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2:58 pm – Two students from École Secondaire Notre Dame High School in Red Deer brought home medals from the 2017 Skills Alberta Competition in Edmonton on May 10 and 11.

  • Shawn Rowland in Grade 11 won bronze in electrical installations
  • Kenzie Armitage in Grade 12 won bronze in hairstyling – intermediate
Skills Alberta is a competition based on Career and Technology Studies (CTS). Seven École Secondaire Notre Dame High School students competed in baking, electrical installations, welding, precision milling, hairstyling junior and intermediate.

2:51 pm – Time for some spring cleaning Red Deerians! Kick It To The Curb is coming up on June 10th and 11th. Read More.

2:45 pm – Red Deer’s Public Market is set to open for another season this Saturday! Read More.

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2:41 pm – Officials with Canadian Blood Services say the nation’s blood supply needs a boost before summer and Central Albertans are being encouraged to help. Read More.

12:47 pm – Lacombe County Council has given final approval for it’s 2017 operating and capital budgets and tax rate bylaw. As indicated in the interim budget, municipal tax rates for 2017 will increase by 1% for residential, farmland and non-residential properties over 2016 rates. Read More.

12:41 pm – RCMP are investigating the tragic deaths of a 39 year old man and his 6 year old daughter found in a residence in Red Deer’s Lancaster neighbourhood on Mother’s Day. Read More.

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11:03 am – Red Deer College will be the site tonight for a special reception hosted by Alberta Blue Cross, paying tribute to Central Alberta’s Business, Government, Education, Community and Health Care leaders for all of their contributions to our community. The event will feature Guest Speaker and Olympian Catriona Le May Doan and starts at 6:15 pm in the Cenovus Learning Commons.

10:08 am – Sylvan Lakers are reminded to please visit www.sylvanlake.ca/roads-par king to register their vehicles, as part of the new visitor pay parking program. Read More.

9:46 am – A public open house is scheduled for today from 5:00 – 7:00 pm at the Last Hill Golf Course Club House in Lacombe County. An application has been put forward to rezone some land around the facility for new development. Read More.

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9:31 am – Property Taxation Notices have now been mailed out to residents of Red Deer County. Read More.

9:23 am – A number of Red Deer neighbourhoods should see the street sweepers out today, including Kentwood, Johnstone, Glendale and Normandeau. Read More.

9:00 am – Innisfail RCMP are renewing their request for public help in locating Angie Beaverbones who walked away from her group home on May 4th. Read More.

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8:53 am – Heads up Red Deer drivers! There’s some traffic disruptions you may encounter on your travels today. 67 St eastbound (50 Av to Pamely Av) from May 15, 2017 07:00 am to May 26, 2017 07:00 pm. Read More.

8:41 am – RCMP have arrested two male suspects after a series of thefts from numerous vehicles and homes in and around Ponoka on May 11th. Read More.

8:34 am – RCMP are looking for 5 suspects after an early morning break-in at the new Co-op Liquor Store in the Timberlands neighbourhood May 11th. Read More.

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8:22 am – A fire broke out at the Blackfalds Estates Trailer Park around 10:15 pm on Thursday night. Officials say the blaze resulted in the loss of two homes. Anyone  interested in helping out or donating items should contact Family and Community Support Services (FCSS) at 403.600.9066Read More.

8:13 am – RCMP are warning residents of a recurring tax scam that continues to be reported in Red Deer. The callers claim to be from the Canada Revenue Agency. Don’t be fooled! Read More.

8:03 am – The Central Alberta Sexual Assault Support Centre is having an Appreciation BBQ with the Child Advocacy Centre at Red Deer City Hall Park today to recognize community supporters and thank them! Read More.

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Gov’t memo admits Canadians are shifting to independent news due to distrust of media, not Russian ‘bots’

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By Anthony Murdoch

The explosive growth of Canadians shifting to alternative non-legacy media to obtain their news is not due to Russian “bots,” as some in the government and left-wing media claim, but reflects people’s distrust of entrenched media outlets, at least one government agency admitted.

A memo titled Foreign Interference And Right Wing Politics: The Canadian Context from Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs said that the growth of so-called “alternative and far right ‘news sources’” is not due to Russian bots but is likely due to Canadians’ suspicion of “traditional outlets.”

