Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
Innisfail RCMP raise a jolly amount at charity checkstop
Innisfail RCMP raised just over $14,000 at their 27th annual Charity Checkstop, which took place on Dec. 2.That's not to mention three truck loads of high quality toys and new clothing collected for t...
Dec 5, 2023
Goals, goals and more goals: Canada captain Christine Sinclair by the numbers
VANCOUVER - Tuesday's friendly against Australia at B.C. Place Stadium marked Christine Sinclair's international farewell. A look at Sinclair, by the numbers, going into her final outing: Goals: 190. ...
Dec 5, 2023
'That mountain is shaking': First-of-its-kind assessment considers Indigenous stories
BANFF, Alta. - An Indigenous elder sits at a table telling a Blackfoot story about the Frank Slide in southern Alberta's Crowsnest Pass. "The Piikani people, they had been in that area for thousands o...
Dec 5, 2023
Federal methane emissions targets: Joint statement
Premier Danielle Smith and Minister of Environment and Protected Areas Rebecca Schulz issued the following statement on the federal government's proposed methane emissions regulations: "The federal go...
Dec 4, 2023
Twin teenagers of Alberta MLA involved in car crash
Alberta cabinet minister Jason Nixon is taking some time to focus on family after his teenage twins were involved in a car crash. The 16-year-olds were travelling in a car that rolled on a rural road ...
Dec 4, 2023
Canadian Press NewsAlert: CBC says it is cutting 600 jobs, some programming
TORONTO - The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. and Radio-Canada will eliminate about 600 jobs and not fill an additional 200 vacancies. Along with programming cuts, the company says the move comes as it fa...
Dec 4, 2023
NDP agriculture critic says he's not impressed by grocers' plans to stabilize prices
OTTAWA - New Democrat MP Alistair MacGregor says he has reviewed the major grocers' plans to stabilize prices, and he's unimpressed by what is in them. MacGregor, the NDP agriculture critic, spoke to ...
Dec 4, 2023
Criminal use of cryptocurrency expected to grow, Canada's financial intel agency says
OTTAWA - Canada's financial intelligence agency says it expects to see criminals increase their use of cryptocurrency to raise, move and hide funds outside the traditional banking system. In its newly...
Dec 4, 2023
Canada proposes new methane emissions rules for oil-and-gas sector
OTTAWA - Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says the controlled release or burning of methane from oil and gas production sites will be almost entirely barred by 2030. Guilbeault is in Dubai for t...
Dec 4, 2023
Large pro-Israel rally planned for Parliament Hill on Monday
OTTAWA - Prominent Jewish groups are set to host a rally on Parliament Hill this afternoon in solidarity with Israel. The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs says the event is meant to be a show of c...
Dec 4, 2023