Author Archives: Sheldon Spackman
CP NewsAlert: Feds move to end port strikes, order binding arbitration
OTTAWA - Labour Minister Steven Mackinnon says he is intervening to end the port strikes in both Vancouver and Montreal. He says the negotiations have reached an impasse and he is directing the Canada...
Nov 12, 2024
Canadian Army veterans traumatized from service connect with horses in therapy
MONTREAL - Canadian Army veterans are healing their psychological wounds with some help from equine friends. Since starting equine therapy last June, Christian has regularly visited Mirabel's Equi-Sen...
Nov 10, 2024
Port employers 'refusing to bargain,' cut off talks in less than an hour: Union
VANCOUVER - The union for locked-out port workers in British Columbia says the BC Maritime Employers Association cut off talks in less than an hour Saturday, refusing to budge on a final offer that th...
Nov 10, 2024
'It is urgent': Alberta military reservists eager to join Canadian Forces in Latvia
SUFFIELD, Alta. - A pair of 105-mm howitzers bark constantly as they turn plywood tank targets into kindling kilometres away on the windswept landscape of one of Canada's largest military bases. It's ...
Nov 10, 2024
CP NewsAlert: Blue Bombers advance to Grey Cup
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are going to the Grey Cup for the fifth consecutive CFL season. The Blue Bombers defeated the visiting Saskatchewan Roughriders 38-22 in today's West Division Fina...
Nov 09, 2024
Argonauts upset Alouettes in East final, but lose QB Chad Kelly
MONTREAL - The Toronto Argonauts got their revenge on the Montreal Alouettes, but lost their starting quarterback in the process. Damonte Coxie made five receptions for 105 yards and a touchdown as th...
Nov 09, 2024
The Royal Canadian Legion turns to Amazon for annual poppy campaign boost
The Royal Canadian Legion says a new partnership with e-commerce giant Amazon is helping boost its veterans' fund, and will hopefully expand its donor base in the digital world. Since the Oct. 25 laun...
Nov 09, 2024
AIMCo gets new CEO day after board firings
The Alberta government has announced a new CEO for AIMCo, a day after it sacked the body's entire board.AIMCo is the body that manages more than $160 billion in pension, endowment and government funds...
Nov 08, 2024
Local junior hockey leagues react to NCAA eligibility rule change
The National Colleges Athletic Association (NCAA) Div. I Council approved a rule change on Thursday that will allow Canadian Hockey League (CHL) players to play collegiate U.S. hockey starting next se...
Nov 07, 2024
Alberta fires AIMCo board and CEO, NDP responds
Alberta's finance minister, Nate Horner, has sacked the board of directors of AIMCo, the body that manages more than $160 billion in pension, endowment and government funds for the province. Horner, i...
Nov 07, 2024