Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
'Prepared to wait all night': Long lines as Queen Elizabeth lies in state
LONDON - People joined a lineup that stretched for kilometres along the south bank of the River Thames today to pay their respects to Queen Elizabeth as she began lying in state. Equipped with sleepin...
Sep 14, 2022
Temporary boost to GST rebate appropriate amid high inflation: economists
OTTAWA - The federal government's newly announced inflation relief for lower-income Canadians through the GST rebate stacks up as a better policy than some of the cash payments issued by provinces, ec...
Sep 14, 2022
Poilievre's leadership win could signal change for social conservative wing of party
OTTAWA - Pierre Poilievre's crushing win to become leader of the Conservative Party of Canada raises questions about the status and power of the party's social conservatives. That well-mobilized part ...
Sep 14, 2022
"History": Thousands come for last glimpse of queen
LONDON (AP) - When Rachel Brading was a child she waited hours to see Queen Elizabeth II pass by her hometown in the midlands of England. Forty years later she was waiting again, one among a crowd of ...
Sep 14, 2022
MPs Dreeshen and Calkins react to Poilievre leadership win
Red Deer's two Members of Parliament are very pleased with longtime Ontario MP Pierre Poilievre being elected as leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.In a Facebook post, Red Deer-Lacombe MP Blai...
Sep 13, 2022
Red Deer city council approves site exception for potential strip mall in Capstone
Red Deer city council passed second and third reading of a site exception in the Capstone neighborhood for a potential strip mall.At Monday's meeting, council passed the Land Use Bylaw Amendment as th...
Sep 13, 2022
Prime Minister says Monday will be federal holiday to mark Queen's state funeral
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Sept. 19 will be a federal holiday to mourn Queen Elizabeth II on the day of her state funeral in London. Speaking at a caucus retreat in New Brunswick toda...
Sep 13, 2022
Property and persons crime decrease in first quarter, according to Red Deer RCMP
Property and persons crimes have both showed a downward trend in Red Deer during the first quarter (Q1) of 2022, from April to June, according to the RCMP's Quarterly Community Policing Report.The rep...
Sep 13, 2022
Potential future shelter site selected by city council
During a closed session on Monday, city council selected a potential site for the future shelter in Red Deer. According to City officials, the next step in the process will be putting the site forward...
Sep 13, 2022
Feds to unveil details of cost-of-living aids for low, modest income Canadians
SAINT ANDREWS, N.B. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today will unveil the full details of a plan to try and take some of the sting out of inflation for Canadians feeling it the most. Both Liberal and ...
Sep 13, 2022