Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman

The 10 most expensive years for weather, natural disaster in Canada: insurance bureau
OTTAWA - These are the 10 most expensive years for natural disasters in Canada as measured by insurance payouts, adjusted for inflation in 2022. This data is from the Insurance Bureau of Canada. 1. 20...
Jan 08, 2024

Spruce View & District Lions Club to host 2024 "Citizen of the Year" event
The Spruce View and District Lions Club will be hosting its 2024 Citizen of the Year event this month. Officials say the event will recognize the outstanding community service of Carly Hansen. The 46t...
Jan 08, 2024 (Supplied)

Insured damage from severe weather exceeded $3.1B in 2023: insurance bureau
OTTAWA - Severe weather and natural disasters caused more than $3 billion in insured damages for the second year in a row in 2023. The Insurance Bureau of Canada's annual tally is topped by wildfires ...
Jan 08, 2024

City Council: on the agenda
The following items are on Red Deer city council's open meeting agenda on Monday, January 8, 2024. Budget 2024: Administration will present the 2024 Budget documents to council and deliver a brief pre...
Jan 08, 2024

Interim government House leader Steven MacKinnon seeks better decorum in the Commons
OTTAWA - The new interim Liberal house leader says every MP from all parties needs to set a better tone when the House of Commons resumes later this month. Ottawa-area MP Steven MacKinnon will take on...
Jan 08, 2024

71% of Albertans concerned about ability to repay debts: report
LETHBRIDGE, AB - It should come as no surprise at this point, but many Albertans say they are struggling to make ends meet. That is according to the latest Consumer Debt Index report from MNP. Half of...
Jan 08, 2024

Victim of New York bus crash identified as 74-year-old Montreal woman
MONTREAL - New York State Police have identified Jeanne Elzanie Jourdan Colin, a 74-year-old Montrealer, as the person who died in a tour bus crash in Lake George, N.Y., on Friday. They say one person...
Jan 08, 2024

Wotherspoon Long Track Meet returns to Setters Place Jan. 20-21
The annual Wotherspoon Long Track Meet is approaching quickly.The annual fixture on the Red Deer Lions Speed Skating Club's calendar goes Jan. 20-21, with Olympics style and mass start race, at Great ...
Jan 06, 2024

Rebels defeat Tigers for the first time this season on Friday
In their first home game of 2024, the Red Deer Rebels beat the Medicine Hat Tigers for the first time this season on Friday in a 5-3 win at the Peavey Mart Centrium.In the first period, while the Tige...
Jan 05, 2024

Roughly 120 people participate in Learn to Skate program for newcomers at Bower Ponds
Roughly 120 people were gliding across Bower Ponds on Thursday at the Learn to Skate event for newcomers in Red Deer. Held for the 11th year by SNAP (Settlement for Newcomers Through Activities and Pr...
Jan 05, 2024