Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
Red Deer city council defeats motion to withdraw Housing Accelerator Fund application
The City of Red Deer's application for round two of the Housing Accelerator Fund (HAF2) is continuing forward after a motion to withdraw was narrowly defeated in the Feb. 10, regular meeting of counci...
Feb 10, 2025
Premier Smith joining counterparts to advocate for Canada-U.S. relationship in Washington
Premier Danielle Smith, along with her counterparts across Canada, will visit the U.S. capital Monday to advocate for solutions that will repair the country's long-standing relationship with the Unite...
Feb 10, 2025
AI shouldn't only benefit ultra-wealthy 'oligarchs,' Trudeau tells global AI summit
PARIS - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the world needs regulation to ensure artificial intelligence doesn't only benefit "oligarchs." Trudeau, who is attending a global conference on AI in Paris t...
Feb 10, 2025
Eagles deny Chiefs a Super Bowl three-peat with dominant defence in 40-22 rout
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Cooper DeJean, Josh Sweat and the Philadelphia Eagles' ferocious defence denied Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs a Super Bowl three-peat. It wasn't even clos...
Feb 9, 2025
Rebels win streak comes to an end in shut out loss to Hurricanes
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 ...
Feb 8, 2025
Red Deer firefighters share growing concern around staffing requirements
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...
Feb 7, 2025
Red Deer's employment up in January, but unemployment one of highest in Canada
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...
Feb 7, 2025
Nominations open for Mayor's Recognition Awards
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 ...
Feb 7, 2025
Canada added 76,000 jobs in January as unemployment fell to 6.6 per cent
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 ...
Feb 7, 2025
This week in RDP Athletics
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...
Feb 7, 2025