Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
Smith says she expects Poilievre to work with provinces to give cities housing cash
OTTAWA - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she has no problem with Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's proposal to give municipalities a building bonus, so long as he goes through her provincial ...
Apr 12, 2024
Supreme Court of Canada says treaty entitled Alberta First Nation to larger reserve
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says an Alberta First Nation ended up with less land than it should have received under a treaty made with the Crown well over a century ago. In a 7-0 ruling today...
Apr 12, 2024
Red Deer concerned about province's proposed requirement to approve any federal funding
Critics are calling on the premier of Alberta to do away with the freshly announced Provincial Priorities Act -- or Bill 18 -- which aims to give the the provincial government final approval on any ag...
Apr 11, 2024
Town of Blackfalds exempted from holding byelection to replace resigned councillor
Blackfalds will not have to conduct a byelection following the resignation of former councillor Rebecca Stendie.Stendie's resignation was reported earlier this month, with the Town saying at the time ...
Apr 11, 2024
Red Deer County shares plans to increase broadband services for residents with new funding
Officials gathered in Red Deer County on Wednesday to discuss their plans for the $8 million investment into broadband services and increased speed connectivity for roughly 1,200 households. In early ...
Apr 11, 2024
Canada needs to build 1.3M additional homes by 2030 to close housing gap, says PBO
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer says Canada would need to build 1.3 million additional homes by 2030 to eliminate the country's housing gap. The newly released report looks at how many more ...
Apr 11, 2024
OJ Simpson, fallen football hero acquitted of murder in 'trial of the century,' dies at 76
O.J. Simpson has died. The decorated football star who was acquitted of charges he killed his former wife and her friend but wound up in prison years later in an unrelated case died Wednesday, his fam...
Apr 11, 2024
Canada to allow 30-year amortization for first-time buyers' mortgages on new homes
TORONTO - The Canadian government will allow 30-year amortization periods on insured mortgages for first-time homebuyers purchasing newly built homes. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland made the annou...
Apr 11, 2024
Entry to housing market feels out of reach for 76% of non-owners: CIBC poll
A new poll done for CIBC says 76 per cent of Canadians who don't own a property say entry to the housing market feels out of reach.The bank says the online survey done in February found that 70 per ce...
Apr 11, 2024
NDP leadership candidate proposing more debates in Red Deer, Med Hat and Grande Prairie
Kathleen Ganley, who is one of five candidates vying for the leadership of the Alberta NDP, wants to see more debates added to the schedule.In a letter to the other candidates, including Naheed Nenshi...
Apr 10, 2024