News
Around Red Deer April 21st…..
2:50 pm – RDC is inviting you to become part of the College’s history and legacy by contributing to the new “Paving Our Future Campaign”. Proceeds raised go towards construction of the Gary W. Harris Canada Games Centre. Read More.
11:49 am – Red Deerians are being encouraged to stay off the City’s Ball Diamonds and Sports fields. Find out why.
10:27 am – Three men and a woman have been arrested after a stolen truck that fled police crashed into the front steps of a home in Red Deer’s Clearview Ridge early this morning. Read More.
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10:16 am – Two people have died and another person seriously injured after a two-vehicle crash in the Didsbury area Thursday afternoon. RCMP say it happened around 4:00 pm on Highway 2A near the intersection of Township 292. A pick up truck and car collided resulting in both the car’s occupants being fatally injured. The driver of the truck, a man believed to be in his 40’s, was taken to hospital in Calgary by STARS air ambulance.
10:00 am – The Innisfail Trade Show goes tonight and tomorrow! Stop by the Arena from 5 to 9 p.m. on Friday evening and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday. Organizers describe it as an amazing event this year; combined with Taste of Innisfail!
9:44 am – The following streets are scheduled to be swept in the Town of Innisfail today:
51 Ave. from 42 St. to 40 St.
50 Ave. from 42 St. to 40 St.
43 St. from 50 Ave. to 49 Ave.
44 St. from 50 Ave. to 48 Ave.
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9:36 am – District Ratepayer meetings continue throughout Lacombe County this weekend.
- Division 4 Councillor Paula Law – April 21 & 22 @ Lacombe Trade Show
- Division 5 Councillor Ken Wigmore – April 21 & 22 @ Lacombe Trade Show
9:30 am – Lacombe residents have a chance to have coffee with Council tomorrow. Give the City your thoughts on how to move forward. Read More.
9:22 am – Art lovers will want to check out the Encore Arts Sale & Celebration of Creative Expression at the Lacombe Memorial Centre over the next two days. Read More.
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9:12 am – Blackfalds annual Community Cleanup gets underway tomorrow! Read More.
9:08 am – More street sweeping will take place in Blackfalds over the next couple of days:
FRIDAY APRIL 21
Cedar Square
Cedar Cr.
Crimson Court
Coachman Way
Cambridge Cl.
SATURDAY APRIL 22
Indiana St
Moore St
Lansdowne South
Lorne Ave
Minto St
Schular Ave
Shull St
South St
9:00 am – Check out Lacrosse action in Blackfalds this weekend! The first annual {RILEY} CAMPBELL CUP. Honoring Riley Campbell, this is the season opener for Junior ‘A’ Western Canada lacrosse teams. It debuts this seasons teams, players, and talent as they play off for the cup. Details here.
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8:50 am – Phase I of the Infrastructure Project in Penhold will begin the week of April 24th. The scope of work for phase one is the water feeder main tie in for the new reservoir in Oxford landing. Minor traffic disruptions may occur on Oxford Blvd during this project. Information will be posted as it becomes available. The expected completion date for this phase is May 26/17.
8:31 am – Water service has been restored to the Hamlet of Springbrook. However, there may be brief interruptions or low pressures as EPCOR flushes the system. This means the Alberta Health Services Boil Water Advisory is still in effect until further notice for Springbrook. Read More.
8:24 am – A Boil Water Advisory has been issued for Red Deer’s Central Park Subdivision. Details here.
Media
Top Five Huge Stories the Media Buried This Week

NEERA TANDEN: “The military requires accountability. It’s the most accountable organization. You are supposed to be accountable to higher-ups. Politics isn’t supposed to have to do with any of this, and the fact that that’s happening, that they’re just basically saying nothing to do here, is a big problem, I think, for those who believe in accountability.”
@ScottJenningsKY: “I think Republicans aren’t interested in any lectures on accountability in the military after the Biden administration. I mean, the bar for getting rid of a Secretary of Defense is apparently pretty high. You can get 13 people killed and go AWOL and not tell the commander in chief, and that’s not a fireable offense.”
“But these lectures about accountability and national security after letting 10 million people into the country who raped and murdered and committed violent acts and no remorse or accountability.”
NEERA TANDEN: “What are you talking about? They closed the border.”
#4 – Bill Gates says we won’t need humans “for most things.”
During an appearance on The Tonight Show, Jimmy Fallon asked Gates a pretty direct question: “Will we still need humans?”
Gates responded, “Not for most things. We’ll decide … There will be some things that we reserve for ourselves, but in terms of making things and moving things and growing food, over time those will be basically solved problems.”
VIDEO: @TheChiefNerd
REP JORDAN: “Is NPR biased?”
MAHER: “I have never seen any political bias.”
JORDAN: “In the DC area, editorial positions at NPR have 87 registered Democrats and 0 Republicans.”
MAHER: “We do not track the voter registration, but I find that concerning.”
