Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
Two Red Deer products finalists for AJHL Rookie of the Year
Two Red Deerians are up for AJHL Rookie of the Year.The Alberta Junior Hockey League announced Wednesday the finalists for its 2024-2025 regular season awards, and they include both Cooper Moore and E...
Mar 12, 2025
Province to boost school employment opportunities if Budget 2025 passes
New investments from Alberta's 2025 budget could mean employment expansions for Alberta Schools.If passed, Budget 2025 would work to address enrolment pressure on schools brought on by population grow...
Mar 12, 2025
Red Deer to receive government funding to address unsheltered homelessness
The provincial and federal governments signed an agreement on Tuesday to support those living in encampments, and Red Deer will receive a share of the funding.The agreement comes as part of the Unshel...
Mar 12, 2025
Bank of Canada cuts its key interest rate to 2.75% as tariffs roil economy
The Bank of Canada cut its benchmark interest rate by a quarter point as it warns trade uncertainty is already hurting the Canadian economy.The move marks the central bank's seventh consecutive intere...
Mar 12, 2025
Trump's tariffs on Canadian steel, aluminum now in place
WASHINGTON - The latest move in U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to realign global trade came into force Wednesday as all countries, including Canada, were hit with 25 per cent tariffs on steel and ...
Mar 11, 2025
Premier Smith facing criticism over diplomatic approach to U.S. tariffs
Premier Danielle Smith is facing criticism for her diplomatic approach to the U.S. trade war as a harder line from her Ontario counterpart Doug Ford on Tuesday appeared, for the first time, to open th...
Mar 11, 2025
Alberta RCMP investigating suspected homicide in Red Deer
The Alberta RCMP Major Crimes Unit has opened an investigation following the discovery of a deceased female in Red Deer on March 10. That evening, at about 8 p.m., Red Deer RCMP received a report of a...
Mar 11, 2025
SCAN shuts down Innisfail property for alleged drug activity
The Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods (SCAN) unit of the Alberta Sheriffs has closed down a property in Innisfail for alleged drug activity. After police acquired a court order against the owner of...
Mar 11, 2025 (Alberta Sheriffs-Facebook. Government of Alberta)
Ponoka man sentenced in sexual assault, human trafficking incidents
A Ponoka man accused of human trafficking and sexual assault has been sentenced to five-and-a-half years in jail. Christopher Becks, 39, was sentenced in Edmonton Court of King's Bench on March 5, 202...
Mar 11, 2025
Poilievre wants to impose 50 per cent metal tariffs on U.S. after latest Trump threat
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says Canada should hit the U.S. with matching 50 per cent tariffs on steel and aluminum in reply to U.S. President Donald Trump's latest trade war escalat...
Mar 11, 2025