Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman

The 2024 Alberta budget includes over $151 million over three years for 56 engineering projects across the province. Minister of Transportation on Economic Corridors Devin Dreeshen says $3.3 billion h...

Kate, the Princess of Wales, has announced that she has cancer. In a video released Friday, the 42-year-old says she is undergoing chemotherapy. The announcement comes after weeks of speculation about...

Families are welcome on Saturday to the Town of Blackfalds for an Easter event.From 12 - 2 p.m. at the Community Centre (4810 Womacks Rd.), the event will have games, crafts, snack and a surprise appe...

Interested locals have until Monday to enter the race in Red Deer's first city council by-election. Potential candidates to fill a vacant councillor seat have just under a week left to get their nomin...

Alberta Health Services (AHS) and Red Deer Polytechnic (RDP) have signed a reciprocal agreement which will allow AHS nurses to take on temporary RDP clinical instructor placements if the polytechnic i...

TORONTO - When Dr. Garth Graham thinks about health misinformation on social media platforms, he envisions a garden. No matter how bountiful or verdant that garden is, even the head of YouTube's globa...

OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government will not be forced into an election over carbon pricing - at least not today. The Liberals, NDP and Bloc Qubcois all voted against a Conservative motion calling...

Periods of heavy snow fell across portions of the province between Tuesday night and Thursday, resulting in significant snowfall amounts for many areas, including some in central Alberta. According to...

EDMONTON - Alberta's health minister says a non-profit that shipped a stroke patient to a motel for his long-term recovery will be taken off a roster of agencies offered to provide support after a hos...

The Red Deer Rebels and Medicine Hat Tigers will meet in the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals for round one of the 2024 WHL Playoffs. The Rebels earned the #5 seed in the Eastern Conference while the ...