Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
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
Smith tweet draws backlash from Indigenous groups
A tweeted video from Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is drawing backlash from Indigenous groups.Smith's video, which was published on Twitter on Friday morning, claimed Indigenous peoples and settlers ...
Feb 13, 2023
U.S. military shoots down fourth flying object, this time over Lake Huron
The unidentified flying object shot down over Yukon this weekend will undoubtedly be one of the main topics of discussion between Yukon Premier Ranj Pillai and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as the two...
Feb 13, 2023
Turkish-Canadian Society calls for faster deployment of rescue teams after disasters
VANCOUVER - Sina Kutluay, a member of the Turkish-Canadian Society, says his group is calling for a change in the way Canada deploys rescue crews to international disasters after only one team deploye...
Feb 12, 2023
Red Deer's Royal Canadian Sea Cadets put teachings to practice at the Cormack Armoury
Red Deer's Royal Canadian Sea Cadets were putting their teachings into practice at the Cormack Armoury on Saturday during Seamanship Training. On Saturday, cadets from Corps 126 trained inland in rope...
Feb 12, 2023
Czech-mate: Rebels win 5-round shootout to close U.S. road trip
For the third time on a long overdue five-game road trip through the U.S. Division which featured four of the top five teams in the Western Conference, the Red Deer Rebels skated away with a shootout ...
Feb 11, 2023
CANADIAN PRESS NEWS ALERT: Trudeau says unidentified object shot down over Yukon
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says an object flying over Yukon has been shot down.In a statement on Twitter, Trudeau says the object was shot down by an American fighter jet on his orders.NOR...
Feb 11, 2023