Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman

Alberta's premier is once again asking the federal government for a break on the carbon tax.Danielle Smith penned a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday, March 14, 2024, just one day af...

EDMONTON - Alberta is blocking off large sections of the province to renewable power development. The government has released a map defining which parts of the province are to be off-limits to wind an...

Timelines have officially been revealed for the Red Deer Regional Hospital expansion project.At a jam-packed public information session on Thursday, various representatives gathered at The Chalet in W...

Alberta will welcome 198 of the world's top biathletes from 25 countries for the BMW International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup season finals this week. Government officials say that Alberta's long-...

Hundreds of youth athletes have gathered at Red Deer's Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School for the 2024 Alberta Schools Athletic Association (ASAA) 4A Boys/Girls Basketball Provincial Championsh...

The operation of Red Deer's historic J.J. Gaetz House is undergoing a shift.Built in 1914 in the city's Michener area, directly east of the Red Deer Cemetery, the home is the subject of a Request for ...

Albertans are invited to share thoughts on key facets of the new draft social studies curriculum. Over the last seven months, Alberta Education consulted with more than 300 partners, teachers, multicu...

EDMONTON - Critics are asking why the Alberta government's proposed regulations on renewable power seem to have ignored the conclusions of its own utilities regulator. Sarah Elmeligi, Opposition New D...

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear an appeal of a Calgary man who fatally stabbed five young people at a house party nearly a decade ago. The court, as per usual practice, did not give...

RCMP and Clearview Public Schools are reporting the good news Wednesday afternoon that no one was seriously hurt in a crash today between a school bus and semi truck.The incident occurred just after 8...