Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman

Two people are dead following a plane crash in Mountain View County Wednesday.On July 13, 2022, at 4:50 p.m., Didsbury RCMP were notified of a small aircraft that had gone down in a field near Range R...

TORONTO - Hockey Canada says it is in the process of making changes. Whether those moves will be enough to satisfy the general public, fans, federal government and corporate sponsors remains to be see...

OTTAWA - Canada's drug regulator approved Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for infants and preschoolers, making it the first vaccine approved for that age group in the country. Health Canada now says the Mo...

Tony Sowan thought the woman he was looking at, laying on a median in the middle of a busy Red Deer thoroughfare, was dead.Thankfully, she wasn't; so he helped her, then penned a song about the experi...

Red Deer RCMP can confirm that Edward Deter has been located. The RCMP thank the media and the public for their assistance.

Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) now says a tornado in central Alberta last week was an EF2 on the Enhanced Fujita (EF) Scale.The strongest a tornado can be rated on the EF Scale is EF5.Th...

Red Deer saw a decline in median employment income and experienced the fastest growth in young adults living with their parents, according to the recently released 2021 Census data provided by Statist...

Central Alberta Pride Society has released its Pride Week events schedule ahead of a series of exciting events happening around the area. Central Alberta Pride Week, slated for Aug. 7-13, 2022, will f...

The City of Red Deer says excessive rainfall in recent days has caused three separate landslides -- a type of event which hasn't occurred here in about 20 years. Thus, the City is now asking residents...

OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada raised its key interest rate by a full percentage point on Wednesday, marking the largest single hike since August 1998.The central bank's decision puts the new rate at 2.5...