Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman

A new Premier's council aims to guide Alberta's action in response to the National Inquiry on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG). Government officials say the Premier's Council on...

UPDATE June 6, 2022: Red Deer RCMP can confirm that Johnathan Bennett has been located. The RCMP thank the media and the public for their assistance.

Why do they call him Harold "Reps" Jacobson? Because he'll be attempting a Guinness World Record this Saturday to complete 20,000 reps at one of Red Deer's outdoor gyms.Oh yes... and he turns 59 years...

Professional Bull Riders (PBR) is bringing its Canada Cup Series to Red Deer for the first time, June 11 at Westerner Park.Competitors will earn crucial points at the event on their path to being crow...

OTTAWA - Candidates have until midnight to secure party memberships for their supporters to vote in the election for the next Conservative leader, who will replace Erin O'Toole. The deadline marks a m...

The schedule for this summer's Hlinka Gretzky Cup, which will be hosted entirely by Red Deer, has been revealed. It will be the first time a Canadian community has hosted the entire tournament -- 18 g...

Alberta Open Farm Days is celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2022 and urbanites from across the province are being encouraged to meet and mingle with their rural neighbours this summer.The province-w...

Red Deer Polytechnic's (RDP) Centre for Innovation in Manufacturing - Technology Access Centre (CIM-TAC) held their Open House this week, sharing their engineering capabilities as well as updating the...

The Red Deer Rebels have signed Carson Birnie, a forward drafted by the team in the 2020 WHL Prospects Draft, to a WHL Standard Player Agreement. Birnie, a native of Arcola, SK, tallied 67 points in 2...

For the first time, Red Deer Public Schools has raised the Pride flag at its main offices.The moment on Tuesday was celebratory, in that it kicks off a month-long recognition of Pride Month, which int...