Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
Blackfalds municipal gov't workers ratify new agreement
Union members have ratified a new agreement with the Town of Blackfalds.Members belong to CUPE Local 417-02, and work for the municipal government in a variety of roles.Highlights include revised lang...
Jul 4, 2025
RDP Queens basketball names Dante Dinter as new head coach
The Red Deer Polytechnic Queens basketball team has a new head coach. Dante Dinter has been hired on ahead of the 2025-26 Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC) season. Most recently, he served a...
Jul 4, 2025
Central Alberta Crime Prevention Centre may have to cease operations
The Central Alberta Crime Prevention Centre may have to close it's doors due to a loss of funding.For over a decade, the City of Red Deer had been providing the centre with operational funding but acc...
Jul 3, 2025
City of Red Deer to develop master plan for service delivery
The City of Red Deer is developing a strategic planning initiative that will form how the city will deliver services from 2025 to 2037 that are available to the public.Red Deer's Community Compass: Ou...
Jul 3, 2025
UCP's Tara Sawyer officially declared winner of Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills by-election
Elections Alberta has announced the official result of the Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills by-election on June 23.United Conservative Party of Alberta candidate Tara Sawyer has been deemed the winner with 9...
Jul 3, 2025
Community Legal Clinic relocates to The Centre for Social Impact
The Community Legal Clinic has joined the The Centre for Social Impact in downtown Red Deer.They provide confidential legal information, advice, and advocacy as well as free legal services for people ...
Jul 3, 2025
'Political petting zoo'; Politicos arrive to flip pancakes at Calgary Stampede
The first political pancakes have been flipped as party leaders from around Canada gather for the Calgary Stampede. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek led an early morning c...
Jul 3, 2025 Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek. @ABDanielleSmith-X
Red Deer RCMP investigating damage to Impact Life Church
Local Mounties are looking for a man who allegedly threw rocks at the Impact Life Church in Kentwood this week.RCMP say it happened around 6 a.m. on July 2.According to police, the suspect caused "sub...
Jul 3, 2025
Federal deficit could average $78B over 4 years, think tank warns
OTTAWA - The C.D. Howe Institute predicts Ottawa's recently announced spending plans - which include a much bigger defence budget - will drive its deficits markedly higher in the coming years. In a ne...
Jul 3, 2025
Travellers could see delays after bomb threats at Canadian airports: NAV Canada
Canada's air traffic control service says some airports across the country could see delays after receiving bomb threats early this morning. NAV Canada says the threats impact airports in Ottawa, Mont...
Jul 3, 2025