Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman

LACOMBE, Alta. - Rachael Homan's Ottawa team, which includes vice-skip Tracy Fleury, second Emma Miskew and lead Sarah Wilkes, stole a single point in the 10th end to defeat South Korea 6-5 and win th...

Family Violence Prevention Month, which runs through November, once again aims to get people talking more openly about what is a difficult subject.Following an evening of conversation on Nov. 1, the g...

Red Deer's newly minted Sendero Centre -- formerly the Central Alberta Sexual Assault Support Centre -- was the site for excitement on Friday.Staff, community members, as well as Alberta's ministers o...

LACOMBE, Alta. - Canada's Rachel Homan will play for gold at the Pan Continental curling championship after posting a 6-5 extra-end victory over China's Wang Rui in semifinal action Friday. Homan didn...

A Red Deer elementary school celebrated its 10-year anniversary this week.Father Henri Voisin School of Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools marked a decade of what officials describe as engaging and in...

EDMONTON - Alberta's top court has dismissed a Crown appeal of the sentence handed to an Ontario truck driver convicted in the 2011 death of a woman found in an Edmonton hotel bathtub. Cindy Gladue, a...

GenNext, an affinity group of United Way Central Alberta, announced the inaugural class of the Top 40 Under 40 young professionals.The list was created to highlight the remarkable accomplishments of 4...

The fire restriction for the County of Stettler has been lifted as of 10 a.m. on Nov. 1 as a result of recent weather conditions. Regular fire permit conditions will be in effect moving forward. Resid...

The Outreach Centre is launching its annual Holiday Hope campaign, which aims to bring joy, comfort, and support to families in need during the holiday season. "Funds raised through the Holiday Hope C...

The Sylvan Lake RCMP are looking for the public's help in identifying a suspect who stole a vehicle on Reynolds Road Thursday. Shortly after 4 p.m. on Halloween, RCMP received the report and at the ti...