Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland introduced legislation this morning that would remove GST charges from new rental developments and update the country's competition law. Prime Minister Just...

The Paint Alberta Purple campaign for educational support staff wage increases launched today across the province, making a stop in Sylvan Lake. On Wednesday morning outside Our Lady of the Rosary Sch...

EDMONTON - The Alberta government is to release its long-promised report on whether the province should quit the Canada Pension Plan and pursue its own provincial program. Premier Danielle Smith, alon...

RCMP and other first responders have cleared from a fatal collision scene on Highway 11 near Rocky Mountain House Tuesday night.Mounties say the collision occurred at approximately 7:05 p.m. on Septem...

Heated exchanges between protesters and counter-protesters are taking place across the country today over school policies on gender identity. Posters created by a group called "1MillionMarch4Children"...

A new StatCan report says one in four adolescents in Canada have been cyberbullied and it's taking a toll on their mental health. The study says youth who have been victimized online have a greater ri...

OTTAWA - A new survey suggests that most Canadians feel news should be free and accessible for anyone, while also believing that media will find other ways to make money. Leger conducted a national on...

OTTAWA - The testimony of Ottawa's emergency services manager is expected to continue today in the criminal trial of two "Freedom Convoy" organizers. Tamara Lich and Chris Barber are on trial for alle...

The Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery (MAG) will be transporting residents through time this weekend in a unique theatre experience.From September 22-24, the MAG (4525 47A Ave.) will be holding three scre...

One of two men charged in a series of shootings on the O'Chiese First Nation two years ago, has been sentenced to eight years in jail. Zachary Yellowface, 22, a resident of the O'Chiese First Nation, ...