Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
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
Jackpot Casino looking to move to Cambridge Red Deer Hotel and Conference Centre
The owners of the Jackpot Casino in Red Deer have submitted an application to Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis (AGLC) to relocate to the Cambridge Red Deer Hotel and Conference Centre.The O'Chiese ...
Apr 22, 2022
Red Deer's Crimson Villas a prototype for future seniors lodges with huge need for units across Alberta
Things are running smoothly at the recently opened Crimson Villas seniors lodge in Red Deer's Bower neighbourhood (4736-30 Street).The 90-suite building opened less than a year ago, but couldn't host ...
Apr 22, 2022
GoFundMe to help family of fatal house fire in Maskwacis
A GoFundMe page has been set up for a family who lost their home and a loved one in a fatal house fire in Maskwacis."None of them deserved this. I'm so heartbroken for everyone; really just a loss for...
Apr 22, 2022
Freeland says Russia should be booted from G20, but no movement yet
WASHINGTON - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says Russia should be booted from an international forum to manage global economic concerns. Freeland says removing Russia from the G20 was a key topic ...
Apr 22, 2022