Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
Red Deer Regional Health Foundation receives $250,000 donation
The Red Deer Regional Health Foundation (RDRHF) has recently received support from the Arnie J. Charbonneau Foundation in the form of a $250,000 donation.The RDRHF raises and disburses funds for progr...
Oct 17, 2022
Alberta's influenza immunization campaign begins Monday
Alberta Health Services (AHS) has announced that the province's influenza immunization campaign begins on Monday, offering a free vaccine to all Albertans six months of age and older. Officials confir...
Oct 17, 2022
Feds ask banks to help make carbon-price rebate deposits more clear
OTTAWA - Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says there is more work to do with banks after another round of carbon-price rebates went out to Canadians without making it clear why they were receivi...
Oct 17, 2022
Ottawa mayor, city and police officials among witnesses at Emergencies Act inquiry
OTTAWA - An inquiry into the federal government's use of the Emergencies Act is hearing first-hand testimony about the effect of last winter's "Freedom Convoy" protest. Hearings are expected to run si...
Oct 17, 2022
Tansi: International Gathering breathes new life into Indigenous languages
To speak a language is to have it be heard.Like so many other Indigenous languages, Cree, or Nehiyawak, and the knowledge of it was stripped from so many.Meaning 'Hello, how are you?,' "Tansi," said J...
Oct 15, 2022
Alberta RCMP Major Crimes investigating homicide in Red Deer
The Alberta RCMP Major Crimes Unit is investigating a homicide in Red Deer this week.On Oct. 13, 2022, at approximately 02:33 a.m., Red Deer RCMP received a report of an unconscious male in the area o...
Oct 14, 2022
Rotary Club of Red Deer hopes to replace stolen plaques from downtown clock for 100th anniversary
The Rotary Club of Red Deer says the best gift for their 100th year anniversary would be to fully replace all stolen plaques from the downtown Rotary clock. The service club was chartered in February ...
Oct 14, 2022
Second annual Powwow Times International Gathering starts Friday in Red Deer
The second annual Powwow Times International Gathering is this weekend, Oct. 14-16, at Westerner Park.The pow wow's theme this year is revitalization and preservation of Indigenous languages.Accompany...
Oct 14, 2022
CP Holiday Train to roll through central Alberta this year
The Canadian Pacific (CP) Holiday Train will return to the rails of central Alberta this season on its first cross-continent tour in three years, following virtual concerts in the pandemic years of 20...
Oct 14, 2022
Provinces oppose federal use of police resources
The Alberta government says provinces have joined together at the 2022 Meeting of Federal, Provincial and Territorial Ministers Responsible for Justice and Public Safety to discuss the federal governm...
Oct 14, 2022