Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
Rebels bounce back with 2-1 win in Prince Albert
The season series between the Red Deer Rebels and Prince Albert Raiders is now square at one win apiece, after the visiting Rebels knocked off PA 2-1 Saturday night.The Rebels are on the tail end of a...
Dec 9, 2023
New recall for fresh cut cantaloupe due to salmonella concerns
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has issued a new cantaloupe-related recall due to salmonella concerns.The new recall, which is for fresh cut cantaloupe distributed nationally, comes just tw...
Dec 9, 2023
12 Days of Giving, bottle drive return to help The Mustard Seed
The Mustard Seed is once again hosting its 12 Days of Giving program to help those in the most need this holiday season.Each day, a different item is requested from the citizens of Red Deer and centra...
Dec 9, 2023
Fields of anxiety: Overcoming stigma to address mental health struggles of farmers
Christi Friesen remembers her husband saying he knew that the cloud of depression over her was finally lifting when he saw her smile at the end of the gruelling 2016 harvest season. That October had b...
Dec 9, 2023
New eagle enclosure opens at Medicine River Wildlife Centre
Eagles have fancy new temporary digs at the Medicine River Wildlife Centre, if they need it.Located near Spruce View, southwest of Red Deer, the wildlife centre takes in animals in need of medical car...
Dec 8, 2023
Alberta finance minister says he has not 'flip-flopped' on proposed pension change
EDMONTON - Finance Minister Nate Horner - after promising any stand-alone Alberta pension plan would not follow the contentious Quebec model, then saying it might, then saying it won't - told reporter...
Dec 8, 2023
Fossil from Alberta badlands finds prey inside the stomach of young tyrannosaur
CALGARY - A dinosaur fossil found in the Alberta badlands has revealed new details about the diet of young meat-eating tyrannosaurs. The research, published Friday in the journal Science Advances, is ...
Dec 8, 2023
Trial of 'Freedom Convoy' organizers Tamara Lich, Chris Barber adjourned until 2024
OTTAWA - The criminal trial of "Freedom Convoy" leaders Tamara Lich and Chris Barber has adjourned after more than 30 days of evidence and arguments, and is expected to resume in January. The trial be...
Dec 8, 2023
As fossil fuel execs descend on U.N. climate summit, some ask 'what are COPs about?'
TORONTO - The world's major climate negotiations risk turning into a trade show spectacle of unchecked corporate influence, some observers warn, as a record number of delegates representing fossil fue...
Dec 8, 2023
Suspects charged in central Alberta murder ordered to stand trial
Two people charged in the death of a young man in Maskwacis, AB, last year, have been ordered to stand trial. Cole Gerald Cattleman, 26, and Chaz Joseph Cattleman, 23, both of Maskwacis, were ordered ...
Dec 7, 2023