Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman

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...

BEIJING - Who else but Marie-Philip Poulin? The big-time performer who has made a career of thriving on hockey's biggest stages did it again Thursday in Beijing, helping Canada reclaim Olympic women's...

Red Deer Polytechnic officials have announced the institution will continue its Winter Term by welcoming more students, faculty and staff to resume additional in-person course and service delivery sta...

The Alberta Government is taking steps to ensure skilled labourers from abroad can join rural communities. Premier Jason Kenney announced the launch of the Rural Renewal Stream and the Rural Entrepren...