Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is set to greet world leaders when they arrive at the Calgary airport for the G7 summit. Leaders are expected to begin touching down Sunday for the three-day event in th...

The Lacombe Police Service has arrested a 42-year-old man in connection to the alleged sexual assault of two underage girls.As a result, Kyle Gordon Sinclair is facing multiple charges including two c...

Growing up just outside of Toronto, Javonte Brown never had the same opportunities in basketball as the kids who lived in the city.That's why it's been important for Brown, who's suiting up in his roo...

A forum will take place for candidates in the provincial byelection for Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills.The forum is slated for 7-9 p.m. on June 17 at the Olds Legion.Candidates confirmed include:Tara Sawye...

Alberta Health Services (AHS) has announced the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre has recruited two new physicians.Dr. Eghosa Egharevba will not only work at the hospital but also at the Ebenezer Medi...

The Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools board of trustees has approved the 2025-28 education plan and the 2025-26 division budget.The Education plan was designed on four outcomes including faith; advan...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and three of her ministers got an earful from southern Alberta locals at a rowdy, hours-long town hall to discuss the province's coal policy.About 500 people, dressed in...

Rimbey's Dean Edge is the World Livestock Auctioneering champion.Competing in Dunlap, Iowa earlier this month, Edge is just the third Canadian to win the title, which debuted in 1963.The last was also...

A Wetaskiwin man accused of murder in a central Alberta homicide nearly two years ago has been sentenced to eight years in jail. Matyrus Minde, 27, was sentenced in Wetaskiwin Court of King's Bench on...

A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for one of six people charged following a year-long investigation into an alleged organized auto theft and re-vinning operation. Michael Edward Labar, 48, of R...