Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman

In the Jan. 27 regular meeting, Red Deer's city council appointed two new committee members, passed and amended borrowing bylaws, and updated its Electric Utility Bylaw. First, council unanimously pas...

EDMONTON - The organization representing Alberta physicians is calling out a government panel's COVID-19 report as "anti-science." Dr. Shelley Duggan, head of the Alberta Medical Association, says the...

Earthquakes Canada is reporting there was a 4.5 magnitude earthquake which struck 30 km ENE of Lake Louise Sunday morning.The quake was detected at 4:39 a.m. with a depth of 1.0 km, and was lightly fe...

Twenty-four hours after bringing a lengthy losing skid to an end, the Red Deer Rebels fell 6-1 to the Calgary Hitmen on Sunday evening.The loss at the Scotiabank Saddledome marked the Rebels third gam...

The United Nurses of Alberta held information pickets, and rallies for the province-wide Day of Action on Saturday, including in Red Deer.Nurses from Red Deer and other communities in central Alberta ...

The Red Deer Rebels lost their 13th straight game on Friday night.In Lethbridge they fell 4-1 to the Hurricanes after Leo Braillard scored a hat trick and Logan Wormald added three points to take down...

Landmarks across the country, including Red Deer City Hall, will light up this Monday, Jan. 27 to observe International Holocaust Remembrance Day.This year's observance marks 80 years since the libera...

UPDATE: Jan. 24, 2025, 4:22 p.m. Rimbey RCMP have cleared the scene of a fatal collision on Highway 53. Mounties say an update is anticipated regarding the circumstances leading to the collision. -- R...

Red Deer Public Schools (RDPSD) provided an update on the PowerSchool data breach reported earlier this month.In a letter to parents Thursday, RDPSD said PowerSchool will begin notifying students and ...

Red Deer RCMP have made an arrest following a drug trafficking investigation.On Jan. 22, police arrested 36-year-old Ermias Yohannes from Ontario, who's been charged with two counts of possession of a...