Analysts put to rest claims made by some far-left media outlets that bots are somehow to blame for the rise of independent news media sites in Canada popular today, which include the Post Millennial, Rebel News, True NorthLifeSiteNews, as well as a host of others.

According to foreign interference monitors at the Rapid Response Mechanism office, or RRM Canada, run by the department, “they tried and failed to corroborate allegations that conservative media in Canada were stoked by offshore agents,” according to Blacklock’s Reporter.

“RRM Canada observed no indication of false amplification and assesses the increased popularity of these sources is very likely both organic and domestic in nature,” read the memo.

The memo stated that the while the nature of the content is “domestic, the move away from traditional news sources may indicate a decrease in trust among traditional outlets among right leaning Canadians.”

“No such increased popularity has been observed among alternative or far left media outlets,” noted the memo.

The memo noted that sites such as the Rebel News Network had a larger social media footprint than established outlets such as the National Post or the Globe & Mail.

When looking to find claims that foreign agents were behind the rise of alternative media, the RRM analysts found no evidence that this is the case.

“While these stories are not necessarily inaccurate, Rapid Response Mechanism Canada notes foreign interference and covert influence campaigns exploit narratives from across the political spectrum.”

The memo of note was filed with counsel for Canada’s ongoing Commission on Foreign Interference.

Overall, the memo contradicted claims made by the cabinet of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that Russian agents were the ones increasing messaging critical of the government.

In 2020, Canada’s then-Public Safety Minister and now-Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc quipped to reporters that “Trolls and bots are dispatched to stoke anxiety and in some cases inflame debate around sensitive issues,” saying, “Their main goal is chaos.”

“We have seen how hostile state and non-state actors use information technologies to manufacture reality,” he claimed, adding, “Fake news not only masquerades as the truth, it masquerades as legitimate political debate.”

Canadian figures who are critical of the Trudeau government have been accused of being bankrolled by Russia. As reported by LifeSiteNews, Dr. Jordan Peterson recently demanded an apology from Trudeau after the Canadian prime minister accused him of being funded by Russian state media.

As reported by LifeSiteNews, Trudeau claimed U.S. media personality Tucker Carlson and Peterson are being funded by the state media outlet Russia Today. He also blamed Russia for “amplifying the chaos” surrounding the 2022 Freedom Convoy protests.

Trudeau made the claim last Wednesday under oath during testimony at the Foreign Interference Commission after he was asked about Russia’s alleged role in the Freedom Convoy.

The Foreign Interference Commission was convened to “examine and assess the interference by China, Russia, and other foreign states or non-state actors, including any potential impacts, to confirm the integrity of, and any impacts on, the 43rd and 44th general elections (2019 and 2021 elections) at the national and electoral district levels.”

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Russiagate Remnants

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It would be a crime to abandon investigations into Russiagate, both because it’s ongoing and because of the cost to those of us who were victims of it

Remnants. Thats what we are; that’s even what some of us call ourselves. Remainders. Leftovers. Residue. The stub of the cigar of the fake Russiagate scandal, left to smoke and shrink away in the overfull ashtray of national shame.

We Russia hoax Remnants feel differently about President Donald Trump’s recent landslide victory, and our expectations are diverse. But we all, to some degree, have similar stories and hopes — not for retribution, as delicious as that may be, but for accountability and reform.

And Kash Patel, President Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation, is the man we need. Like the President elect, he has seen this abuse up close. They are uniquely qualified.

Make no mistake, when we all chose politics as a profession, we knew it was bloodsport. But none of us expected the personal toll that impacted not just careers, but health and families — especially our children.

There are many families like my own, destroyed completely by the Democrats’ illegal zeal to Get Trump at any cost. During Russiagate and the subsequent hoaxes, I screamed at the top of my lungs on television several times each week as my wife and daughters lived in fear in our Buffalo-area home.

Most Remnants stayed silent. They were the smart ones.

Those subjects of the bogus Russian collusion investigations are quietly reassembling their lives today. Just six or seven years ago, some pulled their children from school, bullied by students and teachers alike. Both parents in at least one family were fired, and with no money for tuition their son was forced to drop out of the college he worked tirelessly to attend. I don’t think he ever returned.

