Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
'I got the call back': Alberta police and emergency services recruit Indigenous youth
STANDOFF, ALBERTA - Const. Tasha Melting Tallow hopes her story will help convince Indigenous youth to consider law enforcement as a lifelong career. Melting Tallow, a member of the Blood Tribe, took ...
Jul 16, 2022
Feds approve nine Living Labs to involve ag producers in reducing greenhouse gases
Alberta Beef Producers are looking for Red Deer and central Alberta-based producers to participate in a new $8.5 million living lab project. The initiative is one of nine announced by the federal gove...
Jul 15, 2022
Quarterly federal carbon price rebates appear in bank accounts with vague labels
OTTAWA - Canadians who pay the federal carbon price got a midsummer money drop today with the first half of their annual "climate action incentive" payment deposited into their bank accounts. Prime Mi...
Jul 15, 2022
Innisfail to host 2022/23 Energy Futures Roadshow workshops
The Town of Innisfail has been selected as sole host of the 2022/23 Energy Futures Roadshow program.This means a series of public workshops will be delivered in Innisfail, in partnership with the Ener...
Jul 15, 2022
Crews still checking Vancouver building for possible victims after roof collapse
VANCOUVER - Eight people have been rescued from office space located below a collapsed rooftop parking lot in east Vancouver, but fire officials say it's still too early to tell if everyone is account...
Jul 15, 2022
House of Commons industry committee to discuss investigating Rogers outage
OTTAWA - The House of Commons industry and technology committee is set to meet today to discuss launching an investigation into the Rogers Communications Inc. outage. Last Friday's outage lasted more ...
Jul 15, 2022
Feds approve nine Living Labs to involve ag producers in reducing greenhouse gases
CALGARY - The federal government has expanded a program to include the agricultural sector in coming up with solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bib...
Jul 14, 2022
Federal government sends $2B in health transfers, other funding to provinces
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the provinces, territories and municipalities have now received more than $2.85 billion promised months ago for health care, transit systems and classr...
Jul 14, 2022
QEII Highway delays expected on day of Pope's Maskwacis visit
About 15,000 people are expected in Maskwacis for an upcoming visit by the Pope.The Government of Alberta says that on July 25, there will be restricted access to the QEII Highway, as well as to Highw...
Jul 14, 2022
22nd anniversary of the Pine Lake tornado
Editor's note: This is an archived rdnewsNOW story written by Troy Gillard in 2020, which we are republishing on July 14, 2022, the 22nd anniversary of the deadly Pine Lake tornado.--Harvey Kelts hope...
Jul 14, 2022