Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
Carney to meet with Incident Response Group to discuss the wildfire situation
Prime Minister Mark Carney is scheduled to convene the Incident Response Group in Ottawa today to discuss the ongoing wildfire situation across the country. Carney also convened the group of ministers...
Jul 15, 2025
Opposition NDP leader Naheed Nenshi sworn in as member of Alberta legislature
Opposition NDP leader Naheed Nenshi is officially a member of the Alberta legislature.The former Calgary mayor was one of three new MLAs to be sworn in following last month's byelections.Also sworn in...
Jul 14, 2025
Alberta Next panel set to begin hearings on public concerns with federal government
Premier Danielle Smith's hand-picked panel hearing how to fix relations with the federal government is set to get down to work this week with back-to-back town halls.On Tuesday, Smith and the 15 other...
Jul 14, 2025
Air monitoring project held in Mountain View County
The Parkland Airshed Management Zone (PAMZ) has completed an air monitoring project in the Eagle Hill and Eagle Valley areas of Mountain View County -- about 45 kilometres southeast of Caroline.This m...
Jul 14, 2025
Two youth arrested in alleged bus bench arson in Red Deer
Red Deer RCMP have arrested two youth in connection to an incident where a bus bench was lit on fire.Police say on July 12 at 10:08 p.m. they received a report that a bus bench was deliberately set on...
Jul 14, 2025
Ottawa is asking Canadians what they want to see in the fall budget
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne is looking for feedback from Canadians on national security and defence spending and fortifying the Canadian economy amid an ongoing trade war as h...
Jul 14, 2025
Hockey scouts with ties to Red Deer to be added to Wall of Honour in Okotoks
The Western Canada Professional Hockey Scouts Foundation will add 29 names to its Wall of Honour at the second annual Induction Dinner.On July 29 from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Viking Rentals Centre in Okot...
Jul 12, 2025
'It's a concern': City Emergency Services respond to nine bench fires since May 1
A series of bench fires near bus stops since the beginning of May have raised alarm bells with the City of Red Deer.A list submitted to Red Deer RCMP from city staff, acquired by rdnewsNOW, has reveal...
Jul 12, 2025
Podcast: 25 years later, reflections on the devastating Pine Lake tornado
July 14, 2000 will always be remembered as one of the darkest days in the history of central Alberta.It may even be a bit surreal to realize that this Monday is the Pine Lake tornado's 25th anniversar...
Jul 11, 2025
Preliminary hearing scheduled for Lacombe man charged with sexual assault of two youth
A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for a Lacombe man accused of sexually assaulting a pair of underage girls. Kyle Gordon Sinclair, 42, is scheduled to find out if his case has enough evidence t...
Jul 09, 2025