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Interesting Facts About Central Alberta Communities From The 2016 Federal Census – How Does Your Community Compare?
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%
Censorship Industrial Complex
‘Don’t Write About The Laptop’: Two Reporters Allege Outlets Killed Stories About Bidens
From the Daily Caller News Foundation
By Harold Hutchison
“I was covering Biden at the time, and I remember coming to my editor and saying, ‘Hey, we need to write about the Hunter Biden laptop.’ And I was told this came from on high at Politico: Don’t write about the laptop, don’t talk about the laptop, don’t tweet about the laptop.
Two former reporters with Politico accused the outlet of suppressing negative stories about former President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden during the 2020 presidential election in a video clip posted to YouTube Thursday.
Dozens of former intelligence officials signed an October 2020 letter published by Politico that claimed a bombshell New York Post report about emails from a laptop supposedly abandoned by Hunter Biden “has all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation.” Puck News reporter Tara Palmeri and Axios reporter Marc Caputo discussed the Politico newsroom’s alleged approach to unflattering reports about the Bidens on Palmeri’s podcast, “Somebody’s Gotta Win,” though the outlet has denied their allegations.
“Politico did that terrible, ill-fated headline: 51 intelligence agents, or former intelligence agents, say that the Hunter Biden laptop was disinformation, or bore the hallmarks of disinformation. Turns out that story was closer to disinformation because the Hunter Biden laptop appeared to be true,” Caputo told Palmeri, who responded. “But then Facebook also pulled all stories down about the Hunter Biden laptop, and I think Twitter did at the same time, too.”
WATCH:
Twitter locked multiple accounts, including the New York Post’s and the personal account of then-White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany for sharing the Oct, 14, 2020 report, citing a “hacked materials” policy. Documents released to journalist Michael Shellenberger by Elon Musk show that the FBI contacted Twitter about the potential for leaks involving Hunter Biden prior to the New York Post’s report.
“Correct, they punished The New York Post, that didn’t help. I mean, Politico, my former employer and I knew at the time, didn’t do itself any favors,” said Caputo. “I was covering Biden at the time, and I remember coming to my editor and saying, ‘Hey, we need to write about the Hunter Biden laptop.’ And I was told this came from on high at Politico: Don’t write about the laptop, don’t talk about the laptop, don’t tweet about the laptop. And the only thing Politico wound up writing was that piece that called it disinformation, which charitably could be called misinformation, at the least.”
Palmeri claimed to have experienced difficulty getting a story regarding Hunter Biden’s purchase of a .38-caliber revolver in 2018 published. Hunter Biden was convicted on three felony counts related to buying the gun in June 2024, but received a pardon from his father on Dec. 1.
Biden pardoned five other family members shortly before his term ended.
“Yeah, I mean, I had a hard time — you know I wrote some pretty serious reporting on Hunter Biden, which actually ended up getting him prosecuted — the story on the gun,” Palmeri said, with Caputo responding, “Yeah! And I remember you consulted with me cause you had, you did the original report on the gun and you came to me like, ‘How do I write about this?’ I’m like, ‘Honestly, I don’t know.’”
“Cause it was hard to get it done. I spent three months on it, I went to the laptop shop, and I did all of the reporting in Delaware, and I did all of that. But yeah it had, it had to be like much, it had to be 100% nailed down. I had everything, you know, the police reports, every, like, you know, I’m a solid reporter. But I do wonder if it could have, if it would have been published a little quicker if it was a different type of story,” Palmeri said. “It was the beginning of his administration, it was a honeymoon period — you know what I mean?”
Caputo recounted that Hunter Biden’s laptop was not the only story regarding the Bidens that was allegedly killed by Politico’s editors.
“Since we’re spilling tea about our former employer, I still have a copy of the story on my external hard drive. In 2019, a rival presidential Democratic campaign of Joe Biden’s gave to me the tax lien — the oppo research — the tax lien on Hunter Biden for the period of time that he worked at Burisma,” Caputo said. “And I wrote what would have been a classic story saying, you know, ‘The former vice president’s son was slapped with a big tax lien for the period of time that he worked for this controversial Ukrainian oil concern, or natural gas concern, which is haunting his father on the campaign trail.’ That story was killed by the editors, and they gave no explanation for that either.”
“We just get called, like, ‘the terrible mainstream media.’ It’s like you don’t understand the process there,” Palmeri said, with Caputo responding, “Well, you also don’t understand the dumb decisions of cowardly editors that are made above us.”
Politico disputed Caputo’s recollections in response to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation and sent a list of references to their past reporting on the Biden family.
“It’s bullshit. During the years referenced, POLITICO journalists lead the way on wide-ranging reporting on the business dealings of Joe Biden’s closest relatives. Ben Schreckinger was probably the top reporter in the country reporting on these matters—he literally wrote the book on it,” a Politico spokesperson told the DCNF. “Through deeply reported coverage—both pre- and post-election—POLITICO provided readers with a nuanced understanding of the dealings of James Biden, Hunter Biden, and other relatives of the president, along with the ethical questions they raised. Notably, POLITICO was the first to confirm that Hunter Biden’s laptop contained genuine material and to report on the gun incident that led to his conviction.”
Earlier this week Mark Zuckerberg rocked the world of information with the news that Facebook, Instagram, and his other Meta properties would no longer use third party fact checking groups to censor information. As the week wraps up, Zuckerberg sits down for an extended conversation with Joe Rogan. For anyone interested in the world of information, this is a must see / listen.
From the Joe Rogan Experience
Mark Zuckerberg is the chief executive of Meta Platforms Inc., the company behind Facebook, Instagram, Threads, WhatsApp, Meta Quest, Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, Orion augmented reality glasses, and other digital platforms, devices, and services.
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