Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
Red Deer RCMP warns of rise in sextortion scams
The Red Deer RCMP says there's a growing threat of local sextortion scams.Sextortion is a form of online blackmail where offenders get victims to send explicit images/videos before demanding payment w...
Nov 29, 2024
ASIRT concludes investigation into September 2022 incident on Samson Cree Nation
The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) has found that an RCMP officer lawfully executed his duties following an investigation into an alleged aggravated assault involving a Maskwacis RCMP ...
Nov 29, 2024
Festival of Trees lights up Westerner Park for accelerated cath-lab fundraiser
The Red Deer Regional Health Foundation (RDRHF) lights up Westerner Park with its 31st annual Festival of Trees, a critical fundraiser for the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre, today.This year, funds...
Nov 29, 2024
Red Deer Symphony Orchestra elated over new funding as it nears third show of season
The 38th season of the Red Deer Symphony Orchestra plays on, Sunday, Dec. 15, with Messiah, but that's not all that's on the minds of those behind the scenes at RDSO.During recent municipal budget tal...
Nov 28, 2024
Central Alberta organizations take part in Giving Tuesday
Several local organizations are taking part in Giving Tuesday festivities this Dec. 3. Giving Tuesday is a national movement for folks to give back to their communities, be it through monetary donatio...
Nov 28, 2024
Prairie premiers urge action on security to fend off Trump's tariff threats
Prairie premiers are urging Canada to act on American concerns over illegal cross-border traffic of people and drugs to stave off the looming threat of 25-per-cent tariffs.Alberta's Danielle Smith, Sa...
Nov 27, 2024
Mediation temporarily suspended in Canada Post strike, parties to meet with minister
OTTAWA - Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon is summoning Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers to his office today as federal mediation to end the nearly two-week old strike isn't working...
Nov 27, 2024
One small step for Alberta town: Residents hope to share name with lunar rover
ATHABASCA, Alta. - Residents of a northern Alberta town are over the moon that it could share its name with the first Canadian rover set to explore the dark, cold terrain of Earth's closest celestial ...
Nov 27, 2024
Trudeau to meet with premiers today following Trump tariff threat
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to meet with the country's premiers this afternoon, after they asked for an urgent meeting on U.S.-Canada relations ahead of the incoming Donald Trump adm...
Nov 27, 2024
Red Deer's '100+ Women Who Care' launch new era after 10 years
It's a new era for 100+ Women Who Care Red Deer (WWCRD) as the philanthropic organization welcomes in new leadership.The group was formed a decade ago under the guidance of Cindy Jefferies and Susan K...
Nov 26, 2024