Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
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 9, 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 9, 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 6, 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 6, 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 6, 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 6, 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 6, 2025
Unemployment rate rises to 7% in May as economy adds 8,800 jobs
OTTAWA Statistics Canada says the unemployment rate ticked up for the third consecutive month in May as the economy added 8,800 jobs. The national jobless rate rose to seven per cent last month, up a ...
Jun 6, 2025
Westerner Park unveils Marchant Crane Centrium
The home of the Red Deer Rebels has a new name.On Thursday at a ceremony at Westerner Park, they unveiled the new Marchant Crane Centrium as part of a naming rights partnership with the central Albert...
Jun 5, 2025
Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills byelection: Get to know the candidates
These are the candidate profiles for the June 23, 2025 provincial byelection for the electoral division of Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills. All three candidates have been asked the same four questions, and ...
Jun 5, 2025 L-R: Bev Toews (NDP), Cameron Davies (RPA), Tara Sawyer (UCP), and Bill Tufts (WLC). (All photos supplied)