Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman

As the city of Red Deer packs up from the eventful Canadian Finals Rodeo (CFR), it still remains the talk of the town. Perhaps it's the excitement from the action or the majestic horses and bulls that...

It was a fitting finale for the return of Professional Rodeo in Canada. After a 24 month absence, the Canadian Finals Rodeo returned to Red Deer's Peavey Mart Centrium to ring down the curtain on the ...

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Nov. 8 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...

WASHINGTON - For the first time in nearly 20 months, non-essential traffic is once again moving in both directions across the Canada-U.S. land border. Shortly after midnight, Customs and Border Protec...

While the Red Deer Rebels were ultimately defeated by the Winnipeg ICE this Sunday afternoon at Wayne Fleming Arena, they did not let the home team win that easy.In an electrifying first period, Winni...

Veteran Canadian bareback rider Ty Taypotat made the most of his match-up with the 2021 World Champion Bareback Horse, Calgary Stampede's Xplosive Skies (88.5 points) to win the Saturday night 5th rou...

A 9-year-old Red Deer boy is saying thank you this Remembrance Day to his friends at the War Amps, but also to veterans of wars gone by.Nate Collier was born missing most of the fingers on his left ha...

WASHINGTON - The southbound lanes on the road to North America's post-pandemic recovery will finally reopen Monday as the United States ends nearly 20 months of controversial COVID-19 exile and allows...

A new brew at Troubled Monk is in support of a global message that harassment and discrimination in the workplace, specifically in the brewing industry, is unacceptable.'Brave Noise' is a collaborativ...

They call them the TV pens in the sport of rodeo. The reference is to the best of the best in terms of the horses and bulls in the riding events. And Friday night's third round of the Canadian Finals ...