Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government has tabled its long awaited legislation to better protect Canadians, and particularly youth, against online harms. Here are five things Bill C-63 pr...

OTTAWA - Certain cellphone plans in Western Canada are not as cheap as they once were prior to the Rogers-Shaw merger, Canada's competition watchdog says. Jeanne Pratt, the Competition Bureau's senior...

OTTAWA - Environmental groups and labour organizations are pleading with the federal government to end a political stalemate over its forthcoming sustainable jobs bill. The legislation is supposed to ...