Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
Red Deer building permit values increase in June
The City of Red Deer has announced that building permit values increased significantly in June.In total, 107 permits were issued valued at $949.2 million, compared to the 120 permits issued last year ...
Jul 4, 2025
Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy
Kmmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025 Doors, free popcorn, and drink: 6:00 pm Film: 6:30 pm Carnival Cinemas: 5402 - 47 STREET RED DEER, AB T4N 6Z4 Trailer: https://www.yout...
Jul 4, 2025 (Supplied)
First Nation seeking court ruling on Alberta ending coal mining moratorium
An Alberta First Nation is asking a judge to review the provincial government's decision earlier this year to end its moratorium on coal mining.In an application for judicial review filed this week, S...
Jul 4, 2025
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