Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
What people and organizations are saying about World Mental Health Day 2024
Oct. 10 is World Mental Health Day, and thoughts are being shared from around the political sphere.Provincially, Minister of Mental Health and Addiction, Dan Williams, reminds Albertans they are not a...
Oct 10, 2024
Premier Smith says new Alberta family doctor pay structure will be revealed in 'weeks'
Premier Danielle Smith says a new pay structure for Alberta family doctors that physicians say they've been waiting on her health minister to approve will be revealed "in the coming weeks."Smith, who ...
Oct 10, 2024
Sylvan Lake to host 4th annual International Powwow Oct. 18-20
The fourth annual Powwow Times International Powwow is back this month, and it all goes down from the NexSource Centre in Sylvan Lake.From Oct. 18-20, everyone, stresses Powwow Times co-owner Patrick ...
Oct 10, 2024
Rebels fall 3-0 to Tigers in teams' fourth meeting already
The Red Deer Rebels' season is only seven-games-old, yet they've already played Central Division rival, the Medicine Hat Tigers, four times.That included Wednesday night at the Hat's Co-op Place where...
Oct 09, 2024
UCP welcomes back Lacombe-Ponoka MLA who spoke disrespectfully of transgender youth
Seventeen months after she was booted from the United Conservative caucus, Jennifer Johnson, who serves as MLA for Lacombe-Ponoka, has been welcomed back.The UCP caucus made the announcement Wednesday...
Oct 09, 2024
Boissonnault appointed to lead federal government's effort to rebuild Jasper
JASPER, ALTA. - Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault has been tasked by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to lead the federal government's share of the work to rebuild Jasper, Alta. In July, a wildfire ...
Oct 09, 2024
Foreign affairs minister urges Canadians to leave Florida ahead of devastating storm
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says Canadians in Florida should leave and people planning to travel there should postpone as the state braces for the impact of Hurricane Milton. The sto...
Oct 09, 2024
Alberta announces new compensation agreement for resident physicians
The Alberta Government has reached a new compensation agreement for resident physicians. The province, in partnership with Alberta Health Services (AHS), the University of Alberta, University of Calga...
Oct 09, 2024
Time to evacuate is running out as Hurricane Milton closes in on Florida
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - The National Weather Service says a tornado is on the ground in the lightly populated Everglades area of South Florida. The service posted a photo on the social platform X of the fu...
Oct 09, 2024
Rebels' win streak comes to a screeching halt against Vancouver
The Red Deer Rebels were dealt their first regulation loss of the season by the Vancouver Giants on Tuesday, and had their four-game win streak snapped in the process.Red Deer was riding high after th...
Oct 08, 2024