Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
Alberta schools prepare to resume classes for thousands after back-to-work order
Schools and school boards across Alberta are working to get more than 740,000 students ready to return to class on a day's notice after a three-week provincewide strike.The Edmonton Public School Boar...
Oct 28, 2025
'Forever Canadian' petition surpasses goal, collects 456K signatures
Thomas Lukaszuk, a former deputy premier of Alberta who has circulated a petition to make it official policy for the province to stay in Canada, says it has just over 456,000 signatures.The final tall...
Oct 28, 2025
Alcohol believed a factor in Sunday morning Mountain View County crash
Didsbury RCMP have arrested a man following a two-vehicle collision Sunday morning on the QEII Highway.It was about 2:45 a.m. on Oct. 26 when RCMP responded to a two-vehicle collision in the northboun...
Oct 28, 2025
Stettler area overjoyed with surge of doctors
The Health Professionals Attraction & Retention Committee (HPA&R) is sharing details about its success in bringing new doctors to the Stettler region.In spring 2024, there were just six doctor...
Oct 27, 2025
Alberta government set to table legislation to order striking teachers back to work
The Alberta government is set to table legislation today ordering thousands of striking teachers back to work and end their weeks-long strike. Premier Danielle Smith has said the strike, which began O...
Oct 27, 2025
No talks planned as clock ticks down to Monday deadline in Alberta teachers strike
With time running out before Alberta's striking teachers get legislated back to work, the province and the union say they're ready to negotiate but want the other side to make the first move.Alberta T...
Oct 24, 2025
Man convicted in fatal Red Deer crash sentenced to 10 years
A man charged in a fatal hit and run involving an alleged stolen vehicle in Red Deer this summer has been sentenced to 10 years in jail. Ryan Allan Bell, 33, of Red Deer County, was sentenced in Red D...
Oct 24, 2025
Charges laid in fatal crash north of Red Deer
Red Deer RCMP have now laid charges in connection with a motor vehicle collision that claimed the life of 48-year-old Michael (Aaron) Caywood on Aug. 30, 2025. With the assistance of the Alberta RCMP ...
Oct 24, 2025
Red Deer RCMP investigating suspicious backyard fire
The Red Deer RCMP are turning to the public for information following a suspicious fire.Police are investigating after they responded to a fire in the backyard of a residence in the Morrisoe Neighbour...
Oct 24, 2025
Teachers say back-to-work legislation will make things worse for students
Teachers in Alberta say the province's planned back-to-work legislation will only make things worse for their students.Ewelina Warchol (WURR'-shul), who teaches in Edmonton, says it's becoming harder ...
Oct 24, 2025