Education

Olds College needs to beef up financial reporting process: Auditor General

Alberta's Auditor General says Olds College needs to improve its processes to sustain accurate and timely financial reporting to Albertans."Olds College has processes to prepare accurate financial sta...

Dec 19, 2019

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)

Red Deer College hosting events for aspiring entrepreneurs

Red Deer College will be hosting two events this winter to help educate, encourage and support future small business owners from across central Alberta. The free Business Basics for the Aspiring Entre...

Dec 17, 2019

Farm to table feature possibly to be filmed in Red Deer

A new filmed-in-Red Deer television program could be coming to the small screen in the near future.Shawn Moore with Red Deer's Eco Tree Ltd. is working with local students and teachers, as well as HGT...

Dec 16, 2019 TV personality Damon Bennett (second from left), known for his work with Mike Holmes, toured with Red Deer students recently to look at an urban farm project which could possibly be the subject of an upcoming television show. (EcoTree/ddg.tv)

Wolf Creek Public Schools finds cost savings

Trustees with Wolf Creek Public Schools are cutting back on meetings in order to save money.Going from two meetings each month to just on is expected to save the division more than $15,000 a year.Supe...

Dec 13, 2019

CommunityNOW: Tubas for Cuba

The Lindsay Thurber Band is doing the TUBAS FOR CUBA fundraiser in hopes of collecting donations of used instruments that students will take to Cuba in February. In addition to used instruments, they ...

Dec 13, 2019

Barrie Wilson students helping one of their own battling leukemia

Students at cole Barrie Wilson Elementary School in Red Deer are embracing the holiday spirit to help a fellow student battling leukemia.This week, students are selling Candy Grams for 25 cents in sup...

Dec 10, 2019 Students at Red Deer's Barrie Wilson Elementary School are selling Candy Grams this week in support of six-year-old Lewis Cano, a Grade 1 student at the school currently battling leukemia. (rdnewsNOW / Sheldon Spackman)

Provincial grant funding to support safe and respectful learning in Alberta schools

The provincial government is taking steps to educate school employees across Alberta on their responsibilities to ensure students are safe from abusive situations.Education Minister Adriana LaGrange w...

Dec 09, 2019 Minister of Education Adriana LaGrange (left) and Respect Group Inc. Co-Founder Sheldon Kennedy (right) speak with students at Eastview Middle School in Red Deer on Monday.

RDC speakers’ series to challenge "celebrity effect" on information

Red Deer College says the next installment of its Perspectives: Canada in the World speakers' series will challenge the myths, assumptions and pop culture influences on how we consume information.On T...

Dec 09, 2019

Facebook argument leads to Blackfalds school dance being cancelled

A heated Facebook argument led to a family event at a Blackfalds school being cancelled over safety concerns.Wolf Creek Public Schools Supt. Jayson Lovell explained the decision to cancel Thursday's I...

Dec 06, 2019 (The Canadian Press)