Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman

VICTORIA - Canada's premiers are meeting again today in Victoria after a day of talks dominated by health care. Affordability issues and economic recovery are among the other topics on the table durin...

The Town of Ponoka will be hosting its second annual Community-Wide Garage Sale event on August 12 - 14.Ponoka residents are being invited to this town-wide event to host a garage or yard sale as an o...

The entertainment lineup has been announced for a new outdoor stage at this year's Westerner Days.Announced on Monday, Westerner Park says The Budweiser Beer Gardens, located near the racetrack (4847A...

Team Alberta athletes are preparing to participate in the 2022 Canada Summer Games, being held in Ontario's Niagara Region from August 6-21.On July 9, athletes took part in information sessions and pr...

September 1 will now officially be known as Alberta Day.The provincial government made the declaration and said the goal is to "celebrate Alberta's rich cultural heritage and recognize its unique plac...

CALGARY, AB - There's more to the Calgary Stampede than a rodeo, cowboy hats, and horses - it's also a major opportunity for politicians.Regardless of their political stripes, they ride into the city ...

Canada's industry minister will meet with the head of Rogers Communications today in the wake of last week's massive outage that paralyzed the company's network. The office of Franois-Philippe Champag...

CALGARY - Inch by inch. Step by step. It could be the lyrics to a country and western song featured at the Calgary Stampede, but in reality it was the progress Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was making...

A group championing pro-choice rights took to Red Deer's downtown Saturday afternoon.The rally was in response to the recent repeal of Roe v. Wade in the United States on June 24. The ruling, which gu...

Red Deer day campers at the Northside Community Centre YMCA (6391 76 St.) took a trip under the sea on Friday. "We are bringing the ocean to Red Deer today," said Kaja Verret Holding, Assistant Manage...