Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
Premier expects to start gradual removal of restrictions this month
*Today's updated COVID data is below...Alberta's premier says there are continued encouraging trends and the province has passed the peak of the Omicron wave.Jason Kenney says there has been continuin...
Feb 1, 2022
Kenney says protesters assaulting RCMP officers at Coutts border
EDMONTON, AB - Alberta's Premier Jason Kenney is stating the protesters at the Coutts border crossing are assaulting RCMP officers asking them to leave.In a YouTube live stream, Kenney says he was not...
Feb 1, 2022
RCMP signals action at the Coutts border crossing
LETHBRIDGE, AB. - ***UPDATE - As of 1:30 Tuesday afternoon, some truckers blockading highway-4 at the Coutts border crossing began to leave the area. Dozens of RCMP officers confronted individuals in ...
Feb 1, 2022
Tour in support of RCMP in Alberta stops in Red Deer
A public engagement tour making its way across the province in support of the RCMP in Alberta made a stop in Red Deer on Monday.Hosted by the National Police Federation (NPF), the KeepAlbertaRCMP Comm...
Feb 1, 2022
Red Deer city council approves immunization bylaw policy after rejecting three amendment proposals
Red Deer city council has approved an immunization policy that applies to members of council and volunteers appointed to council boards and committees. Council voted in favor of the policy on Monday, ...
Feb 1, 2022
Strong winds blow through Red Deer area Monday
Central Alberta was one of many areas across the province that saw very strong winds blow through on Monday.According to meteorologists with Environment Canada, peak wind gusts unofficially reached sp...
Feb 1, 2022
Growing up Black in Lacombe: A Black History Month story
This story is part of a special series rdnewsNOW is running throughout February in celebration and observance of Black History Month.--Miriam Haynes sits at a piano in the relaxing common space of her...
Feb 1, 2022
Province announces new program to attract & retain rural physicians
Alberta's rural communities could soon have hope in getting more family physicians.Health Minister Jason Copping has announced $6-million over the next three years for the Rural Education Supplement a...
Jan 31, 2022
Alberta jobs minister wants answers from caucus colleague who attended border protest
EDMONTON, AB - Alberta cabinet minister Doug Schweitzer says he wants answers from a fellow caucus member who attended a truckers protest that is snarling traffic at the United States border.Schweitze...
Jan 31, 2022
Terry Fox 'above politics' so leave him out of protests: mayor of hero's hometown
PORT COQUITLAM, B.C. - A British Columbia mayor says the defacing of a statue of Terry Fox near Parliament Hill has ignited disbelief among residents in the national hero's hometown, and he's calling ...
Jan 31, 2022