Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
Trudeau to present health-care offer to premiers in long-awaited meeting for new deal
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is joining Canada's premiers at the table today where he is set to offer them a significant increase towards health-care funding. The premiers say they are going...
Feb 7, 2023
Frantic searching in Turkey, Syria after quake kills 4,000
ADANA, Turkey (AP) - Rescuers raced Tuesday to rescue survivors from the rubble of thousands of buildings brought down by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake and multiple aftershocks that struck eastern Turkey...
Feb 6, 2023
Feds will increase annual health transfer and offer targeted funding with conditions
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will offer the provinces a "significant" increase to the Canada Health Transfer and additional money if they agree to one-on-one deals targeting specific problem areas in...
Feb 6, 2023
Former health minister says new health deal won't succeed without specific targets
OTTAWA - Former health minister Jane Philpott says the targeted funding agreements Ottawa signed with the provinces six years ago have not transformed health care in this country like many hoped they ...
Feb 6, 2023
Three Hills and Stettler RCMP investigating robbery and break ins
Three Hills and Stettler RCMP say they are actively looking for an individual breaking into homes. On Feb. 6, 2023 at 8:09 a.m., RCMP received a report of a break in and robbery to a home on Range Roa...
Feb 6, 2023
Canada 'stands ready' to help after deadly earthquake rocks Turkey, Syria: Trudeau
Canada stood ready to provide help in the aftermath of a deadly 7.8 magnitude earthquake that rocked Turkey and Syria, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday, with over 2,300 people reported dead. ...
Feb 6, 2023
Rebels lose 4-2 to Silvertips
Following a pair of victories over the Regina Pats and Spokane Chiefs last week, the Red Deer Rebels fell 4-2 to the Silvertips in Everett, Washington, on Sunday.It was the second of five games in a r...
Feb 5, 2023
Five things to know about health-care talks Tuesday between Trudeau, premiers
OTTAWA - On Tuesday in Ottawa, Canada's 13 premiers and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will sit around the same table in person for the first time since COVID-19 hoping to find a path toward a new long...
Feb 5, 2023
Goalies share shutout as Rebels drop Spokane in 1-0 shootout
In their first matchup since 2020, and the first meeting in Spokane since February 2019, the Red Deer Rebels beat the U.S. Division's Chiefs by a final score of 1-0 in the shootout.On paper, a win for...
Feb 4, 2023
RCMP looking for witnesses to stabbing inside Red Deer Superstore
UPDATE:Feb. 5, 2023, 8:10 p.m.On Feb. 3, 2023, at 12:20 p.m. Red Deer RCMP received a report of a stabbing at the Real Canadian Super Store on 51 Ave. in Red Deer. Mounties say their investigation rev...
Feb 4, 2023