Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
Alberta NDP: 'A lot of lying going on' about premier's role in COVID-19 prosecutions
Alberta's Opposition NDP leader says Premier Danielle Smith has entangled herself in a web of lies and needs to come clean over what she has been saying to prosecutors pursuing COVID-19 health violati...
Jan 13, 2023
Three Rebels and two locals named to NHL Central Scouting's Mid-Term Rankings
The Western Hockey League has announced that 51 WHL players have been named to NHL Central Scouting's Mid-Term Rankings ahead of the 2023 NHL Draft, with that list including three Red Deer Rebels and ...
Jan 13, 2023
MISSING: Courtney Cattleman, 14, Rocky Mountain House
UPDATE - RCMP continue efforts to locate Courtney Cattleman who was reported as missing on Jan. 11, 2023. RCMP believe that Cattleman is currently in the Maskwacis area and wish to locate her to confi...
Jan 13, 2023
Year in Review: Lacombe mayor says city is in positive financial and communal position after growth
The City of Lacombe says they are starting off 2023 in a good financial and communal position following a year of growth.In a year-end interview this week, Mayor Grant Creasey and Chief Administrative...
Jan 13, 2023
Lisa Marie Presley, singer and daughter of Elvis, dies at 54
Lisa Marie Presley, the only child of Elvis Presley and a singer-songwriter dedicated to her father's legacy, died Thursday after being hospitalized for a medical emergency. She was 54.Her death in a ...
Jan 13, 2023
Operator for new recovery community revealed at open house
We now know that Edgewood Health Network will be the operator of a 75-bed recovery community -- an Alberta first -- in Red Deer's north end.Edgewood, whose vice president for western Canada, Dr. Chris...
Jan 12, 2023
Bedard's final game in Red Deer headed toward sellout
Fans wanting to see hockey phenom Connor Bedard likely play his final game in Red Deer are encouraged to act quickly. Tickets are going fast and are already 75 per cent sold for the January 31 tilt at...
Jan 12, 2023
Japanese PM Kishida visits Ottawa, asks for Canada's help on clean energy transition
OTTAWA - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is looking to Canada to help his country wean itself off fossil fuels from places like Russia. Kishida is in Ottawa today for his first visit as Japan's ...
Jan 12, 2023
Blackfalds Bulldogs to bid for Centennial Cup
The Blackfalds Bulldogs are putting in a bid to host either the 2024 or 2025 Centennial Cup, Canada's Junior A hockey championship.Hockey Canada will be making an announcement on both by March.The Cen...
Jan 12, 2023
Fatal bat fungus White Nose Syndrome makes first appearances in Alberta
EDMONTON - A disease that has been nearly wiping out bat populations in Eastern Canada and the U.S. has made its first appearance in Alberta. White Nose Syndrome, a fungus that starves bats to death b...
Jan 12, 2023