Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman

Hockey Canada has announced that the pre-tournament schedule for the upcoming 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship has been reduced, due to the fluid pandemic situation.The changes are being made in li...

Following a dominant win over the Swift Current Broncos on Wednesday, the Red Deer Rebels followed that up with a 3-0 shut out victory over the Calgary Hitmen at the Peavey Mart Centrium Friday night....

The Conservative MP for Red Deer-Lacombe is expressing his disappointment in the federal government's fiscal update this week.Blaine Calkins says the Liberals have no plan to address the current cost-...

Rapid COVID-19 test kits are available for free to all Albertans as of today.Earlier this week, the province addressed the growing concern surrounding the Omicron variant of COVID-19. One of the new m...

Canadians across the country need access to reliable, high-speed Internet and the provincial and federal governments are helping residents out. Nate Glubish, Minister of Service Alberta and Strathcona...

Sentencing has taken place for a woman charged following a fatal shooting outside a Red Deer Walmart two years ago.Crystal Lee Maurice, 32, was scheduled to have a two-day preliminary hearing in Red D...

Meteorologists with Environment Canada say an Extreme Cold Warning has ended for Red Deer and the surrounding region. The Extreme Cold Warning has ended for: Camrose Co. near Bashaw and Meeting Creek ...

Canadian Pacific (CP) will once again host its 'Holiday Train at Home' concert virtually this year on Saturday, December 18 at 6 p.m. to raise money for North American food banks.Traditionally, the ho...

The latest National Rent Report is out, courtesy Rentals.ca, and Red Deer's average rent has gone down.From November to December, the average cost of a one-bedroom place went from $953 to $912. That's...

The Red Deer Rebels melted the ice with a fiery 6-1 win over the Swift Current Broncos at the Peavey Mart Centrium Wednesday night.The first period saw the Rebels Jhett Larson open the scoring by pott...