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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Red Deer's Scotia Wealth Management: Investing during tariff-period can look different for everyone
Grant Money
BBBS of Red Deer and District awarded over $600K from province
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Trial scheduled for Red Deer man charged in Florida
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Red Deer and Area
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
Alberta aims to regulate online gambling market, capture lost revenue under new bill
Alberta's government is looking to regulate private online gambling websites in a move it says will capture lost revenue and protect bettors.If passed, new legislation tabled by Service Alberta Minister Dale Nally will see the province create a new Crown corporation to set rules for online casinos and safeguards for us...
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27 YEARS WITH RCMP
Alberta RCMP Deputy Commissioner retires
Rob Hill, Deputy Commissioner of the Alberta RCMP, has announced his retirement following 37 years of public service. Hill took command of the Alberta RCMP early in 2024. He has served over 27 years with the RCMP and several years as a medic with the Canadian Armed Forces. "This was an incredibly difficult decisio...
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SEMI-TRUCKS AND BUSES
Share the road: Alberta reminds motorists to be mindful of commercial vehicles
Alberta's government would like to remind drivers that large commercial vehicles like semi-trucks and buses are very different from personal vehicles, and that specific safety considerations should be kept in mind when sharing a road with them. When driving near a semi-truck or bus, residents are asked to remember: Unl...
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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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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
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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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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World
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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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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