Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
What we know - and don't know - about the objects being shot down over North America
OTTAWA - Canadians have been inundated with reports of unidentified objects being shot down by American fighter jets over the U.S. and Canada. So what do we know about what is happening - and what don...
Feb 14, 2023
Pandemic benefits reduced child poverty, government should build on success: report
OTTAWA - A new report says pandemic benefits rolled out to cushion the blow of COVID-19 lockdowns significantly reduced the child poverty rate. The analysis by the anti-poverty group Campaign 2000 say...
Feb 14, 2023
Province hoping foreign nurses can fill open spaces in Alberta
CALGARY - The Alberta government is providing more spaces and financial aid to get internationally-educated nurses accredited in the province. The province is hoping foreign nurses will be able to fil...
Feb 14, 2023
MPs summon big grocery store CEOs to testify in Ottawa over food inflation
OTTAWA - The heads of Canada's largest grocery store chains have been summoned to a House of Commons committee to answer for rising grocery prices. On Monday, a committee studying food price inflation...
Feb 14, 2023
Airborne incursions offer clear evidence that Norad needs an upgrade: U.S. expert
WASHINGTON - Canada and the United States are eyeing the sky with suspicion these days - as well as the shared continental defence system that's supposed to be watching it for them. The North American...
Feb 14, 2023
Trial scheduled for Red Deer nurse practitioner charged in alleged sexual assault
A nurse practitioner from Red Deer facing charges in an alleged sexual assault last summer has been scheduled for trial this spring.Christopher Moon Mah, 43, is scheduled for trial in Drumheller provi...
Feb 13, 2023
More than one-quarter of Albertans cannot cover an unexpected expense of $500: Stats Can
New research from Statistics Canada is highlighting the impacts that the inflation crisis is having on Canadians.As of fall 2022, more than one-third (35 per cent) of Canadians said it was difficult f...
Feb 13, 2023
Premier rejects NDP claim oilwell cleanup help is linked with her leadership campaign
EDMONTON, AB - Alberta's premier is rejecting Opposition claims her planned $100-million pilot project for cleaning up old oil wells was influenced by her United Conservative party leadership campaign...
Feb 13, 2023
Imperial Oil files cleanup plan for tailings leak in Alberta, won't disclose details
Imperial Oil Ltd. has filed a plan for the interim cleanup of one of the largest oilpatch spills in Alberta history but won't say what it is. A spokeswoman for the oilsands giant says the company has ...
Feb 13, 2023
Weekend 'anomaly' over Montana first detected in Canadian airspace: Norad commander
WASHINGTON - An "anomaly" that military officials were tracking through the weekend before fighter jets downed an unknown object over the Great Lakes was first detected in Canadian airspace. Norad com...
Feb 13, 2023