Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
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
Health Minister confident in downward trending COVID numbers
Beginning the week of March 23, Alberta Health is only sharing new COVID-19 data with the public on Wednesdays, barring extenuating circumstances. rdnewsNOW will continue to report them as they are up...
May 11, 2022
The latest on the first official Conservative leadership debate in Edmonton
OTTAWA - Conservative leadership hopefuls are set to square off in the first official debate of the race. Here are the latest developments. All times eastern: 7 p.m. Dozens of Conservatives are lining...
May 11, 2022
Alberta government says it is fighting a backdoor federal long gun registry
The provincial government says new federal rules on the sale and transfer of non-restricted firearms will do little to reduce gun crime and represents another needless intrusion in the lives of law-ab...
May 11, 2022