Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says the coming federal budget should lower taxes, cap spending and make it easier to build new houses. Poilievre spelled out his party's budget prioritie...

EDMONTON - Recent leaks of toxic tailings from northern Alberta oilsands mines have revealed serious flaws in how Canada and Alberta look after the environment, observers say. Some accuse the federal ...

EDMONTON, AB - The Government of Alberta has introduced legislation that would require it to keep a tight rein on spending, save for a rainy day and continue to pay down debt.Finance Minister Travis T...

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says she will table the 2023 federal budget on March 28. More coming. The Canadian Press

The Alberta government is proposing legislative changes aimed at building fiscal stability in the province.The Financial Statutes Amendment Act, 2023 would implement many of the technical measures int...

Results from Red Deer's most recent Point in Time (PIT) Count show the number of persons experiencing homelessness in the city has increased to 334 in 2022 from 144 in 2018.According to the City of Re...

STONY PLAIN, AB - The Alberta Affordable Housing Partnership Program is supplying close to $54 million to create more than 600 affordable units in nine communities across the province. In December 202...

Non-profit organization Youth HQ gathered with various Red Deerians downtown on Thursday to announce their acquisition of the Professional Building for a new community-oriented concept.Located at 4808...

STRATHCONA COUNTY, AB - The Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT) says charges have been laid against two people in connection to alleged child sexual abuse.On February 9, 2023, the ALERT Inte...

EDITOR'S NOTE: The below comments from AHS came in by request from rdnewsNOW and are in response to our story published March 8, 2023: Red Deer hospital expansion group demands province and AHS provid...