Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
Oilers aim to outshine Stars in West final rematch beginning tonight in Texas
DALLAS - The Edmonton Oilers, a.k.a. Canada's last team standing in the 2025 NHL playoffs, open the Western Conference final tonight at American Airlines Center facing a Dallas Stars' squad bent on re...
May 21, 2025
G7 finance ministers to discuss global economy, Ukraine at Banff summit
BANFF - Top economic officials from the G7 are gathering for a full day of closed-door discussions in Banff, Alta., to examine pressing topics including the global economy and the war in Ukraine. The ...
May 21, 2025
Western premiers meet in Yellowknife to talk trade, energy and Arctic security
YELLOWKNIFE - Premiers from Western Canada are to meet Wednesday to kick off a two-day conference in Yellowknife. Set to attend are Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, British Columbia's David Eby, Saskat...
May 21, 2025
Red Deer school bus road-eo goes May 24
Close to 50 school bus drivers from around central Alberta will put their skills to the test this Saturday in the annual school bus road-eo.This year, the event takes place at St. Joseph High School.C...
May 20, 2025
Red Deer MP Burton Bailey releases statement on being sworn in to 45th Parliament
Burton Bailey, Member of Parliament for Red Deer, has released the following statement after being sworn in to the 45th Parliament of Canada last week. "It is a tremendous honour to be officially swor...
May 20, 2025 (Supplied)
Alberta reports 48 new cases of measles, nears 500-case mark since March
Alberta has confirmed 48 more cases of measles, bringing the province's total case count to 486 since the beginning of March.The province says all but two of the new cases of the highly contagious dis...
May 20, 2025
Medicine River Wildlife Centre celebrates first birth of baby great horned owls
The Medicine River Wildlife Centre (MRWC) is celebrating the success of an upgraded enclosure after two great horned owls were born earlier in May, a first for the organization's 41 years of operation...
May 20, 2025
Top finance officials from G7 countries gather in Banff for three-day summit
BANFF - High-ranking officials from the world's top economies are in Banff, Alta., this week for a three-day summit that will cover topics including the global economy, the war in Ukraine and artifici...
May 20, 2025
Statistics Canada's April inflation data to show impact of carbon price removal
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada is set to release inflation data for April today. Market data shows economists on average expect the annual rate of inflation cooled to 1.6 per cent last month, from 2.3 per...
May 20, 2025
Canada Post workers issue strike notice, poised to hit picket lines Friday
MONTREAL - Canada Post says it has received strike notices from the union representing some 55,000 postal workers, with operations poised to shut down by the end of the week.The Crown corporation says...
May 19, 2025