Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
Rebels lose overtime heartbreaker to Oil Kings
Following back-to-back shutout losses in Edmonton to start their best-of seven WHL playoff series against the Oil Kings, the Red Deer Rebels returned home for Game 3 Monday night and fell just short t...
May 09, 2022
General surgery patients continue to be diverted from Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre
Officials with Alberta Health Services (AHS) have provided an update on the temporary diversion of general surgery cases that continue at Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre. Heather Kipling, Communicat...
May 09, 2022
Red Deer Olympic swimmer to compete at Commonwealth Games
A Red Deer Olympian is among those named to the Canadian swimming team for the upcoming Commonwealth Games. On May 9, 2022, Commonwealth Sport Canada (CSC) and Swimming Canada announced that 22 year-o...
May 09, 2022
Specialists to coordinate on organ donation and transplantation opportunities in Alberta
A new provincial program will coordinate an Alberta-wide response to improve organ donation and transplantation opportunities.Twenty-two specialist physicians in intensive care units and emergency dep...
May 09, 2022
rdnewsNOW's Josh Hall promoting IBD awareness as Gutsy Walk's Local Honorary Chair
You're on a plane and the seatbelt light flashes, out for your first date with someone special, or in the middle of a career-changing job interview...Those sound exciting, but what if at any moment, t...
May 08, 2022
Workplace safety "everybody's problem" the message at Steps for Life Walk
In an instant -- one that Karen Poirier never could've anticipated, but certainly hoped would never come -- she and eight-year-old daughter Kira were physically without their husband and father foreve...
May 07, 2022
Red Deer RCMP announce new Officer in Charge
Acting City Manager Sarah Tittemore has announced that Superintendent Holly Glassford has been selected as the new Officer in Charge (OIC) of the Red Deer RCMP detachment. Glassford, who has been the ...
May 06, 2022
Temporary change in hours for Sylvan Lake Advanced Ambulatory Care Service
The Sylvan Lake Advanced Ambulatory Care Service (SLAACS) will operate on temporarily reduced hours on Friday, May 6, due to an unexpected gap in physician coverage as a result of illness. Officials w...
May 05, 2022
Two Rebels and Olds native, Charlie Wright, named to NHL Central Scouting's Final Rankings
The Western Hockey League has announced that 53 WHL players, including two from the Red Deer Rebels, have been named to NHL Central Scouting's Final Rankings ahead of the 2022 NHL Draft. The Final Ran...
May 05, 2022
Red Dress Day event about building hope, says one community grandmother
A red hand painted on her face.A red skirt in memoriam.Hope in her heart.Her feet pounding the pavement with others'.Donna Bishop, a mentor and kokum -- or grandmother -- at the Red Deer Native Friend...
May 05, 2022