Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman

OTTAWA - Agriculture Minister Heath MacDonald and International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu are meeting with canola groups this afternoon following China's announcement that it will hit Canada with ...

A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for Red Deer and the surrounding area.Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) says conditions are favourable for the development of severe thunderstorm...

The union representing around 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants has signalled its intent to strike Saturday. Flight attendants have issued 72-hour strike notice and could walk off the job at 12:58 a...

OTTAWA - News publishers say the AI-generated summaries that now top many Google search results are cutting into their online traffic - and experts are still flagging concerns about the summaries' acc...

VICTORIA - The head of the Canada's police chiefs association says they are guided by "outdated and inadequate" laws that were never designed to take on the current criminal landscape that no longer r...

For the first time in franchise history, the Sylvan Lake Gulls are headed to the Western Canadian Baseball League Championship series. They advanced on Monday night after defeating the Okotoks Dawgs 8...

OTTAWA - Amid the many layers of tariffs and exemptions from the United States, some economists say the effective tariff rate on Canada is much lower than the headline figures suggest. RBC senior econ...

OTTAWA - China has announced preliminary tariffs on Canadian canola following an anti-dumping investigation launched last year in response to Canada's tax on Chinese electric vehicles. Canadian canola...

RCMP in Three Hills are searching for a suspect believed involved in a recent break and enter.Mounties say it was on Aug. 8, between the hours of 4:30 and 6:20 p.m., when it's believed a suspect broke...

If you've never taken in the offerings of Alberta Open Farm Days, make plans to do so this weekend.The 2025 edition, which makes it 13 years for the province-wide event, runs Aug. 16 and 17.Farms all ...