Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman

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...

Officials with the City of Red Deer say building permit values have started high in 2025, with 65 issued permits valued at $17 million, compared with 67 permits worth $7 million in January 2024. The c...

The Red Deer District Chamber of Commerce has denounced the upcoming proposed 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods and 10 per cent on energy the U.S. government plans to implement potentially. Origin...

Westerner Park says the closures of Peavey Mart in Red Deer will have a significant impact on the community.It marks the end to a five-year partnership agreement between Peavey Mart and Westerner Park...