Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman

EDMONTON - Cool and wet weather is making a difference in Jasper National Park. The park posted a statement on X late Thursday night saying cooler temperatures and up to 15 millimetres of rain since m...

The black clouds billowing from the fires razing Jasper National Park hold more than the reek of charred timber and scorched earth. For thousands of Canadians and mountain-lovers around the world, it'...

According to Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), a tornado-warned and very large hail-warned storm dropped hail up to the size of tennis balls over parts of central Alberta Wednesday night.J...

The latest police-reported crime statistics from Statistics Canada show that despite rating third in the country on the Crime Severity Index (CSI), Red Deer's CSI improved slightly in 2023 with an 11 ...

Premier Danielle Smith, Minister of Forestry and Parks Todd Loewen, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Services Mike Ellis and officials from Alberta Wildfire will provide an update on the ongoin...

John Atkinson compares Canada's Olympic swim team in Paris to a complex jigsaw puzzle requiring a deft hand to complete. Swimming Canada's high-performance director of a dozen years is managing his de...

HALIFAX - As Canada's premiers reckoned with housing, health care and their contentious relationship with Ottawa during meetings last week in Halifax, many of them remained consumed by climate change-...

JASPER, ALTA. - Alberta's Jasper National Park and its townsite are under siege from two wind-whipped wildfires. One raced into the picturesque community last night, causing extensive damage. Parks Ca...

At 8:55 PM MDT, Environment Canada meteorologists are tracking a dangerous thunderstorm capable of producing strong wind gusts, up to golf ball size hail and heavy rain. This thunderstorm is located i...

Rainfall is expected to bring widespread precipitation to northern Alberta beginning Wednesday July 24 and continuing to Saturday morning July 27. Officials with Woodlands County note that precipitati...