Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman

OTTAWA - Several senior officials convened quietly in the Privy Council committee room on a Wednesday afternoon in August 1961 to discuss a troublesome issue. The group was considering a planned resea...

After yet another scintillating season, the Red Deer Symphony Orchestra (RDSO) is calling on the community for help. This 2023-24 schedule took loyal and new audience members on a journey from classic...

A recent report by Royal LePage has found Red Deer to be Canada's third-most affordable city in Canada, and the most affordable city in Alberta. "I think it shows that there's confidence in our econom...

DALLAS - Jason Robertson is feeling the love in the Stanley Cup playoffs. The Dallas Stars winger scored his first post-season hat trick in Game 3 of the Western Conference final earlier this week. Hi...

The Olds Grizzlys are pleased to introduce Peter Schaefer as the team's new head coach. Team officials say Schaefer comes to the Grizzlys after playing over 500 NHL games with the Vancouver Canucks, O...

DALLAS - Dallas Stars head coach Pete DeBoer is "optimistic" defenceman Chris Tanev will be available for tonight's Game 5 of the NHL's Western Conference final against the Edmonton Oilers. The shutdo...

OTTAWA - The Canadian government is remaining quiet after a New York court convicted former U.S. president Donald Trump as a felon. Trump, who is expected to lead the Republicans into the next U.S. el...

The northern lights could return to the sky over parts of Canada as a sunspot that contributed to a recent stunning aurora display rotates back Earth-side. A sunspot that earlier this month unleashed ...

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - Jury selection is scheduled today for two men charged with conspiracy to commit murder during the 2022 border protest at Coutts, Alta. Anthony Olienick and Chris Carbert were arres...

Former President Donald Trump on Thursday was found guilty on all 34 felony counts in his criminal hush money trial. It was the first time a former U.S. president was ever tried or convicted in a crim...