Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
Home sales activity picking up in Red Deer
Red Deer home sales are on the rise so far in 2022. According to the latest market update from Central Alberta Realtors Association (CARA), there were 195 units sold in Red Deer last month. That's up ...
Mar 17, 2022
CP NewsAlert: Ukrainians fleeing conflict can stay in Canada for three years
OTTAWA - The federal government will allow Ukrainians who have fled Russian aggression in their country to come to Canada on a temporary basis for three years while they decide their next steps. Initi...
Mar 17, 2022
CP Rail issues 72-hour lockout notice on Teamsters Canada
CALGARY, AB - Close to 3,000 employees of Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. could be off the job early Sunday morning.Calgary-based CP Rail has issued a 72-hour notice to the Teamsters Canada Rail Confere...
Mar 17, 2022
Russian invasion of Ukraine shows need to protect Canada's North: Norad
OTTAWA - A senior Canadian general in charge of protecting North American airspace says Russia has the capability to strike this continent, bolstering the need for improved defensive systems. Russia h...
Mar 17, 2022
Vaccinated travellers won't need COVID-19 test to enter Canada as of April 1
OTTAWA - Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says vaccinated travellers will no longer need to show a COVID-19 test to enter Canada beginning April 1. Incoming tourists will still need to be vacc...
Mar 17, 2022
'It's time to move forward': health minister on COVID
Today's COVID-19 numbers are below...Alberta's health minister says early indications are that relaxing public health measures in early February has not caused an increase in COVID cases or more press...
Mar 16, 2022
Wait or war: First hand accounts from Alberta to Ukraine
The Great European Plain is one of the largest mountain-free landscapes on Earth. With Ukraine and Russia along this plain; their mainly flat border is acknowledged by some as a suitable topography fo...
Mar 16, 2022
Didsbury RCMP lay charges in sexual assault investigation involving a child
A former Alberta teacher is facing sex-related charges in relation to an incident that allegedly occurred in Didsbury seven years ago.On Dec. 22, 2021, Didsbury RCMP received a report of a sexual assa...
Mar 16, 2022
Annual inflation rate hit 5.7% in February amid broad-based price increases
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the annual inflation rate climbed to 5.7 per cent in February, its highest level since August 1991 and the second straight month over 5 per cent.Helping to drive the in...
Mar 16, 2022
'Heartbreaking decisions' had to be made in Canada's response to Ukraine: Trudeau
Canada has had to make "heartbreaking decisions" when confronted with images of bombed hospitals and schools in Ukraine, civilian casualties and the Ukrainian president's passionate plea for a no-fly ...
Mar 16, 2022