Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the government is making some changes to mortgage rules to help more Canadians to purchase their first home. She says the changes will come into force ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A man suspected in an apparent assassination attempt targeting former President Donald Trump was charged Monday with federal gun crimes. Ryan Wesley Routh faces charges of...

NEW YORK (AP) - Monday marks 50 days until the 2024 presidential election in a campaign that was already among the most turbulent in American history even before Donald Trump faced an apparent assassi...

OTTAWA - Members of Parliament are back in Ottawa today to begin a busy and potentially precarious sitting for the governing Liberals. The New Democrats broke their political pact with the government,...

If you're graduating high school or looking at different career options, you won't want to miss this event! Visit Red Deer Polytechnic (RDP) Oct. 26, 2024, from 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. to learn more about...

Officials with Chinook's Edge School Division say trustees plan to work with trustees from Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools moving forward to advocate to the provincial government for a new high sch...

A man wanted in connection to a murder and attempted murder in Rocky View County, Alberta on Aug. 6 has finally been arrested, and it happened Friday the 13th at a home on O'Chiese First Nation.RCMP i...

Blackfalds now has its first high school after the opening of the Iron Ridge Secondary Campus, just in time for this school year. The new campus welcomed 300 Grade 9-11 students and 19 staff this year...

The Central Alberta Women's Emergency Shelter (CAWES) has received a $25,000 grant from the Canada Post Community Foundation to aid with furnishing its new shelter.Danica Hoffart, executive director o...

OTTAWA - Today is expected to mark the end of the criminal trial for two prominent organizers of the "Freedom Convoy" protest, more than one year after the proceedings began. Tamara Lich and Chris Bar...