Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman

The Town of Sylvan Lake is one of six Alberta communities receiving funding from the Government of Canada to address housing challenges. Under the Housing Accelerator Fund (HAF), Town officials acknow...

After the release of the 2024-2025 calendar in the spring of 2023, Senior Administration with Red Deer Public Schools received additional comments from parents and staff at their recent meeting this m...

Medical first responders (MFR) across Alberta will be better supported in their efforts to keep people safe. The Government of Alberta has announced $3.85 million in funding, which Health Minister Adr...

Further information on service levels has been announced regarding Red Deer city council's first by-election. The by-election will take place on April 22, 2024, and, as part of budget deliberations, c...

Alberta Health Services (AHS) has announced an upcoming change to its public parking rates. Effecting April 1, 2024, rates at sites across Alberta will go up in order to align with local markets and r...

Premier Danielle Smith is scheduled to give a television address to Albertans on Wednesday evening.Her office shared the information on social media with a link to the government's website.It says Smi...

Alberta's Opposition says it's bracing for next week's provincial budget to be full of broken promises while failing to fix crumbling health-care and education systems.Premier Danielle Smith's United ...

Alberta revealed plans to aggressively grow its firefighter ranks as it declared an early launch to the 2024 wildfire season Tuesday due to warmer than normal temperatures and below average precipitat...

The provincial government is looking for public input through a new workplace safety survey. The Alberta government is reviewing the Occupational Health and Safety Codes relating to:Workplace violence...

Red Deer RCMP report that Michael Blair has been located safe. Mounties thank the public and media for their assistance. --Download the rdnewsNOW mobile app on Google Play and the Apple App Store for ...