Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
UPDATE: LOCATED - Tarin Crier, 31, of Innisfail
UPDATE: May 18, 2025 Innisfail RCMP would like to advise the public that Tarin Crier was located safe. Alberta RCMP would like to thank the public and the media for their assistance.
May 17, 2025
Red Deer Public Market returns for 55th season
The Red Deer Market has officially returned for the season.On Saturday, despite cool and rainy weather, central Albertans showed up for the first day of the market at Red Deer Polytechnic, which is se...
May 17, 2025
Dress for Success Alberta receives funding to improve inventory management system
Dress for Success Central Alberta will use recent allocated funding to improve the capacity and efficiency of their inventory management system.The non-profit organization says improving how they mana...
May 17, 2025
Onion Lake Cree Nation to proceed with legal challenge of Alberta sovereignty act
Alberta's bill lowering the bar for a separation referendum has spurred a First Nation to push ahead with a legal challenge against the premier's flagship sovereignty act.Danielle Smith has said her A...
May 15, 2025
Man sentenced to eight years in central Alberta homicide
A man charged in a central Alberta murder two years ago has been sentenced to eight years in jail. Boyd Wade Beaverbones, 27, a resident of the O'Chiese First Nation, was sentenced in Red Deer Court o...
May 15, 2025
Alberta government amends referendum bill in effort to placate First Nations' concern
Alberta's government has made 11th-hour changes to controversial proposed legislation declaring that no separation referendum question could threaten First Nations' existing treaty rights.Premier Dani...
May 15, 2025
Red Deer security officer Cheryl Bowser wins award for heroic acts after explosion at local business
A Red Deer security officer has been named the recipient of the Canadian Security Lifesaver Association (CSLA) Award for her role in saving a man's life earlier this year.On Jan. 9, Cheryl Bowser, a s...
May 14, 2025
Red Deer Regional Hospital staff hold rally after negotiations with AHS stagnate
Healthcare workers of the Red Deer Regional Hospital held a rally on Wednesday outside the facility. Alberta Union of Provincial Employee (AUPE) members working in nursing care and general support ser...
May 14, 2025
Canada Post hits pause on negotiations with union as May deadline nears
OTTAWA - Canada Post says it's pressing pause on negotiations with the union representing postal workers with a little over a week before the deadline to get a deal. The Crown corporation says the pas...
May 14, 2025
AUPE's government employees vote 90% in favour of strike; post-secondary, nurses bargaining continues to be rocky
Government-employed workers belonging to the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) have voted more than 90 per cent in favour of a strike.The vote, which affects around 23,000 workers across Al...
May 13, 2025