Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
Alberta's United Conservative government releases 'aspirational' plan on climate
EDMONTON - Alberta's United Conservative Party government is releasing a plan that it hopes will take the province to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. The plan, which describes itself as "aspiration...
Apr 19, 2023
Red Deer home sales higher last month but lower than March 2022
Red Deer home sales last month increased from the month before but came in lower than March of last year.According to the latest market update from Central Alberta Realtors Association (CARA), there w...
Apr 19, 2023
What the public sector strike could mean for filing your taxes
OTTAWA - Some 39,000 Canada Revenue Agency employees went on strike as of Wednesday as part of wider labour action by the Public Service Alliance of Canada. The CRA says the strike will mean certain s...
Apr 19, 2023
Federal workers now on strike. Here are the services that may be affected
OTTAWA - More than 155,000 public servants are now on strike after the country's biggest federal public-sector union and the government failed to reach a deal by a Tuesday evening deadline. Federal de...
Apr 19, 2023
In The News for April 19: How might a federal workers' strike impact you?
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Wednesday, April 19, 2023 ... What we are watc...
Apr 19, 2023
No deal at union deadline; federal workers hit the picket lines as talks continue
OTTAWA - Negotiations are expected to continue despite thousands of members with Canada's largest federal public-service union walking off the job this morning at 12:01 a.m. ET. A late Tuesday news re...
Apr 19, 2023
Blades on the brink as Rebels again victorious in game three
With a win, the Red Deer Rebels would push the Saskatoon Blades to the brink of elimination on Tuesday at the Peavey Mart Centrium, and guess what... they did just that.Red Deer beat Saskatoon 3-1, an...
Apr 18, 2023
CP NewsAlert: With no deal with feds in hand, union says federal workers will strike
OTTAWA - Canada's largest federal public-service union says that some 155,000 workers will go on strike after talks with the government failed to produce an agreement before its 9 p.m. ET deadline. MO...
Apr 18, 2023
Alberta premier rolls back part of government's media-question restriction policy
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is reversing part of her government's new media-question restriction policy but says she will continue to limit queries in order to provide more answers. Smit...
Apr 18, 2023
Man charged following dangerous driving complaints in Red Deer
A Red Deer man faces a laundry list of charges following a motor vehicle collision in the city this week.RCMP say it was just before 8 p.m. on Sunday, April 16 when they received several complaints in...
Apr 18, 2023