Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
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 7, 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 7, 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 6, 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 6, 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 6, 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 6, 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 6, 2023
Alberta government won't release data on snowpack contamination from coal mines
EDMONTON - The Alberta government is refusing to release information on toxic contaminants in snowpacks downwind from mountaintop removal coal mines. The data was collected by two senior provincial go...
Jan 6, 2023
Guenther scores in OT, Canada beats Czechia for 20th world junior gold
HALIFAX - Canada got the revenge it desperately carved - and is golden again at the world junior hockey championship. Dylan Guenther scored his second goal of the night at 6:22 of overtime as the tour...
Jan 5, 2023
Lucius completes hat trick in overtime as U.S. beats Sweden for world junior bronze
HALIFAX - Chaz Lucius completed a hat trick in overtime as the United States beat Sweden 8-7 in a wild bronze-medal game at the world junior hockey championship. The Winnipeg Jets prospect scored into...
Jan 5, 2023