Tag Archives: Community
Celebrity Dance Off raises $300,000 for Friends of the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre
RED DEER- The 2019 Celebrity Dance Off raised approximately $300,000 for Friends of the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre. Executive director Richelle Belzerowski is thrilled with the outcome. "The Ce...
Jun 07, 2019
Red Deer Legion honours veterans on D-Day anniversary
With hundreds of Canadian flags flapping in the background and poppies on the lapels of the 20 or so in attendance, veterans of many conflicts over the decades were honoured Thursday at Red Deer's Alt...
Jun 06, 2019 Lorraine Pillman lays a poppy onto a wreath during a ceremony Thursday at Alto Reste Cemetery as Legion president Bev Hanes looks on. (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)
Kalena Soehn to speak at Special Olympics breakfast
Local trampoline athlete Kalena Soehn will be the guest speaker at 13th annual Special Olympics Celebrity Breakfast on June 19. Soehn comes from a family of trampoline athletes and has had success in ...
Jun 05, 2019
Thurber track and field star named ASDC Athlete of the Month
Jeremiah Lauzon is the Alberta Sport Development Centre - Central (ASDC-C) Athlete of the Month for May 2019. Lauzon is an 18-year-old Red Deer resident, Grade 12 student at Lindsay Thurber High Schoo...
Jun 05, 2019 Jeremiah Lauzon
War Amps key tags sent out for 2019
As The War Amps embarks on its second century of service, the Association's 2019 key tags are being mailed to Alberta households this week with the theme, "Your Key Tags at Work." The Key Tag Service ...
Jun 04, 2019
Weekend Warriors bolster Camp Alexo ahead of summer season
Supporters and volunteers were at it once again at Camp Alexo for the annual Weekend Warriors event.The yearly event gets people out to the site near Nordegg to complete important upgrades to the camp...
Jun 03, 2019 Five-year volunteer and Red Deer Rotary Sunrise member Grant Burchnall works on the new stairs up to the deck extension that was completed at this year’s Weekend Warriors. (Supplied)
Walk a Mile in Her Shoes back for 8th year
For the eighth year, men from around central Alberta will take big steps this month in support of Women's Outreach.Walk a Mile in Her Shoes is all about taking a stand against family and gender-based ...
Jun 03, 2019 (rdnewsNOW file photos)
Province halts funding for supervised consumption sites pending review
The United Conservatives are following through on a campaign promise to halt funding for supervised consumption sites in Alberta until a review into the merits of the practice has been completed. The ...
Jun 02, 2019 Between 130 and 150 people are using the temporary overdose prevention site in Red Deer daily, according to Turning Point. (rdnewsNOW file photo)
Tipi blessed in act of reconciliation at Red Deer middle school
Students and staff at St. Thomas Aquinas Middle School engaged in an Indigenous ceremony on Friday.Local Elder Theresa 'Corky' Larsen-Jonasson was on hand to bless a new tipi located in the school's c...
Jun 01, 2019 Theresa 'Corky' Larsen-Jonasson blesses a tipi at St. Thomas Aquinas Middle School. (Supplied)
Red Deer Royals host 50th Anniversary Gala and Marching Show Band Classic
Central Alberta's only marching show band is celebrating one of its biggest weekends of the year June 1-2.On June 1, the Red Deer Royals host their 50th Anniversary Gala at the Harvest Centre in Weste...
May 31, 2019