Health

Local school boards lobbying for mental health funding

Trustees for Red Deer Public Schools and Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools are teaming up to press the province for more funding for mental health initiatives.They will be doing so by sending a lette...

Jun 12, 2019

Citizens shore up trash deposited in local waterways

Just 24 hours after World Oceans Day, Red Deerians took to their city's trails, creeks and river to take part in the annual Red Deer River Cleanup.Put on by the Kerry Wood Nature Centre and Waskasoo E...

Jun 09, 2019 The Watts family did their part on Sunday during the Red Deer River Cleanup. (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)

Walk for Common Ground urges Albertans to honour treaty responsibilities

A committed group of around 30 people made it to Red Deer Friday, marking the halfway point of a walk from Edmonton to Calgary which urges Indigenous and non-Indigenous persons alike to find what brin...

Jun 08, 2019 Amy Peters (left), Faika Satterthwaite (centre) and Anita Crowshoe are three of about 30 participants in the Walk for Common Ground. (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)

Local student takes mental health and wellness initiative one step further

A local Red Deer student has taken her school's focus on mental health and wellness issues above and beyond the call of duty.Elena Carritt, 9, is a Grade 3 student at St. Martin de Porres School. Afte...

Jun 08, 2019 Elena Carritt, 9, is a Grade 3 student at St. Martin de Porress School in Red Deer and taking her school's focus on mental health and wellness issues one step further for the benefit of her peers and community.

Supportive living facility at Gasoline Alley celebrates ribbon cutting

Representatives from Alberta Health Services and H&H Total Care Services Inc. celebrated the ribbon cutting on Red Deer's newest supportive and independent living space.Officials say The Hamlets o...

Jun 07, 2019

Red Deer seniors take in pancakes and visit from provincial minister

Alberta seniors have a lot on their plate, but at the top of the list is housing, according to one local advocate.Jane Grenier-Frank, president of the Central Alberta Council on Aging, spoke to rdnews...

Jun 07, 2019 Rita Schuetz (left) receives breakfast from Seniors and Housing Minister Josephine Pon on Friday at the Golden Circle in Red Deer. (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)

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

Trustees, students learn together at Provincial Youth Mental Health Summit

Taking the stigma out of talking about mental health is the goal behind the first ever Provincial Youth Mental Health Summit held this week in Red Deer.A partnership between the Mental Health Commissi...

Jun 04, 2019 Trustees and student leaders from across Alberta gathered in Red Deer on June 3 & 4 for the Provincial Youth Mental Health Summit put on by the ASBA and Mental Health Commission of Canada.

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)

Kenney rejects Opposition attacks as Alberta halts new drug consumption sites

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is rejecting Opposition accusations that he is putting vulnerable Albertans at risk by freezing funds for proposed new supervised consumption drug sites.Kenney ...

Jun 03, 2019