Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
19 Street Improvements Project wrapping up
The 19 Street Improvements Project has reached its final phase following two summer construction seasons. The project included a complete rehabilitation of the roadway between Gaetz Avenue and Irwin A...
Oct 31, 2024
Filipino curling team competing in Lacombe with Olympic dreams at stake
In Lacombe, Alberta, this week, there's something happening that may sound like it's straight out of a movie -- and that's probably because it pretty much is.Interestingly, the Filipino curling team i...
Oct 31, 2024
Dodgers win World Series in 5 games, overcome 5-run deficit with help of errors to beat Yankees 7-6
NEW YORK (AP) - The Los Angeles Dodgers won their second World Series championship in five seasons, overcoming a five-run deficit with the help of three Yankees defensive miscues and rallying on sacri...
Oct 30, 2024
Local business owner helping breast cancer survivors with unique tattoos
A business owner in Red Deer has made a difference in the lives of a few breast cancer survivors in Central Alberta. Lanna Richmond, owner of Compassion Ink, a paramedical tattoo studio, opened her st...
Oct 30, 2024
B.C. judge halts the medically assisted death of Alberta woman
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia judge has granted an injunction stopping a woman's medically assisted death, the day before it was scheduled to take place in Vancouver. The injunction granted on Saturd...
Oct 30, 2024
Renovations coming to Lacombe City Hall
Lacombe city council has approved upcoming renovations to City Hall's front office and foyer. The City estimates construction will take approximately three months with staff and public safety a priori...
Oct 30, 2024 (rdnewsNOW)
Ottawa fires back at Alberta's application for judicial review of carbon price
The federal government says Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's application for a judicial review of Ottawa's carbon levy is nothing more than political posturing.Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault a...
Oct 30, 2024
Sylvan Lake town council authorizes interim CAO to move forward in Extended Producer Responsibility agreements
Sylvan Lake should start seeing income for recycling its residents' paper products in April 2025, as the town has taken another step to becoming a service provider under the province's Extended Produc...
Oct 30, 2024
More than a quarter of Canadians will spend at least 100 bones on Halloween: poll
A new poll suggests more than a quarter of Canadians will spend $100 or more on Halloween, with roughly 70 per cent of respondents saying they'll fork over as much money as they did last year on candy...
Oct 30, 2024
Alberta Premier Smith says lower-than-forecast oil prices could mean budget deficit
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says a potential budget deficit next year is not off the table.Her government's 2024 budget initially projected a surplus of $367 million when it was tabled in February....
Oct 29, 2024