Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman

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...

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-...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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...

EDMONTON - Police say an 11-year-old boy has died after he was attacked by two large dogs in an Edmonton home. Officers responded to the attack at the home in the city's south side on Monday night. Po...

Local Mounties say the victims of a triple stabbing in Red Deer last month are all recovering from their injuries.According to RCMP, the first victim, who was sent to hospital in life-threatening cond...

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is requesting that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau convene an emergency meeting with the country's premiers to discuss the federal carbon price. Poilievre c...