Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman

Alberta Health Services (AHS) has launched a comprehensive web resource to help Albertans manage mild COVID-19 symptoms at home. The new web resource has information on what to do when you have sympto...

Ponoka RCMP say Jayson Harold Bixby has been arrested safely in Ponoka and is in police custody. RCMP thank the media and the public for their assistance.

Local residents are invited to learn about improving eating habits and forming healthy relationships with food by attending an Alberta Health Services (AHS) weight-management program online. The progr...

The Western Hockey League has announced the postponement of 13 WHL regular season games over the past day as a result of multiple players and staff being added to the WHL COVID-19 Protocol List due to...

Livestock producers and beekeepers can now apply for phase two of the 2021 Canada-Alberta Livestock Feed Assistance AgriRecovery initiative. In response to severe drought conditions, the governments o...

New year... new home? Don't scoff at that idea just yet because you may be able to win one at the price of a lottery ticket. The 2021 Red Deer Kinsmen Club Dream Home Lottery extended its deadline fro...

Alberta has surpassed the one million COVID-19 booster shot mark.As of January 3, more than a million Albertans had received their third vaccine dose, helping to protect them against COVID-19. Doses h...

If you purchased a Cash Calendar for The Lending Cupboard's (TLC) recent fundraiser, then you may have gotten a cash related call sometime yesterday. The fundraiser's second year in a row, Cash Calend...

Alberta Health is reporting 523 active cases of COVID-19 in Red Deer as of Jan. 4, up by 63 active cases from the day before.That brings the total number of coronavirus cases identified in the city si...

Students, parents, and teachers will not have to worry about classes being held exclusively online.Many had expressed concerns when Education Minister Adriana LaGrange extended the winter break from J...