Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
Red Deer city council approves site exception for potential strip mall in Capstone
Red Deer city council passed second and third reading of a site exception in the Capstone neighborhood for a potential strip mall.At Monday's meeting, council passed the Land Use Bylaw Amendment as th...
Sep 13, 2022
Prime Minister says Monday will be federal holiday to mark Queen's state funeral
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Sept. 19 will be a federal holiday to mourn Queen Elizabeth II on the day of her state funeral in London. Speaking at a caucus retreat in New Brunswick toda...
Sep 13, 2022
Property and persons crime decrease in first quarter, according to Red Deer RCMP
Property and persons crimes have both showed a downward trend in Red Deer during the first quarter (Q1) of 2022, from April to June, according to the RCMP's Quarterly Community Policing Report.The rep...
Sep 13, 2022
Potential future shelter site selected by city council
During a closed session on Monday, city council selected a potential site for the future shelter in Red Deer. According to City officials, the next step in the process will be putting the site forward...
Sep 13, 2022
Feds to unveil details of cost-of-living aids for low, modest income Canadians
SAINT ANDREWS, N.B. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today will unveil the full details of a plan to try and take some of the sting out of inflation for Canadians feeling it the most. Both Liberal and ...
Sep 13, 2022
Mass Saskatchewan stabbing shows gap in how suspect with arrest warrant was at large
OTTAWA - In late May, a parole officer issued an arrest warrant for an offender with a violent criminal past who had recently been released from prison in Saskatchewan and who had since disappeared. M...
Sep 13, 2022
Voting results in Red Deer area ridings show Poilievre top choice for Conservative Party leader
The Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) has released its official voting results from the recent Leadership Election, and both federal ridings in the Red Deer area seem to reflect those seen across the...
Sep 12, 2022
Bashaw RCMP respond to plane crash
A central Alberta man is dead following a small plane crash near Bashaw, AB, Monday morning.On Sept. 12 2022, at 09:50 a.m., Bashaw RCMP received a report of a plane crash at Highway 53 and Range Road...
Sep 12, 2022
Red Deer unofficially sets new temperature record for September 11
A number of unofficial daytime high temperature records were set throughout central Alberta on Sunday.According to Environment and Climate Change Canada, the Red Deer area set a new record of 29.3 deg...
Sep 12, 2022
Charles III and the 'weight of history' of Westminster Hall
LONDON (AP) - In his first visit to Britain's Parliament as monarch, King Charles III spoke of feeling the "weight of history which surrounds us" and referenced his "medieval predecessors" as he pledg...
Sep 12, 2022