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Interesting Facts About Central Alberta Communities From The 2016 Federal Census – How Does Your Community Compare?

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By now you know Red Deer has once again surpassed 100,000 residents and that Blackfalds is growing at an incredible pace. But just how do our Central Alberta communities stack up against each other? Check to see how your community faired and see Alberta’s largest communities, as well as the fastest growing communities in Canada!

First… Here’s how Canada faired.

Canada      2016 Pop       2011 Pop      Growth Rate %
Canada    35,151,728     33,476,688           5.0

And closer to home:

Central Alberta Communities (Over 5,000 People) Ranked by Growth Rate

Community                          2016 Pop        2011 Pop     Rank in Size Canada     Rank in Alberta     Growth Rate %

Blackfalds                                 9,328              6,300                    437                               49                            48.1
Sylvan Lake                            14,816             12,362                    280                              28                            19.9
Lacombe                                13,057             11,707                     319                              36                            11.5
Olds                                           9,184              8,235                     442                              50                             11.5
Red Deer                              100,418            90,564                       54                                3                             10.9
Ponoka County                         9,806             8,856                     422                              48                            10.7
Camrose                                 18,742             17,286                     233                              24                              8.4
Ponoka                                      7,229              6,778                      541                              66                              6.7
Red Deer County                  19,541             18,316                     223                              23                               6.7
Didsbury                                    5,268             4,957                      689                              86                              6.3
Mountain View County       13,074           12,359                       318                              35                               5.8
Wainwright                              6,270            5,925                        610                              74                               5.8
Camrose County                     8,458            8,004                       466                              52                               5.7
Wetaskiwin County               11,181           10,866                       368                             39                               2.9
Drayton Valley                        7,235             7,118                        540                             65                                1.6
Kneehill County                      5,001             4,921                        713                             89                               1.6
Wetaskiwin                            12,655           12,525                        332                             37                               1
Lacombe County                   10,343          10,307                        397                             44                                .3
Innisfail                                     7,847             7,876                        501                             61                               -.4
Drumheller                                7,982            8,029                        491                             58                              -.6
Clearwater County                11,947           12,278                        344                             38                            -2.7

10 Largest Communities in Alberta

Community                           2016 Pop        2011 Pop        Rank in Canada             Rank in Alberta

Calgary                                  1,239,220       1,096,833                   3                                      1
Edmonton                               932,546          812,201                    5                                      2
Red Deer                                 100,418            90,564                   54                                      3
Strathcona County                  98,044            92,490                   55                                      4
Lethbridge                                92,729            83,517                    59                                      5
Wood Buffalo                           71,589             65,565                   80                                      6
St. Albert                                   65,589             61,466                   85                                      7
Medicine Hat                            63,260             60,005                  87                                      8
Grande Prairie                         63,166             55,655                   88                                     9
Airdrie                                        61,581             43,271                   89                                   10

10 Fastest Growing Communities in Canada

Community        Province              2016 Pop          2011 Pop        Growth Rate

Warman,                 Sask.                   11,020             7,104                    55.1%
Blackfalds               Alta.                      9,328              6,300                   48.1%
Cochrane                Alta.                    25,853            17,580                    47.1%
Airdrie                     Alta.                    61,581             43,271                   42.3%
Shelburn                  Ont.                     8,126              5,846                    39.0%
Chestermere          Alta.                    19,887            14,824                   34.2%
Beaumont               Alta.                    17,396            13,284                    31.0%
Milton                      Ont.                   110,128           84,362                   30.5%
Spruce Grove         Alta.                     34,066          26,171                     30.2%
Tsinstikeptum         B.C.                       7,612             5,872                    29.6%

And finally:

Worst Growth in Alberta

Bonnyville                                              5,417              6,216                   -12.9%

After 15 years as a TV reporter with Global and CBC and as news director of RDTV in Red Deer, Duane set out on his own 2008 as a visual storyteller. During this period, he became fascinated with a burgeoning online world and how it could better serve local communities. This fascination led to Todayville, launched in 2016.

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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.

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.

Thanks for reading! This weekly roundup takes time and care to put together—and I do my best to make it your go-to source for the stories that matter most but rarely get the attention they deserve.

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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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