Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman

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 ...

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...

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 ...

Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools (RDCRS) is celebrating the latest achievement of St. Joseph High School Grade 12 student, Dane Schmidt - a gold medal in the Welding-Secondary competition at the Ski...

The Red Deer Rebels have got their guy.On Thursday afternoon they announced Marc Habscheid, a product of Swift Current, Sask., as the 10th head coach in franchise history.His impressive coaching resum...

The Government of Alberta and the Canadian Association of Energy Contractors (CAOEC) have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to allow oil rig operators to spend more time working in the field and ...

Rural Red Deer Restorative Justice has launched a new program aimed at how schools respond to conflict, harm, and student disengagement.The new initiative called the Restorative School Culture Program...

OTTAWA - Defence Minister David McGuinty says Ottawa is reviewing its defence spending plans "from top to bottom" as Canada comes under pressure from allies to ramp up spending to levels not seen sinc...

OTTAWA - The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says it has filed an unfair labour practice complaint against Canada Post related to ongoing contract bargaining. The union alleges in the complaint that ...

KANANASKIS - Darren Robinson had some very important news to tell U.S. president George Bush and Jos Mara Aznar, the prime minister of Spain. The pro shop was open. Aznar had told Robinson, general ma...