Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
Red Deer's air cadets program celebrates 80th birthday
A city of Red Deer proclamation to declare Nov. 3-8, 2024 as Royal Canadian Air Cadet Week is giving the local squadron a spotlight to share their work with the public.Local air cadets, who are member...
Nov 04, 2024
'Beam of light that cut through injustice': Tributes for TRC chair Murray Sinclair
WINNIPEG - Murray Sinclair, a former judge, senator and chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission into residential schools, died Monday in Winnipeg. He was 73. Here are some notable tributes to...
Nov 04, 2024
CP NewsAlert: Murray Sinclair, Truth and Reconciliation Commission chair, dies at 73
WINNIPEG - Murray Sinclair, who chaired the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on residential schools, has died at the age of 73. Niigaan Sinclair says his father died this morning in a Winnipeg hosp...
Nov 04, 2024
Poilievre asks premiers to axe their sales taxes on new homes worth under $1 million
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has written to the provinces' premiers, asking them to eliminate their sales taxes on new homes that are under $1 million. It follows Poilievre's own pled...
Nov 04, 2024
B.C. port lockout to begin as no deal reached in labour dispute with foremen union
VANCOUVER - The provincewide lockout against a union of more than 700 foremen at all British Columbia ports is expected to begin at 8 a.m. The BC Maritime Employers Association has said the lockout is...
Nov 04, 2024
'Canada is watching': New northern Alberta police service trying to lead by example
GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. - On the second floor of a building where most offices are without doors, the ceilings hang low and the carpets don't match, the chief of Grande Prairie's new police force gets d...
Nov 04, 2024
Homan edges Korea 6-5 to win Pan Continental final
LACOMBE, Alta. - Rachael Homan's Ottawa team, which includes vice-skip Tracy Fleury, second Emma Miskew and lead Sarah Wilkes, stole a single point in the 10th end to defeat South Korea 6-5 and win th...
Nov 02, 2024
Red Deer group hopes to ease the difficulty of conversations around family violence
Family Violence Prevention Month, which runs through November, once again aims to get people talking more openly about what is a difficult subject.Following an evening of conversation on Nov. 1, the g...
Nov 01, 2024
Red Deer-born 'Magnets of Hope' project to help Albertan post-secondary students in times of crisis
Red Deer's newly minted Sendero Centre -- formerly the Central Alberta Sexual Assault Support Centre -- was the site for excitement on Friday.Staff, community members, as well as Alberta's ministers o...
Nov 01, 2024
Canada's Homan to play for Pan Continental gold after semifinal win over China
LACOMBE, Alta. - Canada's Rachel Homan will play for gold at the Pan Continental curling championship after posting a 6-5 extra-end victory over China's Wang Rui in semifinal action Friday. Homan didn...
Nov 01, 2024