Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman

Blackfalds now has its first high school after the opening of the Iron Ridge Secondary Campus, just in time for this school year. The new campus welcomed 300 Grade 9-11 students and 19 staff this year...

The Central Alberta Women's Emergency Shelter (CAWES) has received a $25,000 grant from the Canada Post Community Foundation to aid with furnishing its new shelter.Danica Hoffart, executive director o...

OTTAWA - Today is expected to mark the end of the criminal trial for two prominent organizers of the "Freedom Convoy" protest, more than one year after the proceedings began. Tamara Lich and Chris Bar...

Premier Danielle Smith says if Ottawa comes back this fall with a lowball estimate on Alberta's share of the Canada Pension Plan, hard questions will have to be asked on next steps.Her government esti...

Post secondary students in Red Deer are now able to join their peers and colleagues across the country to apply for the 'Join Thanksgiving Fund' - a grant aiming to bring the joy of Canadian Thanksgiv...

EDMONTON - An Alberta First Nation has revived a lawsuit it launched 10 years ago in an effort to get the federal government to recognize its human right to clean, safe water. The Ermineskin Cree Nati...

Volunteers with a central Alberta organization recently faced abominable sights and smells while rescuing a young, wild foal deep in the West Country.On Aug. 20, members of the Help Alberta Wildies So...

TORONTO - Tensions are mounting as a potential pilot strike or lockout at Canada's largest airline is only days away with no signs of a breakthrough in talks. Numerous business groups including the Ca...

As part of a partnership with CASA Mental Health, the Government of Alberta is investing $70 million over three years for the creation of up to 60 new CASA Mental Health Classrooms across the province...

The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) has concluded its investigation into a November 2020 incident involving a suspect being bitten by a police dog.The investigation concluded that the p...