Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman

OTTAWA - The mayor of Halifax, which recently secured a deal with Ottawa to fast-track the building of thousands of new homes, says he was caught off guard by recent complaints from premiers over bein...

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is expected to table the federal government's fall economic statement on Nov. 21. More coming. The Canadian Press

The Red Deer Rebels were once again just shy of a win (4-3) on Wednesday night against the Vancouver Giants at the Langley Events Centre. The match-up marks their fifth road game to the west coast and...

New government data reveals there were two overdose deaths in Red Deer this past August -- down from four in July and six in each June and May.The data expanded to include all of AHS' Central Zone sho...

If you asked the question of who runs the world, Beyonc would respond girls do. Some Red Deerians are saying the same, forming a new women's networking group focused on empowering women in business. T...

A former board member of the long-defunct David Thompson Regional Health Authority believes there's some reason for concern about the Alberta Government's big health care announcement Wednesday. The p...

There's a famous scene in the classic Christmas movie Elf. Buddy the Elf, played by Will Ferrell, sneaks into the shopping mall overnight to decorate the entire place in Christmas dcor for Santa's arr...

Minister of Health Adriana LaGrange has appointed a new AHS board to refocus Alberta Health Services as the province transitions the health care system.Government officials say the seven-member board ...

EDMONTON, AB - The current version of Alberta Health Services will be scrapped as the province transitions to a single provincial health system model split into four high-level units, the Alberta gove...

Although the Red Deer Rebels made a swift recovery against the Victoria Royals in the final period, it wasn't enough to win the game, losing 3-2 on Tuesday night at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Arena. T...