Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 2, 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 1, 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 1, 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 1, 2024
Father Henri Voisin School celebrates 10 years
A Red Deer elementary school celebrated its 10-year anniversary this week.Father Henri Voisin School of Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools marked a decade of what officials describe as engaging and in...
Nov 1, 2024
Alberta Appeal Court upholds sentence for Ontario trucker in Edmonton hotel killing
EDMONTON - Alberta's top court has dismissed a Crown appeal of the sentence handed to an Ontario truck driver convicted in the 2011 death of a woman found in an Edmonton hotel bathtub. Cindy Gladue, a...
Nov 1, 2024
GenNext announces Central Alberta's Top 40 Under 40
GenNext, an affinity group of United Way Central Alberta, announced the inaugural class of the Top 40 Under 40 young professionals.The list was created to highlight the remarkable accomplishments of 4...
Nov 1, 2024