JORDAN: “87-0 and you’re not biased?”
MAHER: “I think that is concerning if those numbers are accurate.”
JORDAN: “October 2020, the NYPost had the Hunter Biden laptop story, and one of those 87 Democrat editors said, ‘We don’t want to waste our readers and listeners’ time on stories that are just pure distractions.’ Was that story a pure distraction?”
Video + Transcript via @Kanekoathegreat
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#2 – Utah becomes the first state to officially BAN fluoride in all public drinking water.
For decades, fluoride was accepted as a safe way to prevent tooth decay. Few questioned it.
But last year, in a dramatic legal twist, a federal judge ruled that fluoride may actually lower children’s IQ—and cited evidence that could upend everything we thought we knew.
That ruling sent shockwaves through the public health world.
Judge Edward Chen pointed to scientific studies showing a “high level of certainty” that fluoride exposure “poses a risk” to developing brains.
He ordered the EPA to reexamine its safety standards, warning that the margin for safety may be far too narrow.
At the center of the case: dozens of peer-reviewed studies linking everyday fluoride exposure—even at levels found in U.S. tap water—to reduced intellectual capacity in children.
It wasn’t just one paper. The National Toxicology Program, a branch of the U.S. government, also concluded that higher fluoride levels were “consistently associated” with lower IQ in kids.
They flagged 1.5 mg/L as a risk threshold. Some communities hover right near it.
In response to the growing evidence, Utah passed HB 81, banning all fluoride additives in public water.
The law takes effect May 7. It doesn’t ban fluoride completely. Anyone who wants it can still get it—like any other prescription.
And that’s the point: Utah’s lawmakers say this is about informed consent and personal choice.
This issue is no longer on the fringe. Across the country, cities and towns are quietly rethinking water fluoridation—and some have already pulled out. Utah is the first state to take bold action. It may not be the last.
The conversation surrounding fluoride has shifted from “Is it helpful?” to “Is it safe?” And for the first time in nearly a century, that question is being taken seriously.
VIDEO: @TheChiefNerd
#1 – RFK Jr. Drops Stunning Vaccine Announcement
Kennedy revealed that the CDC is creating a new sub-agency focused entirely on vaccine injuries—a long-overdue shift for patients who’ve spent years searching for answers without any support from the government.
“We’re incorporating an agency within CDC that is going to specialize in vaccine injuries,” Kennedy announced.
“These are priorities for the American people. More and more people are suffering from these injuries, and we are committed to having gold-standard science make sure that we can figure out what the treatments are and that we can deliver the best treatments possible to the American people.”
For years, the vaccine-injured have felt ignored or dismissed, as public health agencies refused to even acknowledge the problem. Now, there’s finally an initiative underway to investigate their injuries and to provide support.
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International
‘Lot Of Nonsense’: Kari Lake Announces Voice Of America Is Dumping Legacy Outlets

From the Daily Caller News Foundation
By Hailey Gomez
Special Adviser for the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) Kari Lake announced Friday that Voice of America (VOA) will terminate its contracts with The Associated Press, Reuters, and Agence France-Presse.
VOA, an international broadcasting state media network, is funded by USAGM, with former President Joe Biden requesting in March 2024 a budget increase for the 2025 fiscal year to further support the radio network. In an X post on Friday, Lake announced USAGM will end its “expensive and unnecessary newswire contracts,” adding that some of the major agreements included “tens-of-millions of dollars in contracts” with AP News, Reuters and Agence France-Presse.
“USAGM is an American taxpayer funded News Organization with an 83-year history. We should not be paying outside news companies to tell us what the news is—with nearly a billion-dollar budget, we should be producing news ourselves,” Lake wrote. “And if that’s not possible, the American taxpayer should demand to know why.”
During a meeting with VOA staffers Friday, employees were reportedly told to “stop using wire service material for their reports,” according to Newsmax. Notably, audio, video, and text reports have often been used to supplement coverage from locations where reporters are not present, the outlet reported.
In an interview with Newsmax prior to the official contract cuts, Lake discussed how the agency was finding “a lot of nonsense that the American taxpayer shouldn’t be paying for.”
“Today, I started the process of terminating the agency’s contracts with the Associated Press, Reuters, & the Agence France-Presse. This will save taxpayers about 53 million dollars. The purpose of our agency is to tell the American story. We don’t need to outsource that responsibility to anyone else,” Lake wrote in an X post regarding the interview.
Disputes between The AP and the White House began in February after the corporate media outlet was revoked press access for refusing to call the Gulf of America by its new name. The AP filed a lawsuit on Feb. 21 against White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, and Deputy Chief of Staff Taylor Budowich for injunctive relief.
Lake was sworn in as USAGM’s special adviser on March 3, saying she’s “looking forward” to serving America and “streamlining” the agency. The cuts from the agency follow President Donald Trump’s push for his second administration to review the government’s wasteful spending.
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