Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
City Council Recap - July 21, 2025
The following decisions were made at the July 21, 2025, Regular City Council meeting.CLOSED: Municipal Naming Application REPORTS: Long Term Financial Roadmap Council received the Financial Roadmap Re...
Jul 22, 2025
Central Alberta Heroes Challenge looking for more teams to help Make-A-Wish in September
The 2025 Heroes Challenge by Make-A-Wish is still looking for more teams in central Alberta.The event goes Sept. 24 at The Dome in Gasoline Alley, with teams competing in different sports and challeng...
Jul 22, 2025
Danielle Smith backs 'better way' than cull at B.C. ostrich farm hit by avian flu
HUNTSVILLE, ONTARIO, CANADA - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith thinks authorities should be looking for a "better way" than a mass cull to deal with a British Columbia ostrich farm that suffered an outb...
Jul 22, 2025
Red Deer once again Alberta's 'Most Active Community'
Red Deerians have once again helped their city earn the title of Alberta's Most Active City.The accomplishment is part of the annual ParticiPACTION Community Challenge, which took place in June.The ti...
Jul 22, 2025
Premiers gathered to meet with PM call for new pipelines built with Ontario steel
TORONTO - As provincial leaders prepare to meet with Prime Minister Mark Carney later this morning, the premiers of Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan have signed a memorandum of understanding calling ...
Jul 22, 2025
Solemn events planned to mark one year since 25,000 fled Jasper wildfire
JASPER, ALTA. - Today marks one year since roughly 25,000 tourists and residents of Jasper, Alta., were forced to flee on a single highway, after several runaway fires were discovered in Jasper Nation...
Jul 22, 2025
Financial roadmap provides pathway to long-term financial sustainability
The City of Red Deer says they're one step closer to fortifying the community's long-term financial sustainability following a presentation of the financial roadmap to city council on Monday.The roadm...
Jul 21, 2025
Jasper mayor stands by critical wildfire report, expects no bad blood with province
The mayor of Jasper, Alta., says he stands by a report commissioned by his town that criticizes Premier Danielle Smith's government response to a wildfire that destroyed a third of the Rocky Mountain ...
Jul 21, 2025
Federal money provided to return unproductive farmland back to forest in Alberta
The federal government is providing over $100 million to help return unproductive Alberta farmland to its original forested state.Corey Hogan, parliamentary secretary to Canada's natural resources min...
Jul 21, 2025
Advocates work to put health care on the radar as premiers meet in Ontario
OTTAWA - Health-care advocacy groups and associations representing doctors and nurses are in Ontario's cottage country this week, trying to ensure health care remains a top priority for premiers. The ...
Jul 21, 2025