Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman

The fact the Red Deer Rebels are on the outside looking in as the WHL playoffs begin this Friday is disappointing in the eyes of Red Deer Rebels owner Brent Sutter. The club missed the playoffs for th...

The PEP Society, or Parents Empowering Parents -- a support group for loved ones of those experiencing addiction -- is expanding to Red Deer.The group's first session is April 1, and will continue to ...

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and Liberal Leader Mark Carney are shifting their campaigns to Quebec. Poilievre, who held a rally in Hamilton on Tuesday night with an estimated crowd of...

A Drayton Valley man charged in the death of a Red Deer man over three years ago has been given a life sentence with parole ineligibility of 14 years and a firearm prohibition. Jordan David Ruff, 32, ...

Premier Danielle Smith is getting set to fly to Florida for an event hosted by a far-right U.S. influencer, with her chief of staff calling the foray a patriotic act of courage by a "noble" leader.Smi...

Wintry weather is returning to Alberta this week. Officials with Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) say to expect winter travel conditions from tonight, March 26, to Friday across central Al...

It was an emotional day for the Red Deer Rebels on Monday when they said goodbye to 20-year-old players Jace Weir, Jhett Larson, and Keaton Dowhaniuk.The Rebels season wrapped up on Sunday and the tea...

CALGARY - A University of Calgary paleontologist is part of a discovery of a new species of dinosaur with 30-centimetre-long claws found in a Mongolian desert. Darla Zelenitsky says the remains of the...

What do mycelium, hemp and fire-retardant microcapsules have in common? Believe it or not, they are the building blocks of a hypothetical technology which a trio of Red Deer Grade 3 students at Don Ca...

A new poll shows that the popularity of several Canadian premiers has changed significantly this past quarter, while others stayed relatively the same.The Angus Reid Institute has released its Premier...