Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman

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...

Sylvan Lake RCMP are advising the public to stay off the ice with motorized vehicles after two broke through the ice on Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024. Police say no injuries were reported in these incidents...

CEO Shelly Flint described 2024 as a turnaround year for Westerner Park.After she was appointed CEO in 2023, Flint said she worked with the team to set an overall vision for Westerner Park and what th...

The Red Deer Rebels were hoping to come out of the Christmas break with a big victory at home but a lacklustre performance sealed their fate on Friday night.In front of 5,564 fans at the Peavey Mart C...

Charges have now been laid in a Vancouver Island crash that killed an 80-year-old man from Red Deer earlier this year. The BC Highway Patrol investigation has led to six impaired driving charges after...

LIVERPOOL, N.S. - The winner of the Canadian mixed doubles curling trials that start Monday will take on double duty. That duo not only earns the right to represent Canada in the 2026 Olympic Games, b...

Ethan Katzberg, who won Canada's first-ever gold medal in men's hammer throw at the Paris Olympics, has been voted The Canadian Press male athlete of the year. More coming. The Canadian Press

OTTAWA - Conservative MP Jonathan Williamson says he'll get the ball rolling early in the New Year on no-confidence vote that could bring down Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government in a little mo...