Tag Archives: People
Shelters bracing to help Red Deer’s homeless during cold snap
Red Deer's Safe Harbour Society is hopeful they have enough space for those who'll need it during the cold snap about to hit our city. Temperatures are forecast to fall as low as -26 Celsius between n...
Jan 08, 2020 (rdnewsNOW file photo)
63 Canadians killed in plane crash near Tehran, Ukrainian official says
SHAHEDSHAHR, Iran - Dozens of Canadians were among the 176 people killed in a plane crash just minutes after taking off from the Iranian capital's main airport, Ukraine's minister of foreign affairs s...
Jan 08, 2020
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)
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)
The stars to determine name of Red Deer's first baby of 2020
It took all of four minutes for Red Deer's first baby of the decade to arrive, but she doesn't have a name just yet.Naveen Dias, 34, and Dilumi Kurugamage, 33, welcomed their second child into the wor...
Jan 02, 2020 This little one, who will remain unnamed for just a little longer, was the first born at Red Deer Regional Hospital to start 2020, at 12:04 a.m. on Jan. 1. (Supplied)
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
Red Deer shooting victim remembered as loving, caring family man
The widow of a Red Deer man fatally shot outside the city's south end Walmart last week says she and her family are still trying to come to grips with his loss. Roxine Williams says the senseless trag...
Dec 27, 2019 C.J. “Jim” Williams of Red Deer passed away on December 20, 2019 at the age of 69 years. (Supplied)
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)
Youth filmmakers team up with local seniors to 'share wisdom' in short film series
Budding young filmmakers from central Alberta recently celebrated the experience of making short film documentaries with the help of local seniors. One of them was 14-year-old Ty Loupelle, a Grade 9 s...
Dec 10, 2019 Retired Rodeo Entrepreneur and Alberta Sports Hall of Fame member Jack Daines (left) and Red Deer filmmaker Ty Loupelle, a 14-year-old Grade 9 student from Hunting Hills High School. The pair collaborated on Loupelle's short film documentary this year which was part of the Reel Youth - Age Is More film project. (Supplied)
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)