Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman

The Red Deer Rebels wrapped up 2024 with a 2-1 loss to the Lethbridge Hurricanes Monday night. On Dec. 30, at the Peavey Mart Centrium, a clumsy first period saw neither team score, with the Hurricane...

UPDATE: Dec. 31, 2024, 8:50 a.m. RCMP have lifted the shelter place for an area of the County of Wetaskiwin southeast of Maskwacis around Township 441. Mounties say, however, a police presence will re...

High Prairie RCMP are asking for the public's help locating a 32-year-old man. Mounties are concerned for the safety of Dion Alexander and are asking anyone with information on his whereabouts to cont...

UPDATE: 5:50 p.m., Dec. 30, 2024 The Dangerous Person Alert sent out by the Calgary Police Service (CPS) earlier today, Monday, Dec. 30, 2024, has now been cancelled. CPS says the 38-year-old man poli...

CIBC says paying down debt is the top financial priority for Canadians heading into 2025.In its annual Financial Priorities poll, CIBC found Canadians continue to see rising costs for household goods ...

Mayor Kevin Ferguson says 2024 was an "uplifting" year for the Town of Ponoka, with it finally being able to turn its sights to future-focused projects and shake off the final dredges of COVID-19. "In...

The Red Deer Rebels were looking to avenge a loss on Friday night but fell 8-2 to the Edmonton Oil Kings on the road.The loss on Sunday marks their third straight setback and their second in a row to ...

UPDATE: 9:20 a.m., Dec. 30, 2024 The Alberta RCMP Major Crimes Unit has laid charges in connection with a Dec. 28, 2024, homicide at the corner of 49 Avenue and 53 Street in Red Deer. Mounties say the...

ATLANTA (AP) - Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who tried to restore virtue to the White House after the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, then rebounded from a landslide defeat to become a global adv...

With 2024 coming to a close, Ponoka County Reeve Paul McLauchlin is proud of his team's success in "holding the line" this year amidst financial constraints caused, in part, by costs downloaded to mun...