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In Oct. 2023, ALERT’s Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) unit began an investigation into an man in possession of child sexual abuse materials.

On Wednesday,  Feb. 21, members of the Stettler RCMP Detachment, ALERT (Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team) and ICE executed a search warrant at a residence in Stettler.

École Lacombe Junior High School (ÉLJHS) teacher William Langille has been nominated for the Edwin Parr Award for the 2023/24 school year.  

Langille obtained a Bachelor of Education Middle Years with Distinction from Red Deer Polytechnic and the University of Alberta, and now his teaching spans from Grade 9 English Language Arts to Social Studies, to specialized electives in creative writing, robotics, leadership, and study skills.  

SVG Ventures|THRIVE, a global venture and innovation platform has announced the 15 companies selected for its fourth Academy program.

The THRIVE Academy is committed to fostering innovation and entrepreneurship in the agriculture and food technology space. 

It offers a 12-week program designed to de-risk and validate ideas, equipping participants with the skills and knowledge necessary to navigate the challenges of the industry. 

This year's participants come from across Canada, Bulgaria, Hungary, and the United States.

The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) has charged an RCMP officer with two counts of assault from Nov. 14, 2020. 

The assault occurred during the arrest of individuals by officers, after a vehicle fled police on a road outside of Lacombe.  

Evidence gathered during ASIRT’s investigation indicated two of the occupants had been assaulted during the arrest.  

Federal Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Lawrence MacAulay announced $13.5 million on Thursday to support a new application intake under the Youth Employment and Skills Program (YESP). 

The initiative will provide the agricultural sector with the help needed to support approximately 1,200 jobs for youth in the sector.

The Little Potato Company is a familiar name in many households selling products to supermarkets across Canada and the U.S.

The company has qualified for Alberta’s Agri-Processing Investment Tax Credit program and is building a new $39.5-million project in Nisku.

The 240,000-square-foot facility will be able to process about 125 million pounds of potatoes, doubling the capacity from its former Edmonton location.

After sweeping the Wetaskiwin Longhorns in round-one of the Vanberg Cup Playoffs, the Lacombe AA Generals are now preparing for their next series.

The Generals will now face the Red Deer Rustlers in a best-of-seven series that starts on Saturday. Red Deer is coming off their series win over Camrose in round-one.

All Red Deer Rustlers home games will be held at the Penhold Multiplex.

Lacombe Generals home games will be played in Lacombe at The Gary Moe Autogroup Sportsplex.

Here is the second-round schedule:

Ottawa is putting $80.5 million toward a mission to improve security conditions in Haiti, where rampant gang violence has caused an ongoing crisis, Global Affairs Canada said Thursday.

The money will go towards a multinational security mission led by Kenya to support efforts by the Haitian National Police, the department said.

It's expected to support training, communications and logistics for police deployed to the mission and expertise in areas like human rights due diligence.

The case of an Ontario man who carried out a deadly attack on a Muslim family was the first to recognize terrorism on grounds of white supremacist ideology and further emphasized that terrorism isn't limited to those who belong to specific groups, experts and observers said after the landmark trial ended this week.

Nathaniel Veltman was sentenced Thursday to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years for each of four counts of first-degree murder in the June 2021 attack that killed four members of the Afzaal family in London, Ont.

At the Feb. 15 Wolf Creek Public Schools Board Meeting some of the topics discussed included the Draft AI Administrative Procedure and Guiding Document, and a Success Coach Update. 

Here are the highlights of the meeting: 

Draft AI Administrative Procedure and Guiding Document