Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
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 04, 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 04, 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 04, 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 04, 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 04, 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 04, 2023
Conspiracy theories are popular in Canada, especially among conservatives: poll
OTTAWA - The Earth is flat. We have been secretly contacted by intelligent beings from other planets. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin did not land on the moon in 1969. They may sound like bizarre state...
Dec 03, 2023
Young Red Deerian doing something nice for local seniors
A light bulb recently went off in Gretchen VandenBrink's head.The 11-year-old Red Deer grade six student was helping classmates gather Christmas presents for residents of a pair of local seniors homes...
Dec 02, 2023
Man with ties to Vancouver, Edmonton and Halifax killed in Calgary drive-by shooting
CALGARY - Police say a man with ties to Vancouver, Edmonton and Halifax has been killed in a drive-by shooting in Calgary. Officers responded to reports of gunshots in the Beltline neighbourhood, sout...
Dec 01, 2023
Red Deer man sentenced in luring incident
A Red Deer man accused of luring a Regina girl two years ago has been given a two-year conditional sentence and two years of probation. Jeremie Raphael Roy, 36, was sentenced in Calgary Court of Justi...
Dec 01, 2023