Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman

City Council: on the agenda
The following items are on Red Deer city council's open meeting agenda on Tuesday, February 20, 2024.Bylaw amendment - site exception:Council will review an application to eliminate a provincial requi...
Feb 20, 2024

Author of new biography on Jason Kenney at Red Deer's Snell Auditorium
The Snell Auditorium in the downtown branch of the Red Deer Public Library will be hosting a special event on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024. Jeremy Appel, the author of a new book, Kenneyism: Jason Kenney's ...
Feb 20, 2024

Getting a handle on curling stones not easy at Tournament of Hearts
CALGARY - The honour system is in play at the Canadian women's curling championship when it comes to hog-line violations. A curler delivering a stone must release it before it reaches the hog line. Se...
Feb 20, 2024

Bulldogs start road trip with massive 6-3 win against the Crusaders
The Blackfalds Bulldogs started off their three-week road trip on the right foot with a 6-3 win against the Sherwood Park Crusaders on Family Day Monday at the Sherwood Park Arena.The win is a full re...
Feb 19, 2024

Rebels back in the win column with victory over Lethbridge
Following back-to-back 3-1 losses to the Edmonton Oil Kings last week, the Red Deer Rebels responded this week with a dominating 7-3 victory over the Lethbridge Hurricanes at the Peavey Mart Centrium ...
Feb 19, 2024

Canada sending more than 800 drones to Ukraine for surveillance, supply transport
OTTAWA - The Liberal government will dispatch more than 800 drones to Ukraine starting as early as this spring. National Defence says in a press release that drones have become a critical capability f...
Feb 19, 2024

Gaza Health Ministry says over 29,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel-Hamas war
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Gaza's Health Ministry says more than 29,000 Palestinians have been killed in the territory since the start of the Israel-Hamas war. The ministry in Hamas-ruled Gaza said on M...
Feb 19, 2024

Bulldogs bulldoze over the Saints in 5-2 victory
The Blackfalds Bulldogs bulldozed over the Spruce Grove Saints in a massive 5-2 win during their Sunday matinee at the Eagle Builders Centre. Partnering with their Foundation, it was also the Bulldogs...
Feb 18, 2024

Flames legend Lanny McDonald posts he's out of hospital after cardiac event
CALGARY - The Calgary Flames have forwarded a message from Hockey Hall of Famer Lanny McDonald that he's out of hospital following a cardiac event earlier this month. The 71-year-old writes in an Inst...
Feb 18, 2024

Timeline of recent tensions between Canada and India
OTTAWA - Canada and India have not had a perfect relationship, and issues over Sikh separatism have continue to simmer for decades. But tensions hit a boiling point in the past year. Here's a timeline...
Feb 18, 2024