Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
Red Deer RCMP advise of heavy police presence
UPDATE: Nov. 22, 2023, 3:10 p.m. The police incident on 49 avenue in Red Deer is now over. Officers do remain on scene, however, as they conduct an investigation. Mounties say a follow up release is a...
Nov 22, 2023
Championship football weekend featuring six games goes Nov. 24-25 in Red Deer
The Alberta Bowl is about to descend on Red Deer, delivering two days and six games of elite high school football with teams vying for provincial championships.Three games each on Friday and Saturday ...
Nov 22, 2023
FBI confirms explosion at Canada-U.S. Rainbow Bridge border crossing in New York
WASHINGTON - The Associated Press reports that two people were found dead in a vehicle that exploded at a checkpoint on the American side of a Canada-U.S. bridge in Niagara Falls today. A law enforcem...
Nov 22, 2023
Border crossing closed after vehicle explosion on bridge connecting New York and Canada
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) - A border crossing between the U.S. and Canada has been closed after a vehicle exploded at a checkpoint on a bridge near Niagara Falls. The FBI's field office in Buffalo said...
Nov 22, 2023
Fighting inflation half-heartedly would be 'huge mistake,' BoC's Macklem warns
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem warns fighting inflation half-heartedly and living with its consequences would be a huge mistake. The governor is delivering a speech to the Sai...
Nov 22, 2023
Alberta allows nurse practitioners to open clinics, take on patients
EDMONTON, AB - Nurse practitioners are now able to open their own clinics and take on patients as part of Alberta's efforts to expand primary care. These nurses have completed graduate studies and can...
Nov 22, 2023
No evidence to support conspiracy between 'Freedom Convoy' organizers: defence
OTTAWA - Tamara Lich's defence team says there's no evidence to support that she and a fellow "Freedom Convoy" organizer should be viewed as co-conspirators in court, because their actions were not il...
Nov 22, 2023
Israel-Hamas hostage deal offers pause in fighting, hope for Canadians still in Gaza
There is hope more Canadians will soon be able to leave the Gaza Strip, after Qatar announced a truce-for-hostages deal between Israel and Hamas that would bring a four-day halt in fighting in the dev...
Nov 22, 2023
Key highlights from the Liberals' 2023 fall economic statement
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland tabled her fall economic statement on Tuesday, updating Canadians on the country's financial health and introducing some new measures to target the housing ...
Nov 21, 2023
CP NewsAlert: Finance Minister Freeland tables 2023 fiscal update
OTTAWA - The Liberal government's fall economic statement acknowledges the cost-of-living crisis weighing on Canadians but offers few new measures to tackle it while pledging to keep deficits in check...
Nov 21, 2023