Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman

OTTAWA - Canada's financial intelligence agency says it expects to see criminals increase their use of cryptocurrency to raise, move and hide funds outside the traditional banking system. In its newly...

OTTAWA - Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says the controlled release or burning of methane from oil and gas production sites will be almost entirely barred by 2030. Guilbeault is in Dubai for t...

OTTAWA - Prominent Jewish groups are set to host a rally on Parliament Hill this afternoon in solidarity with Israel. The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs says the event is meant to be a show of c...

OTTAWA - The Earth is flat. We have been secretly contacted by intelligent beings from other planets. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin did not land on the moon in 1969. They may sound like bizarre state...

A light bulb recently went off in Gretchen VandenBrink's head.The 11-year-old Red Deer grade six student was helping classmates gather Christmas presents for residents of a pair of local seniors homes...

CALGARY - Police say a man with ties to Vancouver, Edmonton and Halifax has been killed in a drive-by shooting in Calgary. Officers responded to reports of gunshots in the Beltline neighbourhood, sout...

A Red Deer man accused of luring a Regina girl two years ago has been given a two-year conditional sentence and two years of probation. Jeremie Raphael Roy, 36, was sentenced in Calgary Court of Justi...

TORONTO - The Public Health Agency of Canada says flu season is officially underway in this country. The rate of tests that were positive for flu stayed above the agency's threshold of five per cent f...

There's something about the Alberta sky. The morning sunrise that wakes with bright orange beams. The grey stormy clouds that swirl with cracks of lightening like tree branches. The cotton candy hues ...

Capital (2024-2028) and operating (2024-2026) budgets for Red Deer County have been approved.They include a 3.5 per cent property tax increase."Reflected in this budget is the dedication of staff and ...