Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman

Their first game in the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL), the Blackfalds Bulldogs won 4-3 against the Okotoks Oilers Friday night at the Eagle Builders Centre. Going through some growing pains mo...

The Red Deer Rebels 13-game point streak is now over following a 4-1 loss to the Wheat Kings in Brandon, MB, Friday night.The Rebels were 2-1 against the Wheat Kings so far this season coming into the...

TORONTO - Connor McDavid helped the NHL revamp its sagging skills competition. The Edmonton Oilers captain then went out and won the US$1-million prize. McDavid won the fastest skater, stickhandling, ...

The City of Red Deer will be participating in a three-day workshop, organized by the provincial government, to discuss water-sharing and drought prevention measures in the South Saskatchewan River Bas...

Trial dates have been set for two people charged in the death of a young Maskwacis, AB, man a year-and-a-half ago. Cole Gerald Cattleman, 26, and Chaz Joseph Cattleman, 23, both of Maskwacis, are sche...

NEW YORK (AP) - Carl Weathers, a former NFL linebacker who became a Hollywood action movie and comedy star, playing nemesis-turned-ally Apollo Creed in the "Rocky" movies, facing-off against Arnold Sc...

TORONTO - The NHL is heading back to the Olympics. Commissioner Gary Bettman announced today during the league's all-star festivities that its players will be allowed to compete at the 2026 Winter Gam...

Officials with Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) note some temperature records set throughout some parts of central Alberta on Thursday.According to meteorologists, the Breton area set a ne...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is calling Alberta's new proposals on the treatment of transgender youth the "most anti-LGBT of anywhere in the country." Trudeau says that if Alberta Premier Danielle Sm...

Canada's famous prognosticating rodents appeared to reach a consensus on Groundhog Day, as furry forecasters spanning three provinces predicted an early spring.Ontario's Wiarton Willie, Nova Scotia's ...