Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
City of Red Deer to increase mowing in key visible areas
The City of Red Deer has announced adjustments to its mowing program to reflect seasonal conditions and operational flexibility.The adjustments made are within the approved 2025 budget and effective i...
Jun 10, 2025
Red Deer District Chamber of Commerce urging city to consider all options for electric utility
The Red Deer District Chamber of Commerce is urging the City of Red Deer to explore all governance options for the city's electric utility before moving forward with the proposed Municipally Controlle...
Jun 09, 2025
Smile cookie campaign raises over $80,000 for Reading College
This year's annual Tim Horton's smile cookie campaign sold approximately 40,000 cookies and raised $80,773 locally to donate in benefit of the Reading College, a life-changing literacy program for Gra...
Jun 09, 2025
Town of Sylvan Lake providing N95 masks to residents amid ongoing wildfire smoke
The Town of Sylvan Lake has made N95 masks available for residents to combat the smoke blowing in from the ongoing wildfires throughout Alberta.The masks, donated by the Canadian Red Cross, are free f...
Jun 09, 2025
'General acceptance': A year of banning cellphones in Canadian classrooms
EDMONTON - Sixteen-year-old Roha Akram was skeptical when teachers in Calgary announced a cellphone ban during the first assembly of the school year. "I was like, 'No one's going to follow this,'" the...
Jun 09, 2025
Red Deer Legion commemorates 81st anniversary of D-Day
The Red Deer Canadian Legion Branch No. 35 commemorated the 81st anniversary of D-Day on Friday.On this day in 1944, thousands of Canadian soldiers landed at Juno Beach in Normandy, France.According t...
Jun 06, 2025
Man sentenced in Red Deer knife incident
A local man charged in a pair of incidents involving a knife in downtown Red Deer last year has been sentenced on one of those matters. Drake Edward Davidson, 19, was sentenced to 45 days in prison, 1...
Jun 06, 2025
Red Deer RCMP laud success of opioid dependency program
Fourteen months after it launched, Red Deer RCMP are giving the community an update on how successful their participation in the Virtual Opioid Dependency Program (VODP) has been. The provincial gover...
Jun 06, 2025
Olds RCMP, Internet Child Exploitation Unit, charge male for alleged child pornography offences
An Olds man is facing child pornography charges following an investigation and subsequent arrest this week. On June 3, 2025, at approximately 9:30 a.m., Olds RCMP, with the assistance of the Alberta R...
Jun 06, 2025
CASART clinic for sexual violence survivors offering a more peaceful experience at Sheldon Kennedy Centre of Excellence
A program spanning the last 20 years which supports victims of sexual violence in Red Deer and central Alberta has taken on a whole new life the last six months.The AHS-run Central Alberta Sexual Assa...
Jun 06, 2025