Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
Red Deer applies for funding to support residents after June rainfall
The City of Red Deer submitted on Monday an application to the Government of Alberta's Disaster Recovery Program (DRP), seeking financial relief for residents and property owners who experienced flood...
Jul 27, 2022
Heat Warning remains in place for Red Deer and surrounding region
A Heat Warning issued for the Red Deer region by meteorologists with Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) on July 27, 2022, remains in effect. Officials say daytime high temperatures ranging f...
Jul 27, 2022
Pope to depart Edmonton, travel to Quebec City for final days of reconciliation visit
EDMONTON - Pope Francis is set to leave Edmonton for Quebec City today, beginning the next stage of what he has described as his "penitential" journey in Canada. The pontiff is to visit with officials...
Jul 27, 2022
Red Deer named most active community in Canada winning $100,000
Red Deer has just been named Canada's most active community and awarded a $100,000 prize.Through the 2022 ParticipACTION Community Better Challenge, Red Deerians not only helped the city earn this tit...
Jul 26, 2022
Olds RCMP respond to serious motor vehicle collision
UPDATE: (July 26, 2022, 4 pm) Olds RCMP are advising that Highway 587 between Range Road 11 and Range Road 12 is now passable in both directions. --- Two people have been sent to hospital following a ...
Jul 26, 2022
Alberta RCMP Major Crimes Unit charge two males with murder
Two suspects have been arrested following the death of a young man in Maskwacis over the weekend. On July 24, 2022, at 6:10 p.m., Maskwacis RCMP were dispatched to a report of an assault with a weapon...
Jul 26, 2022
Fire destroys motor home and garage in Riverside Meadows
A fire early Tuesday morning in Red Deer's Riverside Meadows neighbourhood completely destroyed a motor home and garage.Curtis Schaefer, Assistant Deputy Chief for the City's Emergency Services, confi...
Jul 26, 2022
What Pope Francis left out in his words of apology to residential school survivors
OTTAWA - Pope Francis delivered a historic apology on Monday to survivors of Canada's residential schools. The majority of those government-funded institutions, in which thousands of Indigenous childr...
Jul 26, 2022
Motorcyclist succumbs to injuries in collision with truck and trailer in Red Deer
UPDATE:July 26, 2022A 38-year-old male motorcyclist involved in a collision with a pickup truck in Red Deer last week has succumbed to his injuries.Local Mounties say their investigation, however, rem...
Jul 26, 2022
After apology in Alberta, First Nations want Pope to say sorry on Quebec soil
MONTREAL - As Pope Francis's visit to Canada shifts east, Indigenous leaders say their communities deserve to hear him on Quebec soil beg forgiveness for the sins of the Catholic Church in that provin...
Jul 26, 2022