Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman

Red Deer Public Schools is adjusting its masking rules, meantime taking a shot at the provincial government's -- quote -- lack of leadership. On Monday afternoon, the division announced that the board...

Candidate nominations for the 2021 federal election have closed. There are 2,010 candidates running across Canada's 338 electoral districts, according to Elections Canada. Locally, the candidates are ...

Red Deer's first ever Meet the Street Arts & Culture Festival is happening in Red Deer's downtown this weekend.Two alleyways have been transformed with 14 permanent murals, as well as music and mu...

This week, we saw some small but angry protests outside a handful of our healthcare facilities. I am proud to live in a country that supports the right to peaceful protest, and I also support the righ...

Premier Jason Kenney, Minister of Health Tyler Shandro, Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw and CEO of Alberta Health Services Dr. Verna Yiu will provide an update on COVID-19 and the on...

Red Deer's senior men's AAA baseball team the Red Deer Riggers, are off to Edmonton Sept. 3 for game five of the Sunburst Baseball League final.The best of five series is tied-2-2 after the Riggers (1...

OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is finding himself under fire this morning from his political opponents over the timing of an election call during the fourth wave of COVID-19. Trudeau triggered...

A new poll suggests eight out of 10 Canadians backed the notion of a COVID-19 vaccine passport in the days leading up to this week's rollout of a certificate system in Quebec and news that Ontario wou...

EDMONTON - Albertans want to talk about a lot more than coal when it comes to development in their beloved Rocky Mountains, says the head of the committee charged with collecting public opinion on the...

Meteorologists with Environment Canada issued a Frost Advisory for many parts of Alberta Thursday afternoon. In the Red Deer region currently, a Frost Advisory is in effect for:Camrose Co. near Bashaw...