Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman

Investigators are looking into the cause of a blaze that destroyed an abandoned building in Red Deer's Riverside Meadows Sunday night. Acting fire chief Chris Kearns says Red Deer Emergency Services w...

This story is part three of a special series rdnewsNOW is running throughout February in celebration and observance of Black History Month.--"About 65," says Sabsiano Agiem Akoon, starting our convers...

Hundreds of central Albertans gathered at Red Deer City Hall Park on Sunday to call for an end to Russia's invasion of Ukraine and to show support for Ukrainians.Event organizer Alex Ivanenko, of Red ...

Welcome to 'This Month with Mayor Ken Johnston,' a new feature on rdnewsNOW.com, as of January 2022.This month, all questions were submitted to the mayor by rdnewsNOW staff. Going forward, we invite y...

Connor Bedard and the Regina Pats let one slip away Saturday, and the Red Deer Rebels picked up their third straight comeback win, knocking off their foes 6-4 at the Centrium.Coming into the matchup, ...

Premier Jason Kenney announced Saturday morning that the provincial mask mandate will end on March 1.Kenney was speaking from a special opening event for the new hospital in Grande Prairie.Masking wil...

It took less than two weeks for an online petition demanding lower utility rates in Alberta to gain 75,000 signatures. Beginning in early February, Cierra Jonasson, 30, from Calgary started the petiti...

Red Deer's Ukrainian diaspora will stand in solidarity with fellow members in Ukraine and abroad this Sunday during a gathering at City Hall Park.Its organizer, Alex Ivanenko, says the peaceful event ...

BRUSSELS (AP) - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Friday that U.S. President Joe Biden and his counterparts have agreed to send parts of the organization's response force to help protect al...

EDMONTON - Canada's oil province may finally be shedding its image as an economic one-trick pony, the Alberta government says in its new budget. "We're doing all we can and seeing great results on eco...