Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman

OTTAWA - More than 28,000 people have signed a parliamentary petition urging Ottawa to bar U.S. President Donald Trump from Canada for persistently threatening the country's sovereignty. Alberta resid...

Blackfalds' town council has unanimously supported a resolution to participate in an Alberta Community Partnership (ACP) grant application with the City of Lacombe and Lacombe County to explore the fe...

Red Deer Country will receive up to $3,000,000 from the federal government to upgrade their fleet of transit buses.On Tuesday morning council unanimously approved the request for decision to receive t...

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to hit Canada and Mexico with devastating duties is set to take effect next week - but a White House official confirmed on background that the tariff pl...

For the first time in over a year, the annual Red Deer Public Schools Ski Loppet returned on Tuesday afternoon.Approximately 475 students from Grades 3-12 in the division strapped on their cross-count...

City of Red Deer -- Registration for spring arts and recreation programs will begin on Tuesday, March 4 at 12 noon. New program options are viewable on Look 'n Book and My Activity Guide on Thursday, ...

Premier Danielle Smith issued a statement Tuesday following the resignation of Minister of Infrastructure Pete Guthrie:"I have accepted the resignation of MLA Pete Guthrie from his position of Ministe...

Alberta Infrastructure Minister Peter Guthrie says he is resigning from cabinet, citing concerns over procurement practices across government.He says as a backbencher, he'll be able to better serve hi...

In its regular meeting on Feb. 24, Red Deer's city council directed administration to borrow $450,000 to renovate the Sorensen Station washrooms, with a goal of getting them operational by the end of ...

State-of-the-art, something to be envious of, and a space for justice to be served more efficiently.Those words were aptly used on Monday to describe the new Red Deer Justice Centre, which media were ...