Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
Trick-or-treat safety tips
Alberta Health Services wants to help you and your young vampires, princesses and Stranger Things characters have a safe time on Halloween.AHS is offering some simple tips for trick-or-treating, pumpk...
Oct 31, 2022
Halloween safety reminders from Alberta RCMP
EDMONTON, AB - While Halloween is sure to be a frightful and spooky night, Alberta RCMP still wants to make sure it is safe.The service is issuing safety reminders for parents, trick-or-treaters, and ...
Oct 31, 2022
'Money for free': Critics warn proposed Alberta well cleanup plan a royalty giveaway
EDMONTON - Critics fear Alberta's new United Conservative premier is preparing to bring in a program that would use billions of dollars in taxpayer-funded royalty breaks to subsidize energy companies ...
Oct 31, 2022
Survey suggests 20 per cent of Canadians skipping meals to cut down on food costs
SASKATOON - Laurie O'Connor says more people in Saskatoon are struggling to get food for themselves and their families as prices in grocery stores rise out of reach. "We are definitely seeing an incre...
Oct 31, 2022
Rebels set league record with 13th win in a row to start a WHL season
The Red Deer Rebels made modern WHL history on Sunday (1978-current), earning their 13th straight victory to open a season and surpassing the old league record of 12 straight wins to start a season, p...
Oct 30, 2022
This Month with Mayor Ken Johnston: October 2022
Welcome to 'This Month with Mayor Ken Johnston,' a new feature on rdnewsNOW.com, as of January 2022. Going forward, we invite you, the readers, to submit questions to us by messaging us on Facebook or...
Oct 30, 2022
Onyx the lucky black cat returned to owner 13 months after disappearance
A very unlucky black cat was reunited with its owner on Saturday at Red Deer's Klassic Kennels.Onyx, who is about three, was last seen by his owner, Ronda Hill, in September 2021 at her home in Sylvan...
Oct 29, 2022
Mayor Johnston to hold 'critical' meetings with ministers on city's priorities
Red Deer's mayor is set to meet with multiple provincial ministers next week to lay out for them what the city's priorities are.Ken Johnston will meet with Seniors, Community and Social Services Minis...
Oct 29, 2022
Rebels shutout ties WHL record for longest winning streak to start a season
The Red Deer Rebels have tied the longest WHL winning streak to start a season with their 12th consecutive victory, in a 4-0 shutout against the Vancouver Giants at the Peavey Mart Centrium on Friday....
Oct 28, 2022
Tickets on sale for 2022 Festival of Trees at Westerner Park
Tickets are now on sale for one of Red Deer's premiere events during the upcoming holiday season.The 2022 Festival of Trees runs Nov. 25-27 at Westerner Park and includes a $5000 Early Bird prize, 50/...
Oct 28, 2022