Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman

New report shows ballooning clinic wait times in Alberta
A new study suggests the average clinic wait time in Alberta increased dramatically in 2023.Vancouver-based Medimap says its data shows the average wait time went up to 66 minutes, an increase from 32...
Feb 27, 2024

Red Deer Polytechnic curlers recognized across the ACAC
Five student-athletes from the Red Deer Polytechnic (RDP) Curling program have been celebrated by the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC) for their outstanding play and contributions to their ...
Feb 27, 2024

Budget shoes video and photo release
The Alberta government has released a video featuring Nate Horner, finance minister and president of the Treasury Board, highlighting how the upcoming budget will grow Alberta's economy responsibly an...
Feb 27, 2024

NDP leadership candidate: Alberta should follow B.C.'s lead in raising minimum wage
Alberta NDP leadership candidate Kathleen Ganley is making a call today for Alberta to raise the minimum wage.Ganley says B.C.'s move to $17.40 per hour starting June 1 means Alberta, which sits at $1...
Feb 27, 2024

Number change for Red Deer's Social Diversion Team
The City of Red Deer is shifting to more a streamlined way to contact the local Social Diversion Team (SDT). Launched in 2021 in partnership with Safe Harbour Society, the SDT responds to calls for in...
Feb 27, 2024

'Not consulted': Alberta health minister questions Ottawa's national pharmacare plan
EDMONTON - Alberta's health minister is questioning the need for a national pharmacare plan, saying the province already has a comprehensive program for seniors, those on a low-income and those who re...
Feb 27, 2024

Alberta plans to opt out of federal pharmacare plan
The Government of Alberta will not be part of the newly announced federal pharmacare plan. Alberta Health Minister Adriana LaGrange said on Monday, February 26, 2024, that the province was never consu...
Feb 26, 2024

Alberta RCMP Major Crimes Unit investigates homicide in Stettler
The Alberta Major Crimes Unit has been called in to investigate a suspected homicide in Stettler.On Feb. 25, 2024, at 8:14 a.m., Stettler RCMP received a report from EMS of an unconscious male in an a...
Feb 26, 2024

Mothers of teens who died by suicide after being targeted online urge passage of bill
The mothers of two Canadian teens who died by suicide after they were targeted by online tormentors urged parliamentarians to pass new legislation introduced Monday to protect kids on the internet. "S...
Feb 26, 2024

Red Deer County approves in principle Bowden's annexation of 102 acres of land
Red Deer County council have approved in principle to the Town of Bowden's annexation of roughly 102 acres of land.At their meeting on Tuesday, council approved the proposed Notice of Annexation Appli...
Feb 26, 2024