Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman

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...

UPDATE: Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024, 10:10 a.m. RCMP Major Crimes Unit and Strathmore RCMP say the stolen quad has been discovered. It was located abandoned in the Didsbury area. The RCMP would like to th...

EDMONTON - Police in northern Alberta say a young boy has drowned while kayaking with his father. Slave Lake RCMP say the pair failed to return from their boating trip as scheduled Saturday evening. M...

For the first time in 25 years, Alberta will host the 2024 Women's Canadian Fast Pitch Championship. "I'm very excited to offer the teams from across Canada to see what Alberta is, because it hasn't b...

It was an outstanding long weekend as the Strathmore Stampede wrapped up on a hot and sunny Monday afternoon. Racetrack conditions were exceptional over the four-day show, capacity crowds and great ch...