Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman

Inaugural Blue Skies Bicycle Ride this weekend
June 8, 2022 is Clean Air Day, an annual, international day to recognize how important good air quality is to our health, environment, and the economy. As a result, officials with Sundre-based Parklan...
Jun 08, 2022

Province investing in career-based learning for students
Alberta's government says high school students will now have access to more learning experiences to make meaningful transitions to post-secondary education or the workplace.Up to $4 million in dual cr...
Jun 08, 2022

UCP leadership candidate Danielle Smith says Alberta should assert its autonomy like Quebec
Danielle Smith, candidate for the UCP nomination in Livingstone-McLeod, and leadership candidate for the United Conservative Party, says the province must become more independent from the federal gove...
Jun 07, 2022

Input opportunities continue for Red Deer's permanent shelter
Officials with the City of Red Deer say residents and community partners still have an opportunity to provide input on the permanent shelter site criteria, and additional areas of the project. The fol...
Jun 07, 2022

Walk a Mile, Sylvan Lake edition, raises funds, and awareness about gender-based violence
The fifth annual Sylvan Lake Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event recently raised a nice chunk of change for The Outreach Centre.On June 2, students, staff and community members from H.J. Cody High School, ...
Jun 07, 2022

Guilty plea ahead of trial in fatal Red Deer shooting
A man charged in a fatal shooting outside a Red Deer Walmart over two-and-a-half years ago has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder.Chase Freed, 20, entered the plea in Red Deer Court of Queen's Ben...
Jun 07, 2022

Alberta Major Crimes Unit investigates homicide on Sunchild First Nation
The Alberta RCMP Major Crimes Unit has been called in to investigate, following a fatal shooting on the Sunchild First Nation northwest of Rocky Mountain House last week. On June 2, 2022 at 9:53 p.m. ...
Jun 07, 2022 (file photo)

Alberta pharmacies to have time-delayed safes for narcotics
Community pharmacies across the province are taking steps to ensure that narcotics and other high-risk drugs are kept safe.The Alberta College of Pharmacy (ACP) has updated the Standards for the Opera...
Jun 07, 2022

Party divide prompts 2 Ontario MPs to switch allegiances in Conservative leadership
OTTAWA - Two Ontario members of Parliament are switching allegiances in the Conservative leadership race from Patrick Brown to Pierre Poilievre, citing the need to unite the fractured party. Flamborou...
Jun 07, 2022

Avalanche sweep Oilers with 6-5 overtime victory
EDMONTON - Arturri Lehknonen scored at 1:19 of overtime as the Colorado Avalanche defeated the Edmonton Oilers 6-5 on Monday to complete a four-game sweep of the NHL's Western Conference final. Cale M...
Jun 06, 2022