Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman

OTTAWA - Most Canadians are not exactly outraged by the punishment meted out to the Canadian women's soccer team over its Olympic drone spying scandal, according to the results of a new poll released ...

The Central Alberta Humane Society (CAHS) has fetched itself a new executive director, Megan Barrett, a passionate animal lover with years of experience in the veterinary field. "I'm honoured to lead ...

CALGARY - Residents in Calgary and surrounding communities, fresh off having to conserve water for weeks due to a water main break, are soon going to have to do it all over again. Mayor Jyoti Gondek s...

CALGARY - WestJet says 16 of its planes have been grounded after a massive hailstorm hit Calgary earlier this week. The Calgary-based airline says those aircraft - 10 per cent of its fleet - need subs...

OTTAWA - More than three decades after Indigenous leaders in northern Alberta began asking for funding to better understand if pollution from the oilsands was making their people sick, the federal gov...

City council and administration are getting ahead of the game for budget this year by conducting a service level review and prioritization exercise.From July 8-30, council was surveyed on each of the ...

Building permit values in Red Deer continued to increase in July, with 115 issued permits valued at $17.4 million, compared with 92 issued permits in July 2023 worth $6 million, officials say.Year-to-...

Innisfail will soon be home to the world's first carbon removal innovation and commercialization centre.Canadian company Deep Sky Labs has chosen Innisfail for the project because they say the communi...

In the regular city council meeting on August 6, council received a report regarding the value and effectiveness of the City's Automated Traffic Enforcement (ATE) program.The report presented to counc...

Rain in recent days has led to subdued wildfire behaviour in many areas of the province. Warm, dry conditions are expected for northern Alberta in the coming days, which may lead to heightened wildfir...