Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
Second annual Powwow Times International Gathering starts Friday in Red Deer
The second annual Powwow Times International Gathering is this weekend, Oct. 14-16, at Westerner Park.The pow wow's theme this year is revitalization and preservation of Indigenous languages.Accompany...
Oct 14, 2022
CP Holiday Train to roll through central Alberta this year
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...
Oct 14, 2022
Provinces oppose federal use of police resources
The Alberta government says provinces have joined together at the 2022 Meeting of Federal, Provincial and Territorial Ministers Responsible for Justice and Public Safety to discuss the federal governm...
Oct 14, 2022
Carbon price rebates to be in Albertans' accounts on Friday
Residents of the three Prairie provinces and Ontario will receive their quarterly federal carbon price rebate payments tomorrow.The rebates are coming as a new Leger poll suggests residents of the fou...
Oct 13, 2022
Smith's discrimination remark making Alberta an international embarrassment: NDP
EDMONTON - Alberta's Opposition NDP leader says Premier Danielle Smith has made the province an international embarrassment by proclaiming those who didn't get vaccinated during COVID-19 endured the w...
Oct 13, 2022
A look at school enrolment around central Alberta
School enrolment numbers are in from around central Alberta.For the most part, student enrolment is up."The increase in enrolment in Red Deer Public is welcomed news," said Red Deer Public Schools Sup...
Oct 13, 2022
Charges laid in Ottawa under new crime of harassing a health worker
OTTAWA - A 58-year-old Ontario man is facing charges under a new law against intimidating a health-care worker. Ottawa police say there is a warrant out for the arrest of Louis Mertzelos in relation t...
Oct 13, 2022
Mélanie Joly pushes LNG ties in Japan and South Korea, amid North Korea missiles
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says Canada is set to become a major energy supplier for Japan and South Korea. She is visiting both countries this week, and says there is an appetite fo...
Oct 13, 2022
Climate change fears high but vary by region, new poll suggests
OTTAWA - Millions of Canadians in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario will receive their quarterly carbon price rebate payments on Friday. But a new poll suggests residents of most of those pr...
Oct 13, 2022
Red Deer building permit values continue to rise in September
Officials with the City of Red Deer say building permit values continued to increase in September, with 112 approved permits valued at $9 million, compared with 77 permits issued in September 2021 wor...
Oct 13, 2022