alleged sexual exploitation
Trial scheduled for Red Deer man charged in Florida
A Red Deer man is to stand trial this June in Florida.As rdnewsNOW reported previously, James Hjelmeland, 30, was charged in February 2025, on four counts related to alleged sexual exploitation.The charges are: One count of attempted enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activityTwo counts of distributing, one coun...
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Season Recap
'At times we were too soft': Sutter on Rebels missing playoffs for first time in over a decade
The fact the Red Deer Rebels are on the outside looking in as the WHL playoffs begin this Friday is disappointing in the eyes of Red Deer Rebels owner Brent Sutter. The club missed the playoffs for the first time since the 2013-14 season, which has become a rarity over the years. Since the team's inaugural season in 19...
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accidental death
Sylvan Lake RCMP investigating non-criminal death following incident
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BBBS of Red Deer and District awarded over $600K from province
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accidental death
Sylvan Lake RCMP investigating non-criminal death following incident
The Sylvan Lake RCMP are assisting the medical examiner in investigating a non-criminal death after a man passed away on Wednesday.The RCMP responded to a call at 11:18 a.m. to assist EMS on 48 A Avenue and 46 street across from Don's Mobile Home Park in Sylvan Lake.Police say an adult male was treated by EMS but died ...
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Grant Money
BBBS of Red Deer and District awarded over $600K from province
Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Red Deer and District (BBBS) has been awarded over $600,000 in a grant from the provincial government.On Wednesday, Youth HQ announced BBBS of Red Deer received $608,307 through the Alberta government's Community Facility Enhancement Program to upgrade the facility at the Centre for Soci...
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alleged sexual exploitation
Trial scheduled for Red Deer man charged in Florida
A Red Deer man is to stand trial this June in Florida.As rdnewsNOW reported previously, James Hjelmeland, 30, was charged in February 2025, on four counts related to alleged sexual exploitation.The charges are: One count of attempted enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activityTwo counts of distributing, one coun...
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work to be done this year
Lacombe adopts new plan to upgrade downtown pedestrian plaza on 49C Avenue
Lacombe city council has endorsed an updated plan to redevelop 49C (Allan) Avenue into a pedestrian plaza in the centre of downtown. The new plan will be completed in one phase and includes street lighting, paving stones, accessible seating, and modifications to the Highway 2A parking lot to permit access from 49B Aven...
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Alberta
Provincial Politics
Pediatric care in Alberta underfunded and putting kids at risk; medical association
Alberta doctors are warning of ``catastrophic'' consequences for children's physical and mental health if the province doesn't boost funding for pediatric care.The Alberta Medical Association says nearly half of pediatricians are considering retirement and that a quarter of them are thinking of leaving Alberta or reduc...
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Provincial Politics
Alberta Premier Smith rejects criticism U.S. meetings amount to treason
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is channelling Winston Churchill to categorically reject accusations she is turning her back on Canada by meeting and talking to U.S. officials and influencers who wish her country harm.It comes as Smith prepares to fly to Florida this week to join an event with an American podcaster who ...
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GOVERNMENT RESPONDS
Private investments eroding public health care, Parkland Institute report finds
A new report by the Parkland Institute, titled "Operation Profit: Private Surgical Contracts Deliver Higher Costs and Longer Waits," suggests that Alberta's outsourcing to private health care providers has increased costs, undermined hospitals and prolonged wait times for critical surgeries. Authored by healt...
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RESPONDING TO 2023 E. COLI OUTBREAK
Survey opens for Albertan feedback on food safety in child care facilities
Starting today, Alberta residents are invited to participate in an online survey to help inform the implementation of regulations and policies relating to food safety in the province. In the fall of 2023, an E. coli outbreak struck Calgary child care facilities, impacting families, child care providers and communities....
