Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
Sylvan Lake receives nearly $300,000 in federal tourism grant
The Town of Sylvan Lake received $297,000 in federal grant funding on Monday for its new 10-Year Tourism Destination Management Plan project.The announcement was made in Edmonton on February 27 at the...
Feb 28, 2023
Emergency Alert test to be heard throughout Alberta
ALBERTA - The province will be issuing a test for the Alberta Emergency Alert system on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. Albertan's can expect to hear and see the alert at 1:55 p.m., through TVs, radio stati...
Feb 28, 2023
Alberta set to deliver final budget before expected provincial election in May
EDMONTON - It's budget day in Alberta - the last before an expected provincial election in May.Finance Minister Travis Toews is to unfurl the spending document as the legislature begins its spring sit...
Feb 28, 2023
House fire in Deer Park potentially caused by firewood ashes in outdoor recycle bin
A house fire this weekend in Deer Park engulfed nearly a quarter of the roof and is believed to have started outside from firewood ashes. According to Fire Safety Codes Officer Zhihao Zhong, Red Deer ...
Feb 27, 2023
Oilpatch funds balloon for pro-Smith political group after she supports royalty break
EDMONTON - Oilpatch support for Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's agenda ballooned after she won her party's leadership and put the so-called RStar program - a plan to give tax breaks to energy compani...
Feb 27, 2023
Taxpayers Federation says improved credit rating a good sign for Alberta
EDMONTON, AB - The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) is praising the Government of Alberta's fiscal management.This comes after credit rating agency Moody's recently upgraded the government's credit...
Feb 27, 2023
Red Deer man sentenced in major contraband tobacco bust
A Red Deer man charged in what Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis (AGLC) described as one of the largest ever contraband tobacco seizures in the province's history has been given a $25,000 fine. Ali ...
Feb 27, 2023
Canada banning video app TikTok on government-issued mobile devices
OTTAWA - The federal government is banning TikTok from its mobile devices days after federal and provincial privacy commissioners launched an investigation into the social media platform. A statement ...
Feb 27, 2023
Alberta signs $24B, 10-year health-care funding deal with Ottawa
EDMONTON - Alberta has become the latest province to sign an agreement in principle with Ottawa on health-care funding. The federal government says in a news release that more than $24 billion is to b...
Feb 27, 2023
Alberta expecting another gusher in budget ahead of provincial election
EDMONTON, AB - Alberta is scheduled to introduce its budget Tuesday - the last before a spring provincial election - with political observers wondering what the province will do with all its billions ...
Feb 26, 2023