Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
Red Deer considers removing license cap for urban chickens
Red Deer's Chicken Bylaw may be hatching some new rules. City council approved first reading to proposed bylaw amendments at their meeting on Monday. They include: removal of the cap on the total numb...
Apr 03, 2024
Preliminary hearing scheduled for pair charged in local drug trafficking investigation
A preliminary hearing date has been set for two people charged in a drugs and firearms seizure in Blackfalds last year.Chad Daniel Wickett, 32, and Candace Danielle Payne, 40, both of Red Deer, are sc...
Apr 03, 2024
Preliminary hearing scheduled in Red Deer woman's death
A preliminary hearing date has been set for a Red Deer man charged in the death of a local woman last year. Christopher Lee Furgason, 32, is scheduled to find out on Jan. 7, 2025, if his case has enou...
Apr 03, 2024
Red Deer city council adopts 2024-2026 Annual Policing Plan priorities
Red Deer RCMP presented their 2024-2026 Annual Policing Plan (APP) on Monday, outlining the community's top priorities. City council formally adopted the plan, developed jointly by the RCMP and the Ci...
Apr 03, 2024
Banff bus fire strands U.K. students on ski trip; no injuries
LAKE LOUISE, Alta. - Two dozen youth visiting from the United Kingdom were shuttled to safety after their tour bus caught fire on a scenic highway in Banff National Park. At about 5 p.m. yesterday, R-...
Apr 03, 2024
Drought poses key risk to Canada's natural gas producers in 2024: Deloitte
Persistent drought conditions are poised to challenge natural gas producers even as they aim to ramp up in anticipation of Canada's first liquefied natural gas export terminal opening, a new report wa...
Apr 03, 2024
Rebels win game three 4-3 against the Tigers in overtime
In game three of the WHL playoffs, the Red Deer Rebels defeat the Medicine Hat Tigers 4-3 in a close overtime game on Tuesday at the Peavey Mart Centrium. The Rebels are now 2-1 against the Tigers in ...
Apr 02, 2024
Red Deer's Task Force on Homelessness recommends new non-profit take over responsibilities from City
Red Deer's Task Force on Homelessness has recommended the establishment of a not-for-profit foundation to take over the responsibilities from the City to address homelessness. Created by the Red Deer ...
Apr 02, 2024
Police investigate multi-tractor crash as carbon-levy protests continue in Alberta
COCHRANE, ALBERTA, CANADA - Mounties in Alberta say they're keeping traffic moving on the Trans-Canada Highway despite a roadside carbon-levy protest, and say five large farm tractors have already cau...
Apr 02, 2024
Ponoka RCMP seek public assistance in identifying fraud suspect
Central Alberta Mounties are hoping you can help them identify a fraud suspect. On Jan. 1, 2024, Ponoka RCMP received a report of fraud from a resident in Ponoka. The victim reported that she was cont...
Apr 02, 2024