Community

100 Kids Who Care comes through for local women in need

Another year of philanthropy is in the books for Red Deer's 100 Kids Who Care.The group met Sunday at Parkland Mall to shop, decorate and fill shoeboxes for local women in need. The boxes were filled ...

Nov 04, 2019 (Supplied)

No stone left alone ahead of Remembrance Day

Remembrance and respect were top of mind Monday for a group of students from Red Deer's St. Thomas Aquinas Middle School.The students were involved in a ceremony at Red Deer Cemetery as part of the na...

Nov 04, 2019 Darby Duncan, a grade nine student at St. Thomas Aquinas Middle School, places a poppy on the grave of a Canadian veteran during a ceremony held as part of the No Stone Left Alone program. (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)

Nova Chemicals donates big to United Way

United Way Central Alberta would like to extend a huge Thank You to NOVA Chemicals' employees who raised an astounding $716,565 during their 2019 United Way Central Alberta #UNIGNORABLE campaign. The ...

Oct 31, 2019

Community meals coming to an end

A three-year-old tradition in Drayton Valley will be coming to an end this year. The Town's monthly community dinners will no longer be held after December. The dinners are served on the third Tuesday...

Oct 31, 2019

Local Legion Starts Remembrance Day Poppy Campaign

Residents will be seeing poppy trays displayed in businesses around Drayton Valley over the next week as the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 269 has launched their poppy campaign, which runs until Rememb...

Oct 31, 2019

Mustard Seed achieves its goals through Seeds Of Hope Gala

The Mustard Seed in Red Deer is celebrating the success of this year's second Annual Seeds of Hope Gala, held at the Cambridge Hotel on Saturday in support of the less fortunate in our community.Byron...

Oct 30, 2019 (The Mustard Seed)

Sylvan Lake Library offering 'Food for Fines' in November

From November 1-16, people who have fines on their Sylvan Lake Library card can pay them off by paying it forward. During the Food for Fines promotion, Sylvan Lake Library will forgive fines in exchan...

Oct 30, 2019

Fountain Tire Launches Search for 3 Stars of the Red Deer Community

Fountain Tire has once again teamed up with the Red Deer Rebels to honour local difference makers. Fountain Tire 3 Stars is a collaboration with the Western Hockey League (WHL) and Ontario Hockey Leag...

Oct 29, 2019

Lacombe still growing, but getting older: Report

Shifting demographics in Lacombe reveal an aging population in the city in recent years.According to 2016 Federal Census data presented to city council on Monday, the percentage of Lacombe's populatio...

Oct 29, 2019

Dairy Queen Athlete of the Month - September 2019 - Mikel McIver

For the September edition of the Dairy Queen Athlete of the Month, we draw our attention to someone who just celebrated 20 years with the Red Deer Rebels. While that is a great feat in its own, the re...

Sheldon Spackman Oct 28, 2019 Athlete of the Month Sept 2019