Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
Province touts another successful highway construction season in 2023
Hundreds of road and bridge projects completed in 2023 will reduce traffic congestion and enhance travel on Alberta's busiest roads, say provincial officials. During the 2023 construction season, Albe...
Jan 11, 2024 (Government of Alberta)
Lacombe's 4th annual Cold Weather Walk rescheduled due to extreme weather conditions
A Better World (ABW) has rescheduled their 4th annual Cold Weather Walk due to extreme weather conditions. Originally scheduled for Sunday, January 14, the two kilometre walk of low difficulty will no...
Jan 11, 2024 (Supplied)
Town of Sylvan Lake launches new website to help local entrepreneurs grow their business
The Town of Sylvan Lake is excited to announce the launch of invest.sylvanlake.ca. Town officials say this new website connects entrepreneurs with help to grow their businesses in the community. You c...
Jan 11, 2024
CP NewsAlert: Former federal NDP leader Ed Broadbent dead at 87
OTTAWA - Former federal New Democrat leader Ed Broadbent has died at 87. The news was shared today by the Broadbent Institute, an Ottawa-based think tank founded by the former member of Parliament. Bo...
Jan 11, 2024
Rebels welcome Chiefs back to Centrium with a 3-1 home win
It wasn't the warmest welcome for the Spokane Chiefs on Wednesday night, as the Red Deer Rebels won 3-1 in the U.S. team's first game back at the Peavey Mart Centrium in almost four years. In the Rebe...
Jan 10, 2024
Wolf Creek Public Schools closed on Thursday due to extreme cold weather, RDCRS rural bus service canceled
The Wolf Creek Public Schools (WCPS) District has announced that with temperatures expected to remain below -40C and colder, as forecasted by Environment Canada, Wolf Creek Public Schools has decided ...
Jan 10, 2024
Extreme Cold Warning in place throughout Alberta
A long period of extreme cold temperatures and wind chills have now arrived in Alberta for the upcoming weekend. Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) says air temperatures will continue to fal...
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Editor says reporter one of several arrests in Edmonton encampment raid
EDMONTON - An editor with an online media outlet says Edmonton police have arrested one of his reporters as they broke up a homeless encampment. Ethan Cox of Ricochet Media says the reporter, Brandi M...
Jan 10, 2024
Opposition calls for Alberta to dump imported fever medicine amid health concerns
EDMONTON - Alberta's Opposition says it's time to dump the remaining bottles of imported Turkish children's fever medicine, given a new report that states it clogs hospital feeding tubes and can put n...
Jan 10, 2024
Insurance Bureau of Canada says severe weather caused over $3.1 Billion in insured damage in 2023
Officials with the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) revealed this week that several storms that hit Alberta and the Prairies over the past few months resulted in over $300 million in insured losses, a...
Jan 10, 2024