Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is going to work as constructively as possible with Alberta after lawmakers passed Premier Danielle Smith's controversial sovereignty...

EDMONTON, AB - Alberta's legislature passed Premier Danielle Smith's controversial sovereignty act overnight - but not before first stripping out the provision that granted Smith's cabinet the power t...

The provincial government says new legislation has been introduced that would deliver critical broad-based inflation relief to Albertans, with additional targeted cost-of-living supports for families,...

EDMONTON, AB - Alberta's two deputy chief medical officers of health are leaving their roles. Health Minister Jason Copping confirmed during question period that both of the doctors have submitted let...

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's sovereignty bill galloped toward the finish line Wednesday, with the government using debate time limits to rebut what it called Opposition delay tactics. O...

His opponent came out of the gate swinging with a flying armbar in the first round and a guillotine in the second, but local mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Connor "KryptoKnight" Krebs managed to jum...

The Canadian Pacific (CP) Holiday Train will return to the rails of central Alberta this season on its first cross-continent tour in three years, following virtual concerts in the pandemic years of 20...

Red Deer County council has unanimously passed final readings of a bylaw regulating use of off-highway vehicles (OHVs).First reading was given earlier in November.The bylaw's definition of an OHV incl...

OTTAWA - First Nations chiefs in Alberta and Saskatchewan are calling for their provinces to toss proposed legislation they say is inherently undemocratic, unconstitutional and infringes on Indigenous...

Newly-introduced legislation in Alberta aims to make a series of changes to the provincial justice system.If passed, the Justice Statutes Amendment Act will update the Provincial Court Act, the Legisl...