Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
Eligible Albertans can apply for $100 monthly payments starting January 18
The provincial government says Albertans will get financial relief this month.In late November the government announced a $2.8 billion inflation relief package as the rising cost of living stretched b...
Jan 09, 2023
Ponoka RCMP advising of poor driving conditions on QEII Highway
Ponoka RCMP say they are responding to minor motor vehicle collisions on the QE II and 2A Highways this morning. Officers are reporting that freezing rain is causing poor driving conditions that is co...
Jan 09, 2023
Mazatlán mayor reassures Canadians and other visitors following cartel violence
MAZATLN, Mexico - The mayor of a Mexican city caught up in a wave of drug cartel violence last week wasted little time reassuring Canadians and other foreign visitors that his city is safe for travell...
Jan 08, 2023
Blades 'toon up Rebels, handing Red Deer second straight loss
The Red Deer Rebels have hit a bit of a wall after coming out gangbusters from the holiday break.On Saturday night in Saskatoon, Red Deer lost 6-2 to the Blades, a night after dropping a 2-1 decision ...
Jan 07, 2023
Doortender continues solid run as local tech startup
A Red Deer tech startup continues to make waves.Doortender launched in summer 2020, persisting through the worst of the pandemic, and making it work to become successful enough that it was able to exp...
Jan 07, 2023
'Have your wits about you': Travel advice for Canadians visiting Mexico
The federal government says 1.8 million Canadians travelled to Mexico in 2022. Some of the more popular tourist spots include Cabo San Lucas, Cancun, Mazatlan, Playa Del Carman and Puerto Vallarta. Tr...
Jan 06, 2023
Red Deer unemployment rate edges higher in December
There was another rise in the Red Deer Region's unemployment rate last month, keeping it at the highest rate among the province's economic regions.According to Statistics Canada, the Red Deer Region's...
Jan 06, 2023
Sentencing starts for man convicted of killing of two Métis hunters in rural Alberta
EDMONTON - The sentencing for an Alberta man convicted in the killing of two Mtis hunters has begun today in Edmonton. Anthony Bilodeau was convicted in May of second-degree murder in the death of Mau...
Jan 06, 2023
'Heave Away': Canada's goal tune at the world juniors is 'the song that never dies'
TORONTO - "Heave away, me jollies, heave away!" It's a phrase that Canadian hockey fans couldn't get enough of at the world junior hockey championship - a Celtic melody played each time Team Canada sc...
Jan 06, 2023
Canadian tourists remain barricaded in hotel amid Mexican cartel violence
Canadian tourists remain barricaded in their hotel today amid violence in the streets after the arrest of a major drug cartel leader. Tina Dahl, an Edmonton woman with relatives stranded in the popula...
Jan 06, 2023