Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
Average rental costs in Red Deer remain low
Average rents for a one bedroom unit in Red Deer came in lower last month when compared to the same month last year, but two bedroom units are still seeing higher average rental costs.According to the...
May 13, 2022
AHS and AUPE Auxiliary Nursing ratify collective agreement
Alberta Health Services (AHS) and Alberta Union of Provincial Employee (AUPE) Auxiliary Nursing (AN) have ratified a new collective agreement. AHS officials say the four-year agreement expires on Marc...
May 13, 2022
CP NewsAlert: Pope Francis to visit Edmonton, Quebec City, Iqaluit in July
The Vatican says Pope Francis will stop in Alberta, Quebec and Nunavut during his visit to Canada this summer. It says the capital cities of Edmonton, Quebec City and Iqaluit will act as bases for the...
May 13, 2022
UCP reverses changes to insulin pump program, Innisfail resident relieved
Alberta's United Conservative-led government is backtracking on proposed changes to scrap the provincial Insulin Pump Therapy Program (IPTP).Health Minister Jason Copping says the changes, which were ...
May 12, 2022
Former Federal building downtown, home to CRA, post office and jail, finally sold
The now formerly Federal Government-owned building in the heart of Red Deer's downtown has a new owner.Located at 4909 50 Street, the building is the former home of the Canada Revenue Agency and Canad...
May 12, 2022
Kenney "confident" he will win UCP leadership review vote
The leader of Alberta's United Conservative Party (UCP) believes he will remain in that position going forward.The deadline to submit ballots for the UCP leadership review vote for party leader and pr...
May 12, 2022
Sylvan Lake's Lakeshore Drive transforming into a summer sidewalk hub
Summers in Sylvan Lake may be a central Alberta staple, and this year has something extra special. Town council approved at Monday's meeting the closure of Lakeshore Drive for the 2022 summer season w...
May 12, 2022
Astronomers capture 1st image of Milky Way's huge black hole
WASHINGTON (AP) - The world got a look Thursday at the first wild but fuzzy image of the supermassive black hole at the center of our own Milky Way galaxy. Astronomers believe nearly all galaxies, inc...
May 12, 2022
What federal Conservative leadership candidates can learn from Kenney and Alberta
EDMONTON - As federal Conservative leadership candidates travelled to Alberta this week, they arrived in a fractured Tory heartland. Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, who won a majority government in 2019...
May 12, 2022
Rebels playoff journey ends against Oil Kings
In a true do-or-die situation, the Red Deer Rebels' WHL playoff journey came to an end at the Peavey Mart Centrium Wednesday evening in a 4-2 loss against the Edmonton Oil Kings. The best-of-seven ser...
May 11, 2022