Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman

Emergency crews were called out to a fire outside Red Deer Polytechnic (RDP) over the weekend. RCMP confirm that crews responded to a call for service shortly after 6:00 a.m. on April 14, 2024, but co...

Red Deer home sales saw an increase in March when compared to the month before and the same month last year.According to the latest Market Update from Central Alberta Realtors Association, there were ...

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is set to present the federal budget on Tuesday after a countrywide tour that teased many of the housing and affordability measures to be included in the do...

A byelection forum is taking place in Red Deer Monday evening in advance of the April 22 byelection to fill a currently vacant Red Deer city councillor position. Monday's byelection runs from 5:00 p.m...

There was a slight rise in the Red Deer region's unemployment rate last month, but the rate is still lower than in March of last year.According to the latest figures from Statistics Canada, the Red De...

EDMONTON - A judge is ordering the Alberta government to produce a massive trove of documents concerning its efforts to encourage coal mining in the province's Rocky Mountains. The ruling comes in res...

While the Red Deer Rebels came within a hair of their first win this playoff series against the Saskatoon Blades, they lost 2-1 in overtime on Sunday afternoon at the SaskTel Centre. Round 2 of the pl...

OTTAWA - The first instalment of the 2024 Canada carbon rebate will be delivered to some Canadians today as long as they filed their taxes by the middle of March. Canadians living in Alberta, Saskatch...

At Calgary's Centre for Newcomers, where Kelly Ernst is chief program officer, staff have been - in Ernst's words - "run off their feet."The non-profit organization, which offers services and language...

It's almost the end of an era at Red Deer's Safe Harbour Society.The organization, which has long been a beacon for the city's most vulnerable, announced this week that long-time executive director Ka...