Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
'Had to act': RCMP arrest 11, seize weapons near Alberta-U. S. border crossing
COUTTS, Alta. - RCMP arrested 11 people near the main United States border crossing in southern Alberta on Monday after becoming aware of a cache of firearms and ammunition. RCMP Supt. Roberta McKale ...
Feb 14, 2022
Alberta, Saskatchewan lifting COVID restrictions today
Alberta's mandatory mask requirement for children under 12 in all settings and for all students in schools ends today, and Saskatchewan's vaccine passport is over today, too.Premier Jason Kenney annou...
Feb 14, 2022
De Bruin wins monobob bronze, Canada roars into women's hockey final
BEIJING - Christine de Bruin wore an Olympic medal around her neck for the first time in her career, and the Canadian bobsledder liked the feeling. "It feels awesome," she said of the bronze medal she...
Feb 14, 2022
Protesters stand their ground despite prospect of harsh penalties
OTTAWA - New warnings to stand down or face the imminent possibility of harsh consequences have been issued but protesters plugging roads around Parliament Hill as well as Canada's busiest border cros...
Feb 12, 2022
Price of gas shoots up in Red Deer and across Canada
The price for a litre of gas spiked in Red Deer this week, as it has in many Canadian communities, according to GasBuddy.com.As of Thursday afternoon, the price in the city had jumped 12 cents overnig...
Feb 11, 2022
Red Deer city council to discuss temporary free parking stalls in downtown
Red Deer city council will consider reinstating temporary free parking stalls for downtown at their next regular meeting on Feb. 14.Red Deerians experienced free temporary parking stalls, every fifth ...
Feb 11, 2022
Medal hopeful Bloemen fades in men's 10,000; Jones loses 1st curling match at Games
BEIJING - Ted-Jan Bloemen was on pace to medal halfway through his signature event. Then he started running out of gas. For the second time in five days, the Canadian speedskater failed to step onto t...
Feb 11, 2022
Pressure builds to end trucker protests amid escalating economic fallout
OTTAWA - A sense of anxious anticipation is building amid intensifying demands for an end to the protests paralyzing downtown Ottawa as well as border crossings near Coutts, Alta., Emerson, Man., and ...
Feb 11, 2022
As border blockade persists, Canadians fear a pretext for more U.S. protectionism
WASHINGTON - Escalating blockades at the Canada-U.S. border are weakening one of the most fragile links in the vital North American supply chain - a link that has nothing to do with transport trucks, ...
Feb 11, 2022
Health Minister talks availability of COVID test kits
Today's COVID-19 data is below...Supply chain issues are easing and Alberta is expanding and changing how it is distributing COVID-19 rapid test kits.Health Minister Jason Copping says 633 pharmacies ...
Feb 10, 2022