Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
CP NewsAlert: Canada's 2023 federal budget coming March 28, says Freeland
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says she will table the 2023 federal budget on March 28. More coming. The Canadian Press
Mar 10, 2023
Province unveils Financial Statutes Amendment Act to build fiscal stability
The Alberta government is proposing legislative changes aimed at building fiscal stability in the province.The Financial Statutes Amendment Act, 2023 would implement many of the technical measures int...
Mar 9, 2023
City of Red Deer releases Point in Time (PiT) homeless count numbers
Results from Red Deer's most recent Point in Time (PIT) Count show the number of persons experiencing homelessness in the city has increased to 334 in 2022 from 144 in 2018.According to the City of Re...
Mar 9, 2023
Nearly $54 million to support 17 affordable housing projects in Alberta
STONY PLAIN, AB - The Alberta Affordable Housing Partnership Program is supplying close to $54 million to create more than 600 affordable units in nine communities across the province. In December 202...
Mar 9, 2023
Downtown Red Deer's Professional Building donated to Youth HQ for a non-profit sector hub
Non-profit organization Youth HQ gathered with various Red Deerians downtown on Thursday to announce their acquisition of the Professional Building for a new community-oriented concept.Located at 4808...
Mar 9, 2023
Charges laid against two Albertans in connection to alleged child sexual abuse
STRATHCONA COUNTY, AB - The Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT) says charges have been laid against two people in connection to alleged child sexual abuse.On February 9, 2023, the ALERT Inte...
Mar 9, 2023
LETTER: AHS responds to demands and concerns from Central Zone doctors
EDITOR'S NOTE: The below comments from AHS came in by request from rdnewsNOW and are in response to our story published March 8, 2023: Red Deer hospital expansion group demands province and AHS provid...
Mar 9, 2023
Innisfail company converts diesel engines to hydrogen locomotives for Canadian Pacific
A company in the Town of Innisfail is making energy waves converting diesel railway engines to hydrogen-electric ones that are carbon-emission free for Canadian Pacific's Hydrogen Locomotive Program."...
Mar 9, 2023
Federal environment minister says Alberta silence over oilsands spill 'worrisome'
Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says Alberta's nine-month silence over two releases of toxic oilsands tailings water is worrisome. He says Alberta is supposed to notify the federal gove...
Mar 9, 2023
In The News for March 9 : Just how much do Canadians owe in credit card debt?
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 March 9 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Mar 9, 2023