Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
St. Joseph theatre program excited to bring 'Big Fish' to Memorial Centre
The St. Joseph High School (SJHS) theatre crew's latest production, Big Fish. is so good, it needs Red Deer's Memorial Centre to contain it.SJHS presents Big Fish: The Musical, Feb. 27 through March 1...
Jan 12, 2025
New-look Red Deer Rebels make strides in first home game post-trade deadline
It's been an unusual week for the Red Deer Rebels.Following a busy trade deadline that created plenty of change throughout the organization, the Rebels debuted multiple players on Friday and more on S...
Jan 11, 2025
Alberta RCMP warn motorists of poor driving conditions
The Alberta RCMP are advising of poor driving conditions across the province because of freezing rain.In many areas across central and northern Alberta, the freezing rain has caused numerous collision...
Jan 11, 2025
Proposed zoning bylaw updates to parks and public service await second round of engagement
Pre-engagement has closed for the beginning of phase two of updating Red Deer's Zoning Bylaw, a step that proposes changes to public service, parks and recreation and other zones within the city. Resi...
Jan 10, 2025
Red Deer region sees jump in unemployment rate
The Red Deer region saw a rise in its unemployment rate in December, coming in at 7.6 per cent, the highest rate in the province. That's up from 6.9 per cent in November, but down slightly from 7.9 pe...
Jan 10, 2025
Latest opioid data shows evolving trends in Red Deer
According to the latest data supplied to the Alberta substance use surveillance system, opioid-related deaths were down in Red Deer during last year's third quarter (Q3 2024).The data was recently upd...
Jan 10, 2025
Pay raise for Alberta MLAs
EDMONTON Alberta United Conservative members of the legislature have voted to boost MLA salaries for the first time since 2013. Chief government whip Shane Getson says the annual pay raise, which begi...
Jan 09, 2025
Rent asking prices dropped across Canada in 2024
Red Deer was among the cheapest cities in average rent asking price for purpose-built and condo rental apartments among small and midsize markets in December.According to the latest National Rent Repo...
Jan 09, 2025
Alberta to send water bombers, helicopters to help fight Los Angeles wildfire
EDMONTON - Alberta is preparing to send water bombers, night-vision helicopters and incident command team support to help battle wildfires ravaging parts of Los Angeles. Premier Danielle Smith says on...
Jan 09, 2025
Sentencing hearing begins for men convicted of leading Coutts blockade
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - A sentencing hearing is set to start today for three men convicted of helping co-ordinate a blockade at the Canada-U.S. border at Coutts, Alta., in protest of COVID-19 rules and re...
Jan 09, 2025