Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman

Grande Prairie's Angie Crerar is in Rome this week as part of the delegation of residential school survivors and Indigenous leaders in seek of an apology from Pope Francis for the role of the Catholic...

Alex packs his bag in the morning for his two week hitch at the oil rig: clothes, cell phone charger, a few snacks for the road, and kisses his wife and two girls goodbye in Red Deer. At the same time...

Red Deer Emergency Services (RDES) is sending 53 sets of firefighting clothing to Ukraine.On the back underneath 'RDES,' the jackets bear a message written in Ukrainian, reading 'Glory to Ukraine and ...

For the first time in six years, the Red Deer Polytechnic Queens hockey team are ACAC champions.Dylan Norrie scored the lone goal and game-winner at 5:48 of the third period, unassisted, on Friday nig...

Restaurants in Red Deer are no longer seeing April 9th as a profitable opportunity after the United Conservative Party (UCP) vote was moved from in-person to a mail-in ballot. The vote regarding Premi...

The Black Knight Inn is coming down.As rdnewsNOW reported last October, the building was up for sale with the intention of demolishing it sometime in 2022. It opened in 1977, 45 years ago.Brett Salomo...

The 2022 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship is returning this August, but not to Red Deer.rdnewsNOW reported last Sunday that Red Deer wouldn't be part of the rebooted 2022 edition, which will be h...

OTTAWA - Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says the federal government will commit another $2 billion as a one-time top-up to help provincial health systems work through their surgical and diagnostic b...

Alberta's government has announced it is upgrading trails, investing in public transit and expanding Bow Valley Wildland Provincial Park to conserve and protect the environment while improving outdoor...

Free temporary parking is returning to 215 stalls in Red Deer, offering easier access to downtown businesses for the remainder of 2022. Starting March 23, drivers will notice one in every five meters ...