Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
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
Province announces $390 million investment in rural broadband
The Alberta Government will be investing $390 million, as a part of Budget 2022, into rural broadband over the next four years.Premier Jason Kenney made the announcement in Innisfail Wednesday, noting...
Mar 02, 2022
NDP says UCP picking the pockets of property tax payers
Alberta's NDP is calling on the UCP government to reverse its decision on what they say will drive up property taxes for Albertans by increasing municipal borrowing costs."Albertans are already strugg...
Mar 02, 2022
Local charity growing project in need of land in Lacombe County
The Central Alberta Foodgrains Growing Project (CAFGP) is urgently looking for available farmland in Lacombe County to grow a charity crop for the 27th consecutive year.CAFGP member Doug Maas says the...
Mar 02, 2022
"Enjoy the moment": Ponoka's Maddison Pearman's transformational Olympic experience
The 2022 Winter Olympics are over and Ponoka's Maddison Pearman is already back on a plane to her next international competition."It was very overwhelming. I think that is by far the most word that I'...
Mar 01, 2022
Province announces $3.4 million investment for Central Alberta Child Advocacy Centre
The Alberta government has announced a $3.4 million investment to help build a new Central Alberta Child Advocacy Centre (CACAC) in Red Deer to provide services to vulnerable children and youth.Offici...
Mar 01, 2022
Watershed alliances launch interactive map showing riparian health
A new website has launched allowing Albertans access to an exciting, interactive map of local riparian areas. The Riparian Web Portal is the first of its kind and was developed by Alberta's Watershed ...
Mar 01, 2022
Alberta drops almost all public health restrictions
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney was joined by Minister of Health Jason Copping in Red Deer on Tuesday, to mark the official lifting of most of the province's public health measures, as Alberta moves to s...
Mar 01, 2022