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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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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August 2022
Sentencing scheduled for woman charged in kidnapping with firearm incident
A sentencing date has been set for the third of three people charged in a kidnapping with a firearm incident in central Alberta two-and-a-half years ago. Alexandra Louise Rain, 26, is scheduled for sentencing in Wetaskiwin Court of King's Bench on June 3, 2025. Rain is charged with kidnapping with a firearm, forcible c...
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breaking the vicious cycle of poor health
PEP Society expanding to Red Deer to support loved ones of those experiencing addiction
The PEP Society, or Parents Empowering Parents -- a support group for loved ones of those experiencing addiction -- is expanding to Red Deer.The group's first session is April 1, and will continue to meet every Tuesday evening, from 7-9, at the YMCA in north Red Deer.PEP executive director, Lerena Greig, explains the o...
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RURAL COMMUNITY FOCUS
Healthy Aging Alberta and provincial government partner to improve seniors transportation
The Government fo Alberta is investing $3.5 million to partner with Healthy Aging Alberta in an effort to expand transportation and mobility services for seniors in rural communities. According to Statistics Canada, transportation challenges are a key barrier to participation in social activities for seniors. In rural ...
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AESO REPORT
2024 electricity market report highlights better grid capacity, lower prices in Alberta
The Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) has released its 2024 Annual Market Statistics report, which found that for the first time since 2016, Alberta was a net exporter of electricity. Last year, more than 3,000 megawatts (MW) were added to the grid, growing Alberta's total installed generation capacity by more th...
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PROVINCIAL POLITICS
Premier Smith, despite criticism, set to leave for U.S. event with far-right influencer
Premier Danielle Smith is getting set to fly to Florida for an event hosted by a far-right U.S. influencer, with her chief of staff calling the foray a patriotic act of courage by a "noble" leader.Smith is to make a speaking appearance this week with conservative media personality Ben Shapiro at an upcoming f...
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Calgary paleontologist part of discovery of new dinosaur with 30-centimetre claws
CALGARY - A University of Calgary paleontologist is part of a discovery of a new species of dinosaur with 30-centimetre-long claws found in a Mongolian desert. Darla Zelenitsky says the remains of the therizinosaur were found in the Gobi desert in 2012 during the construction of a water pipeline. She says the species n...
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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...
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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...
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Canada
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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Trudeau was warned about Trump's trade plans before phone call: briefing note
WASHINGTON - Then-prime minister Justin Trudeau went into his first phone call with a newly re-elected Donald Trump aware that the U.S. president likely was looking to reopen the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement - just a few weeks before he first threatened devastating economy-wide tariffs. A briefing note prepared ahead o...
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CP NewsAlert: Chief says fourth victim of Winnipeg serial killer is Ashlee Shingoose
WINNIPEG - The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says the fourth victim of a Winnipeg serial killer has been identified as Ashlee Shingoose of St. Theresa Point First Nation. Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak says she has spoken with the woman's parents and offered her condolences. Police are scheduled to confirm t...
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In the news today: Carney, Poilievre in Quebec, vacation homes prices on the rise
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Liberals and Conservatives shifting to Quebec Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and Liberal Leader Mark Carney are shifting their campaigns to Quebec. Poilievre, who held a rally in Hamilton on Tuesday night with an estimated c...
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World
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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Sudan's army says it has recaptured Khartoum's airport as it seeks to liberate the capital
CAIRO (AP) - Sudan's military says it has retaken the international airport in the capital, Khartoum, after nearly two years of fighting against a notorious paramilitary group. The military says its chief, Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, landed at the airport Wednesday and inspected forces there. The development brings the m...
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4 American soldiers who went missing in Lithuania have been killed, NATO leader says
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said Wednesday that four U.S. soldiers who went missing while training in Lithuania have been killed, but that he did not yet know the details. A U.S. official would say only that the four soldiers were involved in a training accident. The official, who spoke on c...
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