Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman

Elections Alberta has released the official results for the 2023 Provincial General Election. According to Elections Alberta, this election saw 1,777,321 votes cast, for a turnout of 59.5 percent. Of ...

A fire ban is back in place for the city of Red Deer, due to dry conditions and high temperatures. Such a ban is initiated when conditions, as per the Alberta Climate Information Services, become extr...

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith will name a new cabinet Friday.She has a lot of jobs to fill and fewer people to fill them, with a conspicuous urban-rural divide to bridge as well.There are ...

A Red Deer woman has died following a two vehicle collision in the County of Barrhead this week.On June 5, 2023, at 1:55 p.m., Barrhead RCMP attended the collision on Highway 763 near the community of...

Habitat for Humanity Red Deer celebrated on Wednesday, breaking ground on what will be its 47th, 48th, 49th and 50th homes in central Alberta.The homes are located in Red Deer's growing Evergreen neig...

Heat Warnings have been issued for many parts of Alberta including the Red Deer, Ponoka, Innisfail, Stettler region.Other nearby regions affected also include Olds, Sundre, Airdrie, Cochrane, and Drum...

MEDICINE HAT, AB - Albertans continue to hold about the same level of approval for the province's premier-elect. Danielle Smith is projected to have won re-election in the 2023 Alberta provincial elec...

Red Deer's former federal building downtown finally has a new purpose; the first hybrid workspace in the city. East Lincoln Properties, current owner of the building on 4909 50 St., has announced that...

They danced and played games. They laughed together and ate together. These are just some of the fun things Red Deer seniors did at this year's Mayor's Garden Party. Held during Seniors' Week, over 27...

CALGARY - Cenovus Energy is facing a fine over a release of wastewater into a wetland. In 2020, a pipeline then belonging to Husky Oil released about 206 cubic metres of produced water through a break...