Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
Trudeau to shuffle cabinet Friday as pressure for him to resign remains
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will shuffle his cabinet on Friday morning. A government source confirms a swearing-in ceremony will take place at Rideau Hall. This comes at the end of a tumult...
Dec 19, 2024
Local athletes selected to play in Football Alberta Senior Bowl
Football Alberta announced the final rosters for the upcoming 34th annual Football Alberta Senior Bowl and five central Albertans made the cut.The game between the top high school football players in ...
Dec 19, 2024
Canada Post asks residents to keep walkways clear as work resumes
With Red Deer under a 10-15 cm snowfall warning for Dec. 18, Canada Post is asking residents of the area to help minimize risk to their employees as they deliver your mail by keeping sidewalks and sta...
Dec 18, 2024
Doug Quinn steps down as Blackfalds Bulldogs head coach
The Blackfalds Bulldogs announced on Tuesday that owner Doug Quinn has resigned as head coach of the team.In an official statement from the Bulldogs, they say he considered retiring before the start o...
Dec 17, 2024
Red Deer postal workers feeling defeated after government decision
Red Deer postal workers are angry and upset after being forced to return to work on Tuesday.For the first time in over a month, 55,000 members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) returned t...
Dec 17, 2024
Tories call for House hearings on tariffs amid Liberal tumult as firms seek strategy
OTTAWA - The Conservatives are calling for Parliament to hold hearings in January on Canada-U.S. trade ahead of president-elect Donald Trump's entry to the White House. The Tories say they have no fai...
Dec 17, 2024
Crossroads Church takes part in Operation Christmas Child
Last Friday, five members of Red Deer's Crossroads Church, travelled to Calgary to put together gift-filled shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child before they're sent to children in need across the w...
Dec 17, 2024
Alberta's population continues fast growth, despite immigration slowdown
It won't be long before Alberta's population reaches five million.Statistics Canada has released its population estimates for the third quarter of 2024.Alberta is now home to 4,931,691 residents, up 4...
Dec 17, 2024
Postal employees head back to work as union challenges strike intervention
MONTREAL - Canada Post trucks, conveyors and mail carriers are moving again after a month-long strike by more than 55,000 postal workers left letters and parcels in limbo. The Canada Industrial Relati...
Dec 17, 2024
Fatal MMA fight near Edmonton linked to company cited in death of U.K. boxer
EDMONTON - A mixed martial arts organizer being questioned by police about an Alberta fighter's death is linked to a company earlier cited for safety concerns after a novice boxer died in the United K...
Dec 17, 2024