Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman

Suspect charged in alleged Ponoka shooting scheduled for sentencing next year
Sentencing is scheduled early next year for one of five people initially charged in an alleged shooting in Ponoka this year. Tracy Lightfoot, 48, a resident of Ponoka, AB, is scheduled for sentencing ...
Nov 15, 2023

AHS takes step forward for proposed ambulatory care facility near Red Deer Hospital
Alberta Health Services (AHS) is taking steps towards building a proposed ambulatory care facility next to the Red Deer Regional Hospital.At their meeting on Monday, city council passed first reading ...
Nov 15, 2023

Red Deer Lights the Nights returns with festive fun all season long
Red Deer Lights the Nights is returning this Friday for a month-long celebration of the holiday season.Free, family-friendly activities will be taking place downtown and throughout the community, incl...
Nov 15, 2023

Soldier against vaccine mandates came close to mutiny, should face severe punishment: says court martial
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - The prosecution at a military court martial says a former soldier who served in Afghanistan and Croatia should face severe punishment for using his military rank and uniform to...
Nov 15, 2023

Upward trend continues for average rents in Red Deer
Average rents in the city of Red Deer continued their upward trend in October. According to the latest National Rent Report from rentals.ca, the average rent for a one-bedroom unit in Red Deer last mo...
Nov 15, 2023

Hockey Canada: Findings of investigation into 2018 Canada junior team under appeal
CALGARY - Hockey Canada says the findings of an investigative report into allegations of sexual assault involving members of the 2018 Canadian junior hockey team are under appeal. The organization say...
Nov 14, 2023

Royal Canadian Mint to start replacing image of late queen with King Charles
WINNIPEG - The Royal Canadian Mint will soon begin producing Canadian coins bearing the face of King Charles. The Winnipeg-based manufacturing facility is set today to showcase its design of the King ...
Nov 14, 2023

Royal Canadian Mint to begin circulation of coins with image of King Charles
WINNIPEG - The first Canadian coins bearing the face of King Charles are soon to be circulated across the country. The Royal Canadian Mint in Winnipeg is set Tuesday to showcase its model of the King ...
Nov 13, 2023

Gaza evacuees question Canada's policy for who it will help evacuate
OTTAWA - Some Canadians who escaped the Gaza Strip say Canada's definition of family means they had to make the heartbreaking choice to leave loved ones behind. Canadian citizen Amro Abumiddain says h...
Nov 13, 2023

Rebels This Week
The Rebels are back in Red Deer after wrapping up their week-long five-game trip west of the Rockies to battle the B.C. Division. It was an agonizingly tough trip for the Rebels as each of their four ...
Nov 13, 2023