Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman

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 ...

RCMP are hoping someone from the public might be able to help them locate a missing man. On January 29, 2024 at approximately 2:40 p.m., Warman, SK, RCMP received a report of a missing 28-year-old mal...

It's been nearly 19 months since the tragic day, July 6, 2022, that 45-year-old Heather Lawrence was killed just south of Red Deer while riding her bike.The person responsible has never come forward n...

Premier Danielle Smith defended sweeping transgender policy changes Thursday she said will support and protect Alberta children and youth, while critics called it politically-motivated government inte...

A prominent shopping destination in Central Alberta has announced United Way Central Alberta (UWCA) as its 2024 Charity of Choice. Officials with Bower Place say this strategic alliance follows their ...