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Around Red Deer May 11th…..

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2:01 pm – RCMP are investigating the theft of a large amount of heavy steel tubing at Alberta Industrial Metals last weekend. Read More.

1:25 pm – RCMP are investigating after some overnight vandalism to the site of the 50th Street water main repair project. Read More.

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12:43 pm – Although Red Deer building permit values are down overall on the year, residential and commercial sector permits so far this year are holding their own compared to values in 2016. Read More.

12:35 pm – The gymnasium at the G.H. Dawe Community Centre in Red Deer is closing for renovations starting Monday, May 15th. Read More.

12:30 pm – There’s an Emergency Preparedness Family BBQ at the Library Learning Centre in Innisfail tonight! Read More.

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12:26 pm – To celebrate the Grand Opening of the NexSource Centre, users are eligible to purchase either a six-month or annual pass at 50% off the regular rate! Pass sale is from Friday, May 12 – Sunday, May 28, 2017.

12:22 pm – The Town of Sylvan Lake has been issued an extension by Alberta Environment & Parks, which allows the Town to follow the terms and conditions of an existing approval to operate the Sylvan Lake Wastewater System – 2nd Extension, until May 1, 2018.

12:20 pm – Street sweeping continues in Sylvan Lake today. Read More.

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12:13 pm – Trash to Treasure Week begins in Lacombe tomorrow! Read More.

12:11 pm – Residential street sweeping continues in Lacombe today on Sandstone Ave, Blackstone Ave, Hangingstone Dr, Hathaway Lane, Coventry Lane, Dickens Lane and Petticoat Lane.

12:09 – Refurbishments are now done at the outdoor tennis courts in Lacombe! Read More.

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11:57 am – Red Deer County crews are continuing their work on roadside weeds and other vegetation. Read More.

11:55 am – Red Deer County wants to make sure you’re prepared for an emergency. Check out these tips to keep you and your family safe!

11:49 am – Lacombe County will be hosting a two-day voluntary farm vehicle safety check on May 30th and 31st at their new public works shops located in the east and west sides of the County. The purpose of this check is to increase both the safety and the awareness of the local agricultural industry as it relates to vehicle safety. Read More.

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11:42 am – Red Deer RCMP are looking for two male suspects after an attempted armed robbery in a downtown parking lot next to the Tennis Bubble. Read More.

11:39 am – The Abbey Centre in Blackfalds is going Solar! Read More.

11:31 am – Red Deer College Motion Picture Arts graduate, Carlee Ryski, won Best Performance by an Alberta Actress at The Rosies held in Edmonton at the end of April. The annual gala for the Alberta Film & Television Awards brings out Alberta’s brightest stars and industry professionals to honour and celebrate the year’s best in production. Over 50 Rosie Awards were presented, recognizing excellence in all aspects of Alberta’s screen-based content. Read More.

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11:25 am – Street sweeping continues in Penhold today:

  • Lucina Street
  • Maplewood Boulevard
  • Healey Street
  • Henderson Crescent

9:32 am – A motion by the Board of Trustee of Red Deer Public Schools to advocate for a single publicly funded education system has been supported by a vote of 4 to 3. Read More.

9:22 am – Carter Brouilette of Sylvan Lake, a Grade 10 student at École Secondaire Notre Dame High School in Red Deer received the Silver Duke of Edinburgh Award. He is one of four students in Alberta to receive this prestigious award this year. The Duke of Edinburgh Award program is the world’s leading youth achievement award. The premise behind this award is that not all learning happens in the classroom. The award program honours students that show commitment and achievement to a variety of activities of their choice.

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9:13 am – Leona Staples has been appointed as a member and designated as chair of The Board of Governors of Olds College for a term to expire on May 8, 2020. Also, Donna Maxwell has been appointed as a member of The Board of Governors of Olds College for a term to expire on May 8, 2020. Mark Kaun has been reappointed as a member of The Board of Governors of Olds College for a term to expire on July 7, 2020.

9:05 am – Red Deer Rebels athletic therapist Josh Guenther has resigned due to personal reasons. Guenther was with the Rebels for the 2016-17 season. Read More.

8:43 am – Kathleen Ganley, Minister of Justice and Solicitor General, will make remarks at the Alberta Municipal Enforcement Association’s annual banquet and awards ceremony in the Monaco room at the Sheraton Hotel in Red Deer tonight at 5:00 pm.

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8:37 am – The Red Deer Catholic Regional School Division will recognize the service of it’s staff, inductees and staff accomplishments with appropriate gifts and awards at their annual Celebration of Excellence tonight at 5:00 pm.

8:32 am – Grade 8 Badminton players from St. Francis of Assisi Middle School in Red Deer will compete at the CWAJHAA’s being held at the school from 4 – 8 pm today.

8:27 am – Hundreds of Grade 5 boys from Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools and Red Deer Public Schools will gather together at the G.H. Dawe Community Centre for the annual Grow Boys event today. This full-day leadership conference (with assistance from students attending École Secondaire Notre Dame High School) helps to provide these students with an opportunity to discover, improve, and share skills in a variety of ways. This day provides sessions to support the happy, healthy growth and development of these students.

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8:12 am – RDC’s Be Fit for Life Centre is once again encouraging young girls to keep moving. The 14th annual Go Girl event at the Collicutt Centre today will promote health, confidence and physical activity to more than 600 Grade 5 girls in the Red Deer Public School District and Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools.

8:04 am – Today is the Grand Opening of the Glendale Science and Technology School’s Escape Rooms.  Students in grade six at Glendale have designed and built two locked rooms. Testing is complete and they’re ready to open! You can sign up for either “The Cargo Hold” or “Space Lab” or both! Click here to sign up!

7:54 am – The G.H. Dawe Community Centre will be closed today from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. due to a private function. The facility will reopen to the public at 4 p.m. Read More.

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Top Five Huge Stories the Media Buried This Week

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#5 – CNN panel lectures America on military “accountability”… and then melts down when Scott Jennings points out that no one was held accountable for the disaster in Afghanistan or Biden’s open border.

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

#3 – Rep. Jim Jordan hammers NPR CEO Katherine Maher for three straight minutes over political bias, the Hunter Biden laptop cover-up, and NPR’s 87-to-0 Democrat staff ratio.

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.

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#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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‘Lot Of Nonsense’: Kari Lake Announces Voice Of America Is Dumping Legacy Outlets

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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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