These Remnant stories are commonplace. Many families lost their homes; most lost their life savings. I know of older targets living on meager pensions now that their bank accounts were drained by lawfare legal fees. Those still working are earning less than half the income of their peers.

One family left the country, disheartened by what America had become. Another man, once an international business success, was wrongly debased and finally diminished to serve in a bureaucracy.

Then there is the death and near deaths, the suicide attempts readers will never know, the illnesses brought on by stress. When I fell with head and neck cancer, another Remnant struck by the disease called me twice a week to share our battles. After several months, his calls stopped.

My colleague had finally succumbed to the Crossfire Hurricane plague, unfathomable stress that drives cancer. Readers don’t even know his name; his wife and two young children know he was a hero.

He did nothing wrong. He was a Remnant.

The mentally ill, weaponized by brazen Democrat lies, harassed nearly all of us. My frequent media appearances made me more recognizable than the smarter, quieter Remnants. That made my family a target of a local retired mailman who was arrested and prosecuted for harassment.

My youngest daughters, just five and seven years old at the time, were often harassed while playing in our front yard. A local elderly woman, an otherwise benign community museum volunteer, posted dozens of times on social media during her daily walks by our house, including photos showing our address. She screamed at my girls and mocked their safety.

The bitter old lady died recently and the nutty mailman is still creeping around. Our family prays for their souls because, like all the Remnants, we know the banality of evil. Unhinged activists, some neighbors, forced us to leave our beloved hometown forever. We miss it every day — especially after a big, beautiful Buffalo snowfall.

It’s worse for some, like Paul Manafort, Carter Page, and the inimitable Roger Stone. Last year Roger and I had a late lunch a few miles from his home. Out of nowhere, an Antifa activist showed up to threaten him in the empty restaurant. Clearly, these pongos are still tracking Roger closely. He did nothing wrong, yet I still fear for his safety.

I have talked to many of the Remnants since Election Day. Some have high hopes; these patriots still believe in our justice system. Others expect nothing at all after seeing enough corruption to believe justice is dead. Most are somewhere in between.

All of us agree the original Russiagate conspiracy continues even today. The Russia hoax was created by Hillary Clinton aide Jake Sullivan, who carries on with his lies today as President Joe Biden’s national security advisor. Christopher Steele, the British spy hired by Clinton to create the dodgy dossier, and his Fusion GPS co-conspirator Glenn Simpson are still doing the same work for similar clients. Andrew Weissmann, Peter Strzok, John Brennan, and more still peddle their lies. Elements of the original conspiracy were woven into Ukrainian meddling in the 2016 American election, then bogus Trump impeachments, January 6th prosecutions, anti-Trump lawfare, and Special Counsel Jack Smith’s Mar-a-lago raid.

FBI Director Patel can prove the original 2016 conspiracy continues today. Much of the evidence remains in federal and public databases. Preemptive pardons aside, that means Sullivan, Weissmann, Mary McCord, Steele, Simpson, Victoria Nuland, Alexander Vindman, Eric Ciaramella, Smith, and others may still be in the jackpot. We agree with attorney Mike Davis: these perpetrators potentially violated 18 U.S.C. § 241 and 242, federal civil rights statutes that prohibit conspiracies to violate the rights of others.

This is where many Remnants stand: please do not forget the families in the ash tray and simply move on. Investigate the perpetrators now, reach back to the beginning of their Russiagate criminal conspiracy and follow it to today. Prosecute them fully and legally; expose how they illegally crushed us.

But do this only in pursuit of true justice — not for retribution, but for accountability and reform.

Michael Caputo worked at the highest levels of global politics for 40 years. He served as HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs during the COVID pandemic and as a senior advisor to the 2016 and 2024 Donald Trump for President campaigns. He is the Jeffrey Bell senior fellow at the American Principles Project.

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Michael R. Caputo
Candidate, Master of Arts in Theology, Ave Maria University. Former Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs at US-HHS during the onset of COVID. OG Trump, Deadhead, 25ID Veteran. Jack Kemp made me do it.

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