Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman

The Red Deer Rebels struggled to stay out of the penalty box and the Hurricanes made them pay in a 4-0 loss on Saturday night at the Centrium.Leo Braillard, captain Brayden Yager, and Brayden Edwards ...

The aftermath of a reduction to minimum staffing levels for fire services in Red Deer is particularly being felt at Station Two, which only had two members, rather than the previously required four, a...

Statistics Canada released results of its labour force survey for January 2025 and there's both good and bad news as it relates to Red Deer. The good news is from December 2024 to January 2025, Red De...

Nominations have opened for the City of Red Deer's 2025 Mayor's Recognition Awards. The awards spotlight individuals, groups and teams who have made a special contribution that has brought honour and ...

Canada's labour market added 76,000 jobs in January, beating economist expectations.Statistics Canada's labour force survey on Friday also said the unemployment rate ticked down 0.1 percentage points ...

This week, Red Deer Polytechnic will host the ACAC Curling Championships at the Pidherney Centre. Both RDP Basketball squads will play the Briercrest College Clippers at home. The Queens Hockey team w...

The Red Deer Vipers already have a playoff spot secured but will look to solidify second place in the Heritage Junior Hockey League's North Division this weekend. With two games to go in the regular s...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith must answer questions and step aside, if you ask Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi, who is calling for four investigations into what he describes as unprecedented allegat...

Red Deer Polytechnic (RDP) is in the midst of planning its 2025-26 school year budget (July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026), and as of Feb. 5, predicts an estimated deficit of $10 million. Stuart Cullum, R...

Alberta's Gull Lake has ranked as a top ice fishing destination in Canada, landing in sixth place out of nine locations named in the FishingBooker blog. Gull Lake is known for having shallow depths, r...