Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman

Ponoka speed skater Maddison Pearman has wrapped up her Olympic competition at the Beijing Winter Games in China.The first-time Olympian competed in the Women's 1500m event on Feb. 7 and finished in 2...

Later this spring, the Government of Alberta will receive a report on the subject of having a safe drug supply for the province.The report is to be compiled by the Select Special Committee to Examine ...

Two new degrees, one certificate, a diploma, and two micro-credentials are coming to Red Deer Polytechnic (RDP), the institution announced Friday morning.The Honorable Demetrios Nicolaides, Minister o...

The country's top doctor says Canada is past the peak of the COVID-19 wave caused by the Omicron variant. "We are hopeful we are approaching a period of reduced transmission, allowing Canadians a chan...

Innisfail RCMP are advising of poor winter driving conditions on the QEII Highway between Disbury and Red Deer. RCMP are responding to multiple collisions and are observing that vehicles, especially s...

BEIJING - Cassie Sharpe described her devastating injury and the recovery that followed as going to hell and back. Now the Canadian has another Olympic medal to show for that tumultuous year that took...

Although finishing the round robin set with a 5-4 record, the Canadian women's curling team were eliminated from the Olympic playoffs on Feb. 16 because of a controversial draw shot challenge. Team Ca...

Sometimes in life, you really do get what you give.After donating to the Red Deer Kinsmen for their Dream Home Lottery, local Denise Sidloski won the grand prize home, a new 2,368 square foot bungalow...

The 2022 IIHF World Junior Championships will be played -- hopefully in their entirety -- this summer in Alberta.International Ice Hockey Federation President, Luc Tardif, confirmed the news in a pres...

ZHANGJIAKOU, China - Canada's Marielle Thompson has won the silver medal in women's ski cross at the Beijing Olympics after finishing second in a drama-filled final. Thompson, from Whistler, B.C., mad...