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Season Recap
'At times we were too soft': Sutter on Rebels missing playoffs for first time in over a decade
The fact the Red Deer Rebels are on the outside looking in as the WHL playoffs begin this Friday is disappointing in the eyes of Red Deer Rebels owner Brent Sutter. The club missed the playoffs for the first time since the 2013-14 season, which has become a rarity over the years. Since the team's inaugural season in 19...
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NEXT EVENTS IN APRIL
West of the Fifth Pro Rodeo kicks off in Rimbey
Rimbey's West of the Fifth Pro Rodeo kicked off its 2025 calendar year in Canadian Professional Rodeo with two performances over the weekend of March 21-23. Cache Schellenberg, a second-year pro, put on a solid 80 point ride on Duffy Rodeo's 2L Sonora to record his first pro win in Canada ($996.40) and get the season o...
Mar 25, 2025
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Red Deer's Easton Daneault named AJHL Rookie of the Year
Red Deer's Easton Daneault has been named the Alberta Junior Hockey League's Rookie of the Year.Daneault, a 16-year-old forward with the Drumheller Dragons, was named as a finalist a couple weeks ago, alongside fellow Red Deerian Cooper Moore of the Lloydminster Bobcats.Two weeks in a row this past December, Daneault w...
Mar 25, 2025
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Canada
New U.S. auto tariffs to devastate sector, raise consumer costs: industry
Canadian auto industry leaders say the latest tariffs announced today by U.S. President Donald Trump will raise the prices of cars for consumers and devastate the sector. "This is nuts," said Flavio Volpe, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturing Association. "It seems he's bent on doing the thing...
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Organizers of B.C. trans history conference blame Trump, with attendance set to slump
The chair of transgender studies at the University of Victoria is worried about attendance at this year's Moving Trans History Forward conference, with expectations of a 40 per cent drop in numbers. Aaron Devor says American potential attendees are reluctant to cross the border - not because of what might happen when t...
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Study on B.C. decriminalization's impact on drug crisis not complete: former coroner
VICTORIA - British Columbia's former chief coroner says a new study linking safer supply and decriminalization to a rise in opioid overdose hospitalizations doesn't provide the full picture on the effectiveness of the province's drug policies. Lisa Lapointe, who retired from the post last year, says the study published...
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Timeline of 4 women slain in Winnipeg, search of landfill for remains
Winnipeg police announced Wednesday the identity of the fourth victim of serial killer Jeremy Skibicki. They say the remains of Ashlee Shingoose are likely in a landfill in Winnipeg. Here is a timeline of the case: March 15, 2022 - Police say an unidentified woman is killed on or around this date. May 1, 2022 - Morgan ...
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EV-ready parking spots should be required in new apartment builds: report
TORONTO - A newly released report suggests new apartments across Canada should be required to make their parking spots electric-vehicle ready as a way to help boost uptake. The Clean Energy Canada report says provincial and federal building codes should be updated to require multi-unit apartment buildings to have parki...
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CP NewsAlert: White House says Trump to announce auto tariffs today
WASHINGTON - White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says U.S. President Donald Trump will announce tariffs on auto imports at 4 p.m. today. More to come. Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press
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World
Ex-North Dakota lawmaker gets 10 years for going to Europe with intent to pay for sex with a minor
A once-powerful former North Dakota lawmaker was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison for traveling to Europe with the intent to pay for sex with a minor. Holmberg's attorney, Mark Friese, confirmed the sentence but declined to comment after the sentencing. Former state senator Ray Holmberg, 81, pleaded guilty las...
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Appeals court won't halt order barring Trump administration from deportations under wartime law
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal appeals court refused Wednesday to lift an order barring the Trump administration from deporting Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador under an 18th century wartime law. A split three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld a March 15 order temporari...
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Macron says a proposed European force for Ukraine could 'respond' if attacked by Russia
PARIS (AP) - French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday that a proposed European armed force for possible deployment in Ukraine in tandem with an eventual peace deal could "respond" to a Russian attack if Moscow launched one. Macron spoke in the evening after talks with Ukraine's president and ahead of a...
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