Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
Emergencies Act ruling reopens emotional debate two years after huge protests
OTTAWA - A judge's ruling that the federal Liberals were unjustified in using emergency law to quell a weeks-long protest in Ottawa has left the administrator of a downtown church feeling the court di...
Jan 24, 2024
Bank of Canada holds key interest rate at 5 per cent, signals shift toward rate cut talks
OTTAWA, ON - The Bank of Canada held its key interest rate at five per cent Wednesday and signalled it has begun discussing when it should start cutting rates."With overall demand in the economy no lo...
Jan 24, 2024
UPDATED: Blackfalds RCMP advise of serious motor vehicle collision
UPDATE: Jan. 24, 2024. 11:40 .M. Blackfalds RCMP are clear from the collision on Highway 2A at Township Road 392 and normal traffic flow has resumed. Mounties say a follow up release with additional d...
Jan 24, 2024
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says a second Trump presidency would be trouble for Canada
EDMONTON - Federal New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh says former U.S. president Donald Trump is completely in his own world, and if he makes it back to the White House it could spell trouble for Canad...
Jan 24, 2024
BUDGET: Low reserves, repurpose councillor-specific budgets, high community engagement
Red Deer city council got through their first day deliberating the 2024 budget on Tuesday, with a focus on depleting funds in reserves, amendments to information technology (IT) and legal costs, and h...
Jan 23, 2024
Hometown athlete Jocelyn Peterman reflects on Grand Slam of Curling in Red Deer
Jocelyn Peterman and Team Lawes didn't reach the heights they'd hoped for at this past week's Grand Slam of Curling in Red Deer, but it was still a treat for the hometown curler to compete in front of...
Jan 23, 2024 Red Deer's Jocelyn Peterman at the Grand Slam of Curling in Red Deer. (Anil Mungal/Sportsnet)
Alberta pleased with court ruling over Emergencies Act
EDMONTON, AB - Top officials within the Government of Alberta are reacting to the federal court's ruling over Ottawa's use of the Emergencies Act.On Tuesday, January 23, 2024, Justice Richard Mosley s...
Jan 23, 2024
New trial dates set for Bowden man charged in girlfriend's murder
New trial dates have been set for a Bowden man accused in the death of his girlfriend, a young mother of two-year-old twin boys at the time, nearly three years ago. Ross Arran McInnes, 29, is schedule...
Jan 23, 2024
UPDATED: Edmonton City Hall shooter was 'heavily armed,' police chief says
EDMONTON - Edmonton's police chief says a heavily armed man allegedly acted alone when he entered city hall, fired shots and threw a Molotov cocktail from the building's second floor. Dale McFee says ...
Jan 23, 2024
Primary care in 'critical condition,' Alberta doctors group head says
The president of the Alberta Medical Association says a recent survey of family doctors suggests primary care in the province is in critical condition. Dr. Paul Parks has shared the results of the onl...
Jan 23, 2024