Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman

Local Mounties are investigating a break-in and theft that caused significant damage over the weekend. On July 6, 2024, Innisfail RCMP received a report of theft of copper wire from an oilfield site l...

OTTAWA - Health Minister Mark Holland says dentists and other oral-health providers no longer need to sign up with the government to provide care to patients who are covered under the national dental ...

MONTREAL - Sweltering summer weather is blanketing much of the country today, with Environment Canada issuing heat warnings for parts of eight provinces and the Northwest Territories. Temperatures in ...

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - One of the jurors hearing evidence in the murder-conspiracy trial surrounding the border blockade at Coutts, Alta., has been dismissed for falling asleep in the courtroom. Court of...

Fifteen-year-old Eileen Park of Red Deer has won the 2024 Alberta Women's Amateur Championship.Competing at the River Spirit Golf Club west of Calgary this week, Park hit all 18 greens in the third an...

Investigators have determined the death of a woman in central Alberta over the Canada Day long weekend was not suspicious in nature. On July 1, 2024, at 10 a.m., Sylvan Lake RCMP received a report of ...

The splendidly-paired combo of the City's Meet Me at the Park program, and CARE for Newcomers' annual Sports Day made for a great afternoon of community connection in Red Deer's Eastview area Thursday...

The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) is investing $283.5 million for the purpose of constructing a 130-kilometre high-voltage power line through the counties of Red Deer, Lacombe, Stettler and Paintea...

CALGARY - Calgary residents are getting a happy diversion from their water woes, as its annual Stampede summer festival begins today with a downtown parade. The parade comes a month to the day after a...

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada will release its latest reading on the job market today. The agency is set to publish its labour force survey for June later this morning. The Canadian economy added 27,000 ...