Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
One Day Challenge brings in record sales total of $69,805
The Central Alberta Child Advocacy Centre (CACAC) held its fourth One Day Challenge on Jan. 20 - an initiative to recognize the children supported by the Centre by selling the same number of lottery t...
Jan 25, 2022
Alberta gets first doses of COVID treatment Paxlovid as hospitalizations near 1,400
Today's COVID data is below... The province's health minister says Albertans shouldn't develop a false sense of security with the number of confirmed active COVID-19 cases dropping over the past week....
Jan 25, 2022
WATCH: Minister Copping, Dr. Hinshaw to give COVID update at 3:30
Alberta Health Minister Jason Copping, as well as the Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, will provide a live COVID update Tuesday at 3:30. If a video player does not appear here, visi...
Jan 25, 2022
Freedom Convoy met by large crowd at Gasoline Alley
An initiative calling on Ottawa to ditch vaccine mandates for truckers wishing to cross the international border, rolled into Gasoline Alley near Red Deer over the weekend.Freedom Convoy 2022, passed ...
Jan 24, 2022
Red Deer mayor and council pleased by announcement of third-party review of ambulance dispatch
Red Deer Mayor Ken Johnston issued the following statement Monday regarding the Alberta government's announcement of an advisory committee being created to address emergency medical services pressures...
Jan 24, 2022
Province to aid EMS response times with new action plan
EDMONTON, AB - An action plan from the Alberta Government will attempt to lessen Emergency Response Times.The government statement reads:"In response to growing demand for EMS services across Alberta,...
Jan 24, 2022
Retired justice to probe Madu phone call
A former Alberta justice will investigate the controversial phone call made by suspended provincial justice minister Kaycee Madu and is to report her findings to the government by Feb. 15.Retired Cour...
Jan 24, 2022
Province to announce plans to address emergency medical services pressures
Health Minister Jason Copping and Alberta Health Services officials will announce measures today to address demands on the emergency medical services system.Participants include:Jason Copping, Ministe...
Jan 24, 2022
Rebels lose feisty affair to Warriors
Following a 5-2 win over the Hurricanes in Lethbridge Friday night, the Red Deer Rebels lost a hard-fought battle to the Moose Jaw Warriors on home ice at the Peavey Centrium Saturday night.The Rebels...
Jan 23, 2022
Enhance Energy announces Origins Project, a carbon sequestration hub in central Alberta
Enhance Energy, operator of Alberta's largest Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS) initiative and founding partner of the Alberta Carbon Trunk Line (ACTL) Project, has plans for a new world-s...
Jan 22, 2022