News
New Lacombe Police Station Officially Opens
By Sheldon Spackman
Dignitaries gathered at the new Police Station in Lacombe on Thursday, December 8th to cut the ribbon at the facility’s official Grand Opening.
The $8.7 million dollar building has actually been taking emergency calls since November 15th, with all 9-1-1 calls being transferred directly to LPS and it’s members who will then be dispatched locally, resulting in quicker response times.
In a release, Kathleen Ganley, Alberta Minister of Justice and Solicitor General, says āOur government is proud to support the Lacombe Police Service in building safer, more resilient communities with ongoing funding for local policing.ā
Danielle Larivee is Minister of Municipal Affairs and says āWe are proud to invest in projects like the new Lacombe Police Station, which will provide critical services to the community and ensure a modern, efficient work space for local police and emergency management officials.ā
Lacombe Mayor Steve Christie adds, āCouncil has wanted to do this important project for some time, but we wanted to do it right so that we could have a facility that meets the needs of our municipal police service now and into the future.ā
Officials point out that LPS has also moved over to a new radio system in the new facility, making it the first municipal police service in the province to be working off the Alberta First Responders Radio System (AFRRCS).Ā It’s said the new system will provide improved communication and coverage for members.Ā The system will also provide the ability to enhance communications with partner emergency and disaster management agencies throughout the region and province-wide should the need arise.
Acting Chief of Police Lorne Blumhagen says āThis new 16,000 square foot facility gives our sworn members and staff the much needed space and modern technology to deliver quality, effective services to residents,ā adding, āIt has also allowed for the transition of police dispatching back to Lacombe, which means that we can be more responsive. We are very appreciative of this and other advancements to the facility, which will assist us in improving public safety and meeting the diverse needs and expectations of our citizens.ā
The new police station also features a cast bronze sculpture of a police officer at the main entrance. The sculpture was created by renowned Canadian artist Nathan Scott and is the newest addition to the Cityās public art collection. Scott says āIt was a real pleasure creating this sculpture and I hope that the people of Lacombe will enjoy it for generations to come.ā
(Photo courtesy of the City of Lacombe)
Media
Top Five Huge Stories the Media Buried This Week

NEERA TANDEN:Ā āThe military requires accountability. Itās the most accountable organization. You are supposed to be accountable to higher-ups. Politics isnāt supposed to have to do with any of this, and the fact that thatās happening, that theyāre just basically saying nothing to do here, is a big problem, I think, for those who believe in accountability.ā
@ScottJenningsKY:Ā āI think Republicans arenāt 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 thatās not a fireable offense.ā
āBut 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.ā
NEERA TANDEN:Ā āWhat are you talking about? They closed the border.ā
#4 – Bill Gates says we wonāt need humans āfor most things.ā
During an appearance onĀ The Tonight Show, Jimmy Fallon asked Gates a pretty direct question: āWill we still need humans?ā
Gates responded, āNot for most things. Weāll decide ā¦ 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.ā
VIDEO:Ā @TheChiefNerd
REP JORDAN:Ā “Is NPR biased?”
MAHER:Ā “I have never seen any political bias.”
JORDAN:Ā “In the DC area, editorial positions at NPR have 87 registered Democrats and 0 Republicans.”
MAHER:Ā “We do not track the voter registration, but I find that concerning.”
JORDAN:Ā “87-0 and you’re not biased?”
MAHER:Ā “I think that is concerning if those numbers are accurate.”
JORDAN:Ā “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 viaĀ @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 childrenās IQāand 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 āhigh level of certaintyā that fluoride exposure āposes a riskā 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 exposureāeven at levels found in U.S. tap waterāto reduced intellectual capacity in children.
It wasnāt just one paper. The National Toxicology Program, a branch of the U.S. government, also concluded that higher fluoride levels were āconsistently associatedā 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 doesnāt ban fluoride completely. Anyone who wants it can still get itālike any other prescription.
And thatās the point: Utahās 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 fluoridationāand 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 āIs it helpful?ā to āIs it safe?ā And for the first time in nearly a century, that question is being taken seriously.
VIDEO:Ā @TheChiefNerd
#1 – RFK Jr. Drops Stunning Vaccine Announcement
Kennedy revealed that the CDC is creating aĀ new sub-agency focused entirely on vaccine injuriesāa long-overdue shift for patients whoāve spent years searching for answers without any support from the government.
āWeāre incorporating an agency within CDC that is going to specialize in vaccine injuries,ā Kennedy announced.
āThese 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.ā
For years, the vaccine-injured have felt ignored or dismissed, as public health agencies refused to even acknowledge the problem. Now, thereās finally an initiative underway to investigate their injuries and to provide support.
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International
āLot Of Nonsenseā: Kari Lake Announces Voice Of America Is Dumping Legacy Outlets

From theĀ 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 BidenĀ requestingĀ in March 2024 a budget increase for the 2025 fiscal year to further support the radio network. In an XĀ postĀ on Friday, Lake announced USAGM will end its āexpensive and unnecessary newswireĀ contracts,ā adding that some of the major agreements included ātens-of-millions of dollars in contractsā with AP News, Reuters and Agence France-Presse.
āUSAGM 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 isāwith nearly a billion-dollar budget, we should be producing news ourselves,ā Lake wrote. āAnd if thatās not possible, the American taxpayer should demand to know why.ā
During a meeting withĀ VOAĀ staffers Friday, employees were reportedly told to āstop using wire service material for their reports,āĀ accordingĀ 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 āa lot of nonsense that the American taxpayer shouldnāt be paying for.ā
āToday, I started the process of terminating the agