Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman

A central Alberta travel agent says the easing of restrictions set to take effect at Canada's borders later this month are good news for the industry.Babette Baskerville, independent travel agent with...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - ***Update - Additional individuals charged. A bail hearing marathon was held in Lethbridge Provincial Court on Tuesday for a group of protesters who were arrested after weapons and am...

The market for home sales in Red Deer last year was pretty stellar, and 2022 is off to a pretty decent start.According to the Central Alberta Realtors Association (CARA), 1,924 units were sold in 2021...

BEIJING - Charles Hamelin's final Olympic race was one for the record books. Hamelin, 37, capped off his Olympic career in golden fashion as he helped his teammates win the men's 5,000-metre short-tra...

Canada's Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos announced that COVID-19 border restrictions are easing.He says we are past the peak of the Omicron wave in Canada and some border restrictions can be lessened...

LETHBRIDGE, AB. - Tractors, trucks and other vehicles have begun to roll out of a Coutts, ending a blockade that paralyzed a U-S border crossing for more than two weeks.Protesters had been restricting...

OTTAWA - Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos is expected to announce major changes to the border measures designed to counter to the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 at 1 p.m. EST. Currently, th...

This story is part two of a special series rdnewsNOW is running throughout February in celebration and observance of Black History Month.If you missed part one, you can read it here: Growing up Black ...

BEIJING - Canada's Olympians have made many trips to the podium at the Beijing Winter Games, but heading into Tuesday, only one of those included a stop on the top step. After an eight-day wait, Canad...

The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) is hoping any witnesses to an officer involved shooting in Ponoka last week are able to come forward with additional information. On Feb. 10, ASIRT w...