Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
Canadian police forces learn from situation in Ottawa during convoy protests
Police forces across Canada took different approaches to protests against COVID-19 measures over the weekend, learning from the situation in Ottawa, where demonstrators and their trucks have remain en...
Feb 7, 2022
Mounties locate vehicle involved in Red Deer homicide
Local Mounties have now located the vehicle involved in the death of a Red Deer woman last week.Police say the 2018 Kia Rio has been found, with RCMP thanking the public and media for their assistance...
Feb 7, 2022
The latest on protests against COVID-19 measures in Ottawa and beyond
OTTAWA - The latest developments on ongoing protests against COVID-19 restrictions and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government, both in Ottawa and various cities across Canada. All times Eastern: 1...
Feb 7, 2022
Canada surprises with bronze medal in mixed team ski jump
BEIJING - Canada won a surprise bronze medal in the mixed team ski jumping competition at the Beijing Winter Olympics. The Canadian team of Alexandria Loutitt, Matthew Soukup, Abigail Strate and Macke...
Feb 7, 2022
Parrot, McMorris share the podium again, Canada dominates men's snowboard slopestyle
BEIJING - Canada scored another multi-medal day at the Beijing Olympics, and it took just one event to make it happen. Max Parrot won Canada's first gold medal in Beijing with a dominant performance i...
Feb 7, 2022
Alberta COVID cabinet committee seeking to remove Restrictions Exemption Program, restrictions in near future
Premier Jason Kenney hinted on Friday morning that COVID-19 restrictions and the Restrictions Exemption Program (REP) could be a thing of the past in the coming months. Kenney took to social media on ...
Feb 4, 2022
Premier Kenney holds Facebook Q-and-A to discuss police "assault" issue and lifting mandates
EDMONTON, AB. - As vehicle convoys continue to impede traffic in Southern Alberta (the LNN newsroom was notified of four Thursday afternoon alone), the level of frustration from the public is beginnin...
Feb 4, 2022
Ottawa police deploy 'surge' in bid to control, end 'increasingly volatile' protest
Ottawa police are deploying a "surge" of about 150 extra police officers to central areas of the city paralyzed by the protest against COVID-19 mandates that has been going on for days. Police Chief P...
Feb 4, 2022
Minor change to quarantine requirements as Alberta surpasses 500,000 confirmed COVID cases
Today's COVID data is below...Dr. Deena Hinshaw said Thursday there are signs Alberta may be on its way out of the Omicron wave of COVID-19 and signalled a moving to an endemic approach is being consi...
Feb 3, 2022
Red Deer's State of Local Emergency expiring not time to change habits: City official
A State of Local Emergency (SOLE) for the city of Red Deer will lapse on Feb. 15.Officials with The City says it will be allowed to lapse, "given the forecasted stabilization of the public health syst...
Feb 3, 2022