussion in the public square? Have we become so insulated in our siloed mindsets that we cannot abide a narrative or opinion different from our own?These are questions I've pondered after last week's finding against City Councillor Kraymer Barnstable that ...

By Reg Warkentin, Government Relations and Policy Manager, Team Alberta Crops Team Alberta Crops developed election priorities to help candidates understand the issues important to Alberta producers of crops and bees. Alberta farmers represent less than one percent of Alberta's population yet contribute billions to Alb...

Welcome to 'This Month with Mayor Ken Johnston,' a special monthly feature on rdnewsNOW.com.Going forward, we invite you, the readers, to submit questions to us by messaging us on Facebook or by emailing news@rdnewsnow.com-Email subject line: 'Ask the Mayor' -Deadline: 15th of the month -Question should pertain to even...

The Alberta Provincial Election is near, and for the Wolf Creek Public Schools' (WCPS) Board of Trustees the topic of quality, well funded and supported public education remains a high priority. Wolf Creek has six trustees serving 30 schools in nine communities throughout central Alberta, and we know that an election i...

RED DEER - Nursing staff at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre (RDRHC) are providing a new way of supporting pediatric patients while they receive care in the Emergency Department. To ease the stress children may experience during an emergency visit, Registered Nurses Ronnie Biletsky, Nadita Dutt, Caitlyn DeBoer, Ke...

Welcome to 'This Month with Mayor Ken Johnston,' a special monthly feature on rdnewsNOW.com.Going forward, we invite you, the readers, to submit questions to us by messaging us on Facebook or by emailing news@rdnewsnow.com-Email subject line: 'Ask the Mayor' -Deadline: 15th of the month -Question should pertain to even...

I felt a compelling need to provide a perspective for all who have asked what it is like to be an Edmonton Police Officer. The recent murder of our two police Brothers has brought this to the forefront where many are trying to understand how the professionals of the Edmonton Police Service (EPS) continue to march forwa...

The real estate industry is a vitally important sector of Alberta's economy. More than $50 billion in real estate transactions are conducted in Alberta every year. The industry employs thousands, from skilled tradespeople to surveyors, engineers and architects, realtors and legal professionals. And for tens of thousand...

EDITOR'S NOTE: The below comments from AHS came in by request from rdnewsNOW and are in response to our story published March 8, 2023: Red Deer hospital expansion group demands province and AHS provide clear transition plan--Alberta Health Services (AHS) greatly values the work our physicians and healthcare teams do to...