Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman

OTTAWA - The House of Commons will vote for a new Speaker tomorrow in a rare mid-session election. Steven Chaplin, a fellow at the University of Ottawa's Public Law Centre, says this is only the secon...

BANFF NATIONAL PARK, ALBERTA - A bear expert who's a family friend of one of two people killed by a grizzly bear in Banff National Park says the couple was experienced in the outdoors and could have b...

EDMONTON - Documents filed by Imperial Oil Ltd. show the company and Alberta's energy regulator knew the Kearl oilsands mine was seeping tailings into groundwater years before a pool of contaminated f...

George Reed, the rugged fullback who was one of the most dominant rushers in CFL history, has died. The Saskatchewan Roughriders, the team Reed spent his entire CFL career with, confirmed that Reed pa...

A local research project is looking for interview participants to better understand the experiences of immigrants living in smaller cities. Led by the Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU), the study ...

A woman from Bentley, plus four people from Calgary, have been charged in connection to a firearms seizure conducted by Calgary Police (CPS). CPS says the charges come after numerous break and enters,...

Red Deer Public Schools is recognizing the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Thursday. Kids have the day off Friday and then the actual observance, also known as Orange Shirt Day, is on Sat...

In celebration of World Tourism Day, a local attraction in Red Deer County was given a $250,000 grant from Travel Alberta. September 27 was World Tourism Day, created by the United Nations World Touri...

The 39th Agri-Trade Equipment Expo is set to return to Red Deer this November and they've already announced their Ag Innovations Finalists.From November 8 -10 at Westerner Park (4847A 19 St.), guests ...

There's no better way to start the fall season than with a warm cup of coup. On October 1, the annual Bowls for Bellies soup cook-off will return to serve warm food to guests while raising money for t...