Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman

Downtown snow clearing continues in Red Deer
Snow clearing on select downtown streets in Red Deer resumes this evening as crews focus on ensuring roads are well-maintained, safe and accessible.City officials say crews will be focusing on:49 Aven...
Jan 18, 2024

STARS LOTTERY returns to Alberta
The lottery that goes above and beyond is back with the launch of STARS LOTTERY Alberta. From now until March 21, 2024, people from across the province can buy their tickets for their chance to win th...
Jan 18, 2024 (Supplied)

Home destroyed by fire near Didsbury
Didsbury Fire Rescue confirms an area home was destroyed by fire on Jan. 9.Fire Chief Curtis Mousseau says crews responded just after 10 a.m. that day to the home in rural Mountain View County, northe...
Jan 18, 2024

AMA reports one of its busiest periods for roadside workers
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Alberta Motor Association (AMA) said it is working as quickly as it can to get to your vehicle. The company said it received more than 49,000 requests for roadside assistance in t...
Jan 18, 2024

Rebels defeat Blades, deemed top ranking team in CHL and WHL
The Red Deer Rebels beat the number one ranked team in the Canadian Hockey League, the Saskatoon Blades, in a 5-4 victory at the Peavey Mart Centrium this Wednesday night. The Blades are also first ov...
Jan 17, 2024

Alberta releases first report on well cleanup; $33B liability estimate called too low
Alberta's oil and gas producers spent nearly $700 million in 2022 on cleaning up the hundreds of thousands of old wells that dot the province, the regulator's first report on the extent of those liabi...
Jan 17, 2024

Canada should be on 'high alert' for 2024 after record wildfire season: scientist
Canada should be on "high alert" for 2024 wildfires, a scientist with the Canadian Forest Service said Friday, as he offered a sweeping view of last year's record-shattering season. Research scientist...
Jan 17, 2024

Federal dental care program will exclude 4.4M uninsured Canadians: report
OTTAWA - A new report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says millions of uninsured Canadians will be left out of the new federal dental program because their family income is too high. En...
Jan 17, 2024

Canada watching for UN court decision on Israel and genocide, Trudeau says
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada is "watching carefully" as the International Court of Justice deliberates on an allegation of genocide against Israel, but he is not indicating Canad...
Jan 17, 2024

Canadians say climate caused a warm December they both enjoyed and worried about
Canadian attitudes toward climate change are about as consistent as Canadian weather, a new poll suggests. Contradictions abound in a Leger online poll of more than 1,500 Canadians conducted earlier t...
Jan 17, 2024