Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
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 6, 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 6, 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 6, 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 6, 2022
Ex-Mountie says hunt for stabbing suspect complicated by vast open space of Prairies
WELDON, Sask. - A former Mountie says the vast open spaces of the Prairies could complicate the manhunt for one of the suspects in Sunday's deadly stabbing rampage in Saskatchewan. "This is a huge are...
Sep 6, 2022
Timeline of the police response to stabbings in Saskatchewan that killed at least 10
UPDATE: Sept. 5, 2022, 4:00 p.m. R-C-M-P say Damien Sanderson, one of two suspects in a deadly stabbing rampage in Saskatchewan, has been found dead. The body of the 31-year-old was discovered outdoor...
Sep 5, 2022
Pierre Poilievre: Quick facts about the Conservative leadership candidate
OTTAWA - One could say Pierre Poilievre has grown up on Parliament Hill. Elected as a member of Parliament at just 25, he quickly earned a reputation for being a political pit bull with his ideologica...
Sep 5, 2022
Sask. premier says flags will be at half-mast one day for each life lost
Flags at provincial government buildings in Saskatchewan are at half-mast as the manhunt continues for two suspects in a stabbing rampage on a First Nation and in a nearby village that left 10 people ...
Sep 5, 2022
Brianne Jenner leads Canada to 2-1 win over U.S. in women's world hockey final
HERNING, Denmark - Canada defended its title with a 2-1 win over the United States in the women's world hockey championship final Sunday. Brianne Jenner scored twice in the second period and goaltende...
Sep 4, 2022
Saskatchewan RCMP extend Critical Alert into Alberta and Manitoba
Statement from A/Commr. Rhonda Blackmore, Commanding Officer of the Saskatchewan RCMP2022-09-04 3:45 p.m.Good afternoon,Thank you for being here. I am Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore, the Comm...
Sep 4, 2022