Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman

OTTAWA - Inflation cooled in July thanks largely to relief at the gas pumps, but Statistics Canada said grocery and shelter costs were accelerating last month. The annual rate of inflation fell to 1.7...

TORONTO - Air Canada and the union representing its flight attendants have reached a tentative deal to end a strike that began on Saturday morning. The airline says it will gradually begin operations ...

After a summer of rodeos, dinosaurs and door-knocking, Pierre Poilievre is now officially heading back to Ottawa as a Conservative member of Parliament for Alberta.The Tory leader will represent the s...

For the first time since 2017, the Red Deer Riggers are Sunburst Senior AAA Baseball League champions.The Riggers defeated the Edmonton Cubs 10-5 on Sunday to win Game 5 in the best-of-five series.Red...

The Sylvan Lake Gulls season came to an end in heartbreaking fashion on Saturday night.They fell 5-4 to the Regina Red Sox at Gulls Stadium in a deciding Game 3 to lose the Western Canadian Baseball L...

The Red Deer RCMP announced Bradley Velton has been found and is safe. The police would like to thank the public for their assistance.

UPDATE: Aug. 19, 2025, 12:10 p.m. The RCMP Major Crimes Unit is advising that Ashton Deschamps was located and arrested in North Battleford, Sk. Mounties say he will appear in court and then be escort...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says he's disappointed Air Canada and the union representing its flight attendants weren't able to reach a deal after eight months of negotiations. He is urging bot...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ontario Premier Doug Ford are meeting in Ottawa today. A federal government official says there likely won't be an announcement coming out of the meeting betwee...

CAMROSE - Voters head to the polls today in a rural Alberta byelection that's getting an unusual level of national attention. Battle River-Crowfoot was left vacant when Conservative Damien Kurek stepp...