Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
Here's how voting works in the Conservative Party of Canada leadership race
OTTAWA - The next leader of the Conservative Party of Canada will be named Sept. 10. Here's a look at how the voting process works: Mail-in ballots: The party says that of the 678,000 members who were...
Sep 07, 2022
Police release names of 10 victims killed in Saskatchewan stabbings
RCMP have released the names and photos of the 10 people killed in a Labour Day weekend stabbing rampage in Saskatchewan.The Saskatchewan Coroner's Service, in conjunction with the Saskatchewan RCMP a...
Sep 07, 2022
Bank of Canada raises key interest rate
The Bank of Canada has raised its key interest rate by three-quarters of a point to 3.25 per cent.The central bank says global inflation remains high, meaning rates will need to rise further still.Can...
Sep 07, 2022
Rebels to host Black and White game
The Red Deer Rebels 2022 Training Camp wraps up on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022, with the Black and White Game starting at 7 p.m. at the Peavey Mart Centrium. Team officials say admission is free with a d...
Sep 06, 2022
Stabbing suspect Myles Sanderson not found on James Smith Cree Nation: RCMP
A notice sent via Saskatchewan's emergency alert system says further investigation by RCMP has determined that Myles Sanderson is not on the James Smith Cree Nation, as an earlier warning had suggeste...
Sep 06, 2022
Kenney says won't stay quiet as possible successor pitches separation plan
EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney says his party was founded on a strong Alberta within Confederation and he won't sit idly by while one of the candidates vying to replace him pitches a "risky, dangerou...
Sep 06, 2022
Red Deer Polytechnic welcomes 6,300 students to new academic year
With roughly 6,300 students returning to the Red Deer Polytechnic (RDP) campus on Tuesday, the post-secondary institution says they expect that number to continue to grow with the addition of new prog...
Sep 06, 2022
Saskatchewan stabbing spree highlights rural policing challenges, experts say
An ongoing manhunt for a suspect in a mass stabbing that shattered some small communities in Saskatchewan is raising fresh questions about rural policing in Canada. Police are continuing to search for...
Sep 06, 2022
Red Deer RCMP conducting training exercises in southeast Red Deer
Today, Sept. 6, 2022, Red Deer RCMP will be conducting a series of training scenarios in the Vanier, Inglewood and Laredo neighbourhoods. Mounties say residents may observe members of the Emergency Re...
Sep 06, 2022
Conservative interim leader Candice Bergen won't be running in next election
OTTAWA - As the Conservative party prepares to welcome a new leader this week, its interim leader says she won't be running in the next federal election. Candice Bergen took over the role of interim o...
Sep 06, 2022