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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)

City conducting RCMP customer service survey

The City of Red Deer wants to know what residents think about the customer service they receive from RCMP.Citizens who visit the downtown detachment from June 10-21 for front counter service will have...

Jun 07, 2019

Mayor's Recognition Awards honour city's finest

The 2019 Mayor's Recognition Awards were presented Thursday night at a ceremony held at the Cambridge Red Deer Hotel and Conference Centre. "It's my honour to acknowledge the citizens who contribute t...

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)

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

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)

Northern Alberta residents start returning home after two-week evacuation due to fire

Some residents in northern Alberta have started to return home after being forced by wildfires to leave their communities two weeks ago. An evacuation order was lifted this morning for resid...

Jun 03, 2019

UPDATE (Located): Curtis James Ebeltoft, 44, of Red Deer

AUG. 7 - Red Deer RCMP advise that Curtis Ebeltoft, reported missing on May 27, has been located safe and. Mounties thank the public for their assistance.

Andrew Snook Jun 03, 2019

75 years later, legacy of Canada's role in D-Day landing still lingers

OTTAWA - When he jumped out of his landing craft into knee-deep water off the coast of Normandy on June 6, 1944, Jack Commerford wasn't contemplating the role he was about to play in wh...

Jun 02, 2019 (The Canadian Press)

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)