Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman

A Red Deer man charged in the death of a local woman two years ago has been sentenced to four years in jail. Christopher Lee Furgason, 34, was sentenced in Red Deer Court of King's Bench on Oct. 14, 2...

A final municipal election forum is taking place in Red Deer Wednesday evening. It's a forum for councilor candidates and will be held at the downtown branch of the Red Deer Public Library. It runs fr...

Approximately 90 Red Deerians attended the Indigenous Voices Forum Tuesday night at Festival Hall to hear from municipal candidates ahead of the election next week.Hosted by the Urban Indigenous Voice...

The Government of Alberta has officially launched the parent payment portal, and applications are now open for the parent payment program that will support families during the teachers' strike.The par...

Week in Review After a pair of narrow setbacks to the Lethbridge Hurricanes (3-2 on Oct. 7) and Moose Jaw Warriors (6-4 on Oct. 10) the Rebels rebounded in a big way with a thorough 5-0 win in Lethbri...

The Red Deer area broke a new record low temperature for October 13 on Thanksgiving Day Monday.According to Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), the Red Deer area dipped to - 12.7 degrees Cel...

The first of two final municipal election forums taking place in Red Deer this week happens Tuesday evening at Festival Hall. The Oct. 14, 2025, event runs from 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. and is being hosted...

The Red Deer Rebels put an end to their four-game losing streak on Saturday night.They shut out the Lethbridge Hurricanes 5-0 on the road at the visitlethbridge.com arena with a 19-save performance fr...

Alberta RCMP will be participating in #OperationImpact2025 this holiday weekend, with a focus on removing impaired drivers from our roads.This is done as part of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of ...

Red Deer mayoral candidates discussed one of the most important issues to voters during an election forum on Thursday night Put on by Red Deer Polytechnic, the Red Deer Homeless Foundation, the Centra...