Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
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 9, 2025
Former pro player, current Red Deer Minor Hockey coach involved in viral golf course brawl
Former pro hockey player Nick Tarnasky, who is the current head coach of Red Deer Minor Hockey's U17 AAA program, appears to find himself at the centre of a viral social media video. The video shows a...
Jul 9, 2025 Screenshot from the viral video showing an altercation between two men at a central Alberta golf course.
City of Red Deer and Red Deer County unveil new joint Intermunicipal Development Plan
The City of Red Deer and Red Deer County have officially adopted a new Intermunicipal Development Plan.The two municipalities had previously been operating with an Intermunicipal Development Plan that...
Jul 8, 2025
Central Alberta company fined after workplace fatality
A central Alberta company has been fined in connection to a workplace fatality which occurred Nov. 8, 2022.On June 30 at the Red Deer Justice Centre, Delta Land Co., as an employer, pleaded guilty to ...
Jul 8, 2025