Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
Rebels to host Black and White game
The Red Deer Rebels 2022 Training Camp wraps up on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022, with the Black and White Game starting at 7 p.m. at the Peavey Mart Centrium. Team officials say admission is free with a d...
Sep 06, 2022
Stabbing suspect Myles Sanderson not found on James Smith Cree Nation: RCMP
A notice sent via Saskatchewan's emergency alert system says further investigation by RCMP has determined that Myles Sanderson is not on the James Smith Cree Nation, as an earlier warning had suggeste...
Sep 06, 2022
Kenney says won't stay quiet as possible successor pitches separation plan
EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney says his party was founded on a strong Alberta within Confederation and he won't sit idly by while one of the candidates vying to replace him pitches a "risky, dangerou...
Sep 06, 2022
Red Deer Polytechnic welcomes 6,300 students to new academic year
With roughly 6,300 students returning to the Red Deer Polytechnic (RDP) campus on Tuesday, the post-secondary institution says they expect that number to continue to grow with the addition of new prog...
Sep 06, 2022
Saskatchewan stabbing spree highlights rural policing challenges, experts say
An ongoing manhunt for a suspect in a mass stabbing that shattered some small communities in Saskatchewan is raising fresh questions about rural policing in Canada. Police are continuing to search for...
Sep 06, 2022
Red Deer RCMP conducting training exercises in southeast Red Deer
Today, Sept. 6, 2022, Red Deer RCMP will be conducting a series of training scenarios in the Vanier, Inglewood and Laredo neighbourhoods. Mounties say residents may observe members of the Emergency Re...
Sep 06, 2022
Conservative interim leader Candice Bergen won't be running in next election
OTTAWA - As the Conservative party prepares to welcome a new leader this week, its interim leader says she won't be running in the next federal election. Candice Bergen took over the role of interim o...
Sep 06, 2022
Ex-Mountie says hunt for stabbing suspect complicated by vast open space of Prairies
WELDON, Sask. - A former Mountie says the vast open spaces of the Prairies could complicate the manhunt for one of the suspects in Sunday's deadly stabbing rampage in Saskatchewan. "This is a huge are...
Sep 06, 2022
Timeline of the police response to stabbings in Saskatchewan that killed at least 10
UPDATE: Sept. 5, 2022, 4:00 p.m. R-C-M-P say Damien Sanderson, one of two suspects in a deadly stabbing rampage in Saskatchewan, has been found dead. The body of the 31-year-old was discovered outdoor...
Sep 05, 2022
Pierre Poilievre: Quick facts about the Conservative leadership candidate
OTTAWA - One could say Pierre Poilievre has grown up on Parliament Hill. Elected as a member of Parliament at just 25, he quickly earned a reputation for being a political pit bull with his ideologica...
Sep 05, 2022