Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman

Red Deer RCMP have unveiled the results of a completed three-day shoplifting prevention blitz they held earleir this month.From Dec. 2 to 4, the Red Deer RCMP Crime Reduction team, with assistance of ...

The Alberta Next Panel has provided seven recommendations for initiatives that could have big implications for Albertans.The panel toured communities across the province in the summer and fall, includ...

The opportunity to get tickets this holiday season for an upcoming Red Deer run of Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is nothing short of scrumdiddlyumptious.The show runs March 12-14 and ...

Disclaimer: This story contains disturbing and graphic details. A Penhold woman is pleading for help for her 14-year-old daughter after the youth was a victim of online extremist groups, Kaskar, 764, ...

Invest Olds has announced the opening of Data District Inc. in the town of Olds. Officials describe it as an incredible boost to the community and regional economy, saying it represents a major privat...

Lacombe County is receiving $6,300 from the TD Friends of the Environment Foundation. The money is to support Changes in the Natural World: A Citizen Science Project. The project is a chronolog time-l...

Her name should be familiar to most who have worked in healthcare in Alberta's South Zone over the last several years.Dr. Vivien Suttorp has been selected as Alberta's new, permanent Chief Medical Off...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's government is hiking the cost to apply for a citizen-initiated referendum by 5,000 per cent, saying it's about making sure applicants are serious. A cabinet order rele...

Alberta's top court has ruled that requiring to-be lawyers in the province to take an oath of allegiance to the reigning monarch is unconstitutional.Unlike some other provinces where the Oath is optio...

Albertans used more energy during a particular day last week than at any other point.The Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) says a new peak load of 12,785 MW was reached on Thursday, Dec. 11.The ...