Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman

Red Deer city council considers new Code of Conduct Bylaw
Red Deer city council gave first reading to a new Code of Conduct Bylaw presented at their meeting on Monday. The proposed bylaw aims to include a redesigned complaint and investigation process, a new...
Aug 22, 2023

Central Alberta Family raising awareness and money for pancreatic cancer research
This week, family, friends and supporters will come together to golf and continue remembering Rose McQuarrie.McQuarrie, who lived in central Alberta and was a fervent golfer herself, passed away in Ma...
Aug 22, 2023

Red Deer seeks to become host city for annual provincial conference every three years
The City of Red Deer is looking to become the host of the Alberta Municipalities (ABmunis) Conference and Trade Show every three years. At their meeting on Monday, city council endorsed the idea that ...
Aug 21, 2023

Reception Centre continues to welcome evacuees this week
Red Deer continues to welcome evacuees from the Northwest Territories at the GH Dawe Community Centre (6175 67 Street). "The Reception Centre is where we register evacuees, provide lodging and meal vo...
Aug 21, 2023

Critical firefighting equipment being moved or stolen, says BC Wildfire Service
BC Wildfire Service says critical equipment used to fight some of the province's devastating blazes has been moved and sometimes stolen, in one case three times. The fire service says the pumps, sprin...
Aug 21, 2023

B.C.'s premier urges Meta to allow news sharing in B.C. amid wildfire crisis
VANCOUVER - Premier David Eby is calling on the social media company Meta to reverse its decision to block Canadian news from being shared online in British Columbia, saying it feels like it is holdin...
Aug 21, 2023

Minister Schulz to promote Alberta innovation in Germany
Minister of Environment and Protected Areas Rebecca Schulz will travel to Germany to promote Alberta's emissions reduction technologies and responsible energy sector, say government officials. The mis...
Aug 21, 2023

The latest news on the wildfires ravaging British Columbia
A state of emergency remains in place today across British Columbia as threatening wildfires force thousands of residents to evacuate from homes in the Okanagan in the southern Interior and elsewhere ...
Aug 21, 2023

Recently shuffled Liberal cabinet is meeting in Charlottetown this week
CHARLOTTETOWN - The Liberal cabinet is in Prince Edward Island's capital this week for a retreat as it gets ready for the next sitting of the Parliament. It's expected the housing crisis will be the c...
Aug 21, 2023

Southern California braces for more floods as tropical storm soaks region from coast to desert
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Tropical Storm Hilary drenched Southern California from the coast to inland mountains and deserts Sunday evening, prompting rescues from swollen rivers and forcing some of the natio...
Aug 21, 2023