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Local twins donate locks for Angel Hair For Kids

Twin boys from Red Deer showed their holiday spirit this season by cutting their long hair for the benefit of Kids Cancer Care over the weekend.Ryan and Alex St Peter, Grade 6 students at St. Thomas A...

Jan 07, 2020 Ryan St Peter (left) and Alex St Peter (right) proudly display their long locks cut-off at the Red Stag Barbershop in Red Deer on Saturday. The 11-year-old twin brothers donated their hair to Angel Hair For Kids and helped raise over $2,700 for Kids Cancer Care. (Supplied)

Lacombe Globe closing, final edition next week

A local newspaper that that was founded in 1900 is closing its doors. Postmedia announced Monday that it is shutting down the Lacombe Globe. The paper will print its final edition on Jan. 16. The anno...

Jan 06, 2020

Salvation Army Kettle Campaign has great final week in Red Deer

Despite a rough go in the opening few weeks of this year's Salvation Army Kettle Campaign, Red Deerians came through in the end.Major Larry Bridger with the Salvation Army says more than $242,000 was ...

Jan 03, 2020 Major Larry Bridger (right) and Frank Wong oversee the first donation of 2019's Salvation Army kettle campaign in Red Deer. (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)

Victim Services supports residents shaken by fatal shooting

It's been one week since the tragic death of a Red Deer man who was fatally shot in the city's south end.For anyone shaken by the tragedy, those at Red Deer City Victim Services Unit are reminding res...

Dec 27, 2019

Buddy the Elf spreads Christmas Cheer

Jim Pattison Red Deer's Buddy the Elf travelled through three levels of the Candy Cane Forest, across the Sea of swirly twirly gum drops and down the QEII to Red Deer to make some special deliveries t...

Sheldon Spackman Dec 20, 2019 Buddy the Elf delivers thank yous!

Turkey lunch served for 500 at Normandeau School

Five hundred hungry souls got their fill of holiday cooking on Thursday during Normandeau School's second annual turkey lunch.The event, powered by the school's nutrition program, happens thanks to a ...

Dec 19, 2019 (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)

Drayton Valley Community Dinners Coming Back

A popular monthly tradition will be returning for another year in Drayton Valley.The Community Dinners, which were set to end this month, will be starting up again in the New Year thanks to an initiat...

Dec 19, 2019

CommunityNOW: CARE Learn to Skate

This year marks the seventh year of the 'Learn to Skate' program, put on by the Central Alberta Refugee Effort and The City of Red Deer. The program is offered free of charge to immigrant youth and al...

Dec 19, 2019

Lacombe residents told to stay off Henner's Pond

Lacombe residents are advised to stay off the ice surface on Henner's Pond until further notice.Over the next few days, the water level in Henner's Pond will drop several inches due to the recent cons...

Dec 18, 2019

Local twins to chop hair for Kids Cancer Care

Twin boys from Red Deer are showing their holiday spirit this year by cutting their long hair for Kids Cancer Care next month.Ryan and Alex St Peter, Grade 6 students at St. Thomas Aquinas Middle Scho...

Dec 18, 2019 (Supplied)