Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
List of areas the Alberta government accuses Ottawa of overreaching
EDMONTON - When the Alberta legislature resumed sitting Tuesday, the first bill introduced by the United Conservative Party government was one aimed at shielding the province from federal laws it deem...
Nov 30, 2022
Legal experts say Ottawa unlikely to be 'main combatant' in Alberta sovereignty fight
CALGARY - Constitutional law experts say it's unlikely Ottawa will rush to fight Alberta over a proposed sovereignty bill that would give the provincial government new powers to resist what it conside...
Nov 30, 2022
Largest recorded Alberta earthquake probably natural, scientist says
EDMONTON - A geologist says the largest earthquake ever recorded in Alberta was probably due to natural causes. Rebecca Salvage of the University of Calgary says the 5.6-magnitude quake that rattled w...
Nov 30, 2022
Preliminary hearing scheduled for pair charged in central Alberta homicide
A three-day preliminary hearing has been scheduled next year for two men charged in the death of a young man in Maskwacis over the summer. Cole Gerald Cattleman, 25, and Chaz Joseph Cattleman, 22, bot...
Nov 30, 2022
Red Deer councillor proposes utility bill charge for snow removal
Councillor Victor Doerksen suggested adding a charge to resident utility bills as a way of increasing the City of Red Deer's snow removal budget at deliberations on Tuesday.Following resident feedback...
Nov 30, 2022
Red Deer plans to increase resident dialogue to improve public transit
The City of Red Deer said on Tuesday they intend to have more dialogue with residents to determine what would encourage public transit ridership. On day two of the 2023-24 Operating and Capital Budget...
Nov 30, 2022
Red Deer Emergency Services requests more staff than budgeted
There was much conversation during day two of the 2023-24 budget deliberations to determine the right increase of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) employees for the City of Red Deer's Emergency Services (RD...
Nov 30, 2022
Trudeau says nothing is off the table when it comes to Smith's new sovereignty act
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says nothing is off the table when it comes to responding to new legislation that would give Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's government broad powers. Trudeau st...
Nov 30, 2022
CP NewsAlert: Former Alberta premier Jason Kenney resigns legislature seat
EDMONTON - Former Alberta premier Jason Kenney resigned as a member of the legislature on Tuesday, the same day his successor introduced her flagship sovereignty bill in the legislature, of which he h...
Nov 29, 2022
Province tables Sovereignty Act as fall legislature session begins
A much-talked-about piece of legislation has been tabled in Alberta.Premier Danielle Smith said in a news release, "The Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act [Sovereignty Act] will be used as...
Nov 29, 2022