Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
Livestock, shopping carts, vehicle noise: Red Deer city council discusses their regulation
Regulations regarding livestock on residential properties, shopping carts, and vehicle noise are being considered under the Community Standards Bylaw in Red Deer.Council gave first reading to the amen...
Apr 26, 2022
Shuttle services to potentially be regulated under Vehicle for Hire bylaw in Red Deer
Shuttle service businesses in Red Deer may soon be required to follow regulations under the Vehicle for Hire bylaw.On April 25, 2022, city council approved first reading of the proposed amendment to t...
Apr 26, 2022
Carbon-pricing too hard on Indigenous groups, small biz, too weak on industry: audit
OTTAWA - Canada's environment commissioner says the national carbon-pricing system is disproportionately hard on Indigenous communities and small businesses and not tough enough on the biggest emitter...
Apr 26, 2022
Jean Charest's climate plan: no to consumer carbon price, current emissions target
OTTAWA - Conservative leadership candidate Jean Charest is promising to repeal the Liberal government's consumer carbon price and eliminate the federal portion of the HST on low-carbon purchases. He a...
Apr 26, 2022
New variants will fuel COVID pandemic unless global vaccine rate rises: Gavi, UNICEF
OTTAWA - With pandemic restrictions easing across Canada, a House of Commons committee was warned today that disruptive new variants of COVID-19 will continue to emerge every few months unless the low...
Apr 25, 2022
Key interest rate could soon go up another half percentage point, central bank says
OTTAWA - The governor of the Bank of Canada is signalling Canada's key interest rate could go up another half percentage point in June to help wrestle inflation under control. Tick Macklem is appearin...
Apr 25, 2022
Canadian military not doing enough to detect, prevent extremism in the ranks: Report
OTTAWA - A scathing new report on racism in the Canadian Armed Forces says the military is not doing enough to detect and prevent white supremacists and other extremists from infiltrating its ranks. T...
Apr 25, 2022
Government must call inquiry into use of Emergencies Act today
OTTAWA - The federal government has until the end of the day to call an inquiry into its use of the Emergencies Act during the blockades at Canadian border crossings and in Ottawa earlier this year. M...
Apr 25, 2022
Game 2 OT goal gives Wheaties series tie against Rebels
Game 2 between the Red Deer Rebels and Brandon Wheat Kings was a much different story than in Game 1 when the team with home-ice advantage put a licking on their opponent 5-0.On Saturday, in front of ...
Apr 23, 2022
'Senseless act': 7 youths charged in death of teen stabbed near Edmonton high school
EDMONTON - Police have charged seven youths with second-degree murder in the death of a 16-year-old boy who was assaulted outside an Edmonton high school earlier this month. The teen was stabbed in th...
Apr 22, 2022