Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman

For the first time in franchise history, the Sylvan Lake Gulls are headed to the Western Canadian Baseball League Championship series. They advanced on Monday night after defeating the Okotoks Dawgs 8...

OTTAWA - Amid the many layers of tariffs and exemptions from the United States, some economists say the effective tariff rate on Canada is much lower than the headline figures suggest. RBC senior econ...

OTTAWA - China has announced preliminary tariffs on Canadian canola following an anti-dumping investigation launched last year in response to Canada's tax on Chinese electric vehicles. Canadian canola...

RCMP in Three Hills are searching for a suspect believed involved in a recent break and enter.Mounties say it was on Aug. 8, between the hours of 4:30 and 6:20 p.m., when it's believed a suspect broke...

If you've never taken in the offerings of Alberta Open Farm Days, make plans to do so this weekend.The 2025 edition, which makes it 13 years for the province-wide event, runs Aug. 16 and 17.Farms all ...

The provincial government is helping support 388 athletes as they represent Alberta at the 2025 Canada Summer Games in St. John's, Newfoundland.The games, which started last week on Aug. 8 and will ru...

A potential strike looms as contract talks carry on between Air Canada and the union representing 10,000 of its flight attendants. The outcome of negotiations this week could be critical for summer tr...

Canada's national men's rugby team will face the Alberta Wolfpack Tuesday in Red Deer.The 'controlled match' kicks off at 7 p.m. at the Red Deer Titans Rugby Club (74 Waskasoo Avenue, Red Deer County)...

TORONTO - Air Canada flight attendants are expected to picket at airports in four major Canadian cities on Monday in what their union is calling a national day of action. The Canadian Union of Public ...

Listen to the extended version of our conversation with Bill Henderson, featuring several fun stories not in the story below, on the Aug. 3, 2025 episode of The Everything Red Deer Podcast!Sadly, it w...