Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
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
Hundreds of central Albertans pay their respects to "Red Deer's Beloved Son"
Hundreds of central Albertans gathered at Gaetz Memorial United Church and Parkland Pavilion at Westerner Park Thursday, to honour, remember, and pay tribute to a man many regarded as, "Red Deer's Bel...
Jan 05, 2024 Red Deer City Hall, the Red Deer Public Library, and flags at half-mast to honour the late Michael Dawe, who passed away suddenly on Dec. 24, 2023, at the age of 67. Dawe was a current member of Red Deer city council at the time of his death. (rdnewsNOW/Alessia Proietti)