Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman

The provincial government is helping school authorities deal with rising fuel costs for student transportation. School budgets were based around average diesel prices of $1.25 per litre. On Wednesday,...

OTTAWA, ON - Statistics Canada says the annual inflation rate skyrocketed to its highest level in nearly 40 years in May, fueled by soaring gas prices.The agency says its consumer price index in May r...

Ground was broken Tuesday on what will soon be home of the Central Alberta Child Advocacy Centre (CACAC).The CACAC will call home the innovative Centre of Excellence, as it's been dubbed -- a 66,566 s...

June 21 marks the first official day of summer and central Albertans can expect a fairly normal one for weather this year.That according to Brian Proctor, Meteorologist with Environment and Climate Ch...

The Alberta RCMP Major Crimes Unit is investigating a fatal shooting in central Alberta this week.On June 20, 2022, at approximately 4:00 a.m., Sylvan Lake RCMP received a report of a shooting on Rang...

City council formally adopted Red Deer's 2022-2024 Annual Policing Plan (APP) at Monday's meeting.The plan was developed jointly between The City and Red Deer RCMP, and outlines the community's top po...

Red Deer city council will now be moving to their next phase in the permanent shelter process: establishing a criteria evaluation matrix for choosing a site.At their regular meeting on Monday, council...

RCMP are please to report that Brandon Moench has been located safe. We would like to thank the media and public for their assistance.

The Sylvan Lake Advanced Ambulatory Care Service (SLAACS) will be closed June 20 until 3 p.m. due to an unexpected gap in physician coverage. According to Alberta Health Services (AHS), normal hours o...

VANCOUVER - The Federal Court of Canada has certified a class-action lawsuit against the federal government on behalf of off-reserve Indigenous children who were taken from their families and placed i...