Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
Red Deer becomes home of third public health dental clinic in province
Red Deer is now home to the third public health dental clinic in the province. With the other two clinics in Calgary, low-income Albertans living in the Central Zone of Alberta Health Services (AHS) n...
Oct 23, 2023
More Canadians struggling with monthly mortgage payment; Angus Reid survey
TORONTO - A new study says the number of Canadians struggling with their monthly mortgage payment is on the rise, along with worries of potentially higher payments when it comes time to renew with the...
Oct 23, 2023
Six taken to hospital following school bus rollover northeast of Didsbury
UPDATE: 4:01 p.m. Six people have been transported to hospital by ambulance after a collision involving a school bus in central Alberta. R-C-M-P say an officer from Didsbury about 82 kilometres north ...
Oct 23, 2023
Canadian in Gaza says Israeli air strikes now relentless ahead of ground invasion
A Canadian man in Gaza says Israeli airstrikes that were previously heard roughly every hour can now be heard every few minutes as the Israel-Hamas war escalates. Mansour Shouman says Israel's bombard...
Oct 23, 2023
CP NewsAlert: Crown drops bail violation charge against convoy organizer Tamara Lich
OTTAWA - The Crown has dropped a criminal charge against "Freedom Convoy" organizer Tamara Lich that alleged she violated her bail conditions last summer. More coming. The Canadian Press
Oct 23, 2023
First snow on the way for central Alberta overnight Sunday
The snow is about to arrive Red Deer.Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) has issued a special weather statement with snow expected over several parts of the province beginning tonight.Snow wi...
Oct 22, 2023
Canadian military preparing for possible evacuation from Lebanon
OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces said Friday it is getting ready for the possibility that it will need to help bring Canadians out of Lebanon, as Israel began evacuating a large town near its own no...
Oct 20, 2023
Poilievre calls on Ottawa to block RBC's $13.5B takeover of HSBC Canada
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling for the federal government to block Royal Bank of Canada's $13.5-billion takeover of HSBC Canada as a way to help with housing affordability. P...
Oct 20, 2023
CP NewsAlert: Premiers ask Ottawa for COVID-19 small business loan extension
VICTORIA - Canada's premiers have sent a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asking the federal government to extend the repayment period for a year for interest-free loans to small businesses and...
Oct 20, 2023
Canada's Christine Sinclair retiring from international soccer at end of the year
After leading Canada to gold at the Tokyo Olympics in August 2021, captain Christine Sinclair came to a realization. "After Tokyo, deep down inside, I knew I didn't want to play in Paris," she said, r...
Oct 20, 2023