Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
Who's in, who's out, and who else might join the Conservative party leadership race
OTTAWA, ONT - With Sept.10 picked as the date for when the Conservative Party of Canada will have a new leader, time is ticking for prospective candidates and their teams to get into place.Those runni...
Mar 04, 2022
Preliminary hearing set for men charged in central Alberta shooting
Two men charged in a central Alberta shooting last year that sent one man to hospital with life-threatening injuries will find out later this summer if their case has enough evidence to go to trial.Wi...
Mar 04, 2022
'Disheartening': Alberta government promise to track domestic violence offenders lags
CALGARY - The Alberta government is lagging on a promise to fund electronic monitoring of domestic violence offenders even as other provinces push forward with programs believed to have saved lives.Th...
Mar 04, 2022
Province investing in over 1,500 new continuing care spaces in Alberta
The provincial budget unveiled last month put a strong focus on health care, with the government committing over $3 billion towards the health care system.On Thursday, March 3, the province laid out m...
Mar 03, 2022
Red Deer's Jocelyn Peterman and fiancé Brett Gallant represent Canada on world stage
Red Deer native Jocelyn Peterman is about to take the ice with curling and life partner Brett Gallant. The two-time Canadian mixed doubles champions and world silver-medalist team of Peterman (Winnipe...
Mar 03, 2022
Trial delayed again for Sylvan Lake man accused in $2.6M fraud case
Trial has once again been delayed for a Sylvan Lake man accused of defrauding over $2.6 million from investors who thought they were buying into a "revolutionary fracking product."Dane Michael Skinner...
Mar 03, 2022
Man sentenced in central Alberta police chases, shots fired incidents
One of two men charged following a series of police pursuits throughout central Alberta in 2020 where shots were fired at police, has been sentenced to 9.5 years in jail, less two years of pre-trial c...
Mar 03, 2022
Budget 2022 cuts Red Deer Polytechnic's operating grant by 6.4%, or $2.7 million
Red Deer Polytechnic will see its portion of the Campus Alberta Grant (CAG) drop by $2.7 million this year, or 6.4 per cent.This comes as part of last week's unveiling of Budget 2022 by Premier Jason ...
Mar 03, 2022
Rotary Club of Red Deer East supports food bank community kitchen
The Rotary Club of Red Deer East is throwing its support behind a new Community Kitchen initiative proposed by the Red Deer Food Bank Society. Rotary Club officials say they are taking a fundraising l...
Mar 02, 2022
Province announces expanded health capacity to move Alberta forward
Alberta's government has announced more access to critical care beds thanks to a $300-million investment over three years to expand health-care capacity. The UCP says they are adding up to 50 permanen...
Mar 02, 2022