Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman

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...

The Government of Alberta is promising "better, faster, cheaper auto insurance."The Automobile Insurance Act has been introduced into the legislature.Finance Minister Nate Horner says the changes woul...

The Alberta government's new compensation model for primary care physicians is on track to launch next month.The new model is designed to not only support physicians in their work but also enhance acc...

The Town of Sylvan Lake has been awarded a $540,000 grant from the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) to support new home developments.On March 18, town council approved a resolution dir...

Recommendations from the Municipal Planning Commission (MPC) around basement suite regulations will be considered by Red Deer's city council in April, when it receives a report on other zoning bylaw i...

Red Deer's city council has received its first annual report from the City's Integrity Commissioner and Ethics Advisor, Steven Phipps. Council passed the Council Code of Conduct Bylaw in September 202...

Three local hockey squadrons had golden weekends at their respective provincial championships.The Red Deer U15 AAA boys won gold on home ice, the U15 AA girls won the title in Lloydminster, and north ...

A Government of Canada announcement to develop an Arctic Over-The-Horizon Radar (A-OTHR) system in partnership with the Australian government is being called a "slap in the face" by a Canadian busines...