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Mom facing child porn charges BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF A Red Deer mother is facing child pornography charges in what investigators are calling a rare and heinous crime. The 43-year-old woman is accused of sending photos of her four-year-old son over the Internet to a man in the United States. “It is absolutely disturbing,” said Insp. Dave Dubynk, who heads the ALERT Internet Child Exploitation investigation unit. “I have been in policing for 26 years. I have seen a lot of instances. These are very disturbing cases. This is a heinous crime committed on a young child by the one person that they should be able to trust the most to protect them. It’s quite the opposite in this incident.” The woman was arrested at the licensed daycare where she worked on Wednesday. The suspect had no prior record and was not known to police. Dubynk said he did not know whether the woman was living with anyone or had other children. “We cannot speak to the extent of the abuse,” said Dubynk. “The abuse was being photographed and sent via email over the Internet to another individual. One that we are aware of and that’s the extent of our investigation.” Please see PORN on Page A2
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Not your typical pat down, Red Deer RCMP Const. Derek Turner had his hands full as members of the Urban Bulldogs Against Kids Abuse biker gang and employees from Southside Dodge Chrysler submit for inspection in Red Deer Thursday. About 200 men took part in the 5th Annual Walk A Mile in Her Shoes event, Thursday, in support of the Women’s Outreach. Organizers hope to raise $50,000 to help fund programs at the Central Alberta Women’s Outreach in Red Deer. Many of the men dressed in drag, while all participants donned high heels for their stroll along the paths near Taylor Drive. The walk is part of an international men’s march to stop rape, sexual assault and gender violence. See page B7 for more photos of the event.
AHS creating central co-ordinating service for doctor-assisted dying BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Catholic-based facilities Villa Marie in Red Deer and Our Lady of the Rosary Hospital in Castor will not be providing medical assistance in dying. But the province says the option will still be available by transferring residents. “At the moment we have more than
80 doctors across Alberta who have expressed interest in supporting patients through medical assistance in dying, right across all five zones. One of the many options that will be available to all Albertans is the option of accessing medical assistance in dying through their home or through other locations,” said Associate Health Minister Brandy Payne on Thursday. “Alberta Health Services has worked really carefully to create a
central co-ordinating service for medical assistance in dying to ensure any patient wherever they are in Alberta who are choosing to exercise this right that they will have support and be guided through the process to help ensure that they have access to medical assistance in dying.”
Please see DYING on Page A2
Scenes of destruction greet second wave of residents BY THE CANADIAN PRESS
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Restoration workers take a break from cleaning up an apartment complex in Fort McMurray on Thursday.
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FORT MCMURRAY — Nothing seems amiss looking at the front of Adam Chouinard’s Fort McMurray house, aside for the yellow “restricted use” sign taped to the door. But the back is a jumbled mess of wood beams and unrecognizable debris. “I had a deck, a barbecue, a garage, a car, a couple of bikes and now they’re gone,” the 33-year-old oilsands worker said as he waited for a contractor to stop by and assess the damage. Chouinard’s street is at the edge of a scene of extreme destruction. Just beyond what used to be his backyard is a white-grey mass of rubble and charred vehicles. He and other north-end evacu-
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FORT MCMURRAY Full coverage of re-entry Page A6 ees were allowed back into the city Thursday, a month after raging flames forced everyone to flee. The city’s largely undamaged downtown and some smaller surrounding communities re-opened on Wednesday. Residents cleaned and mowed lawns until a fierce late-afternoon thunderstorm unleashed heavy rains and forced everyone inside.
Please see RE-ENTRY on Page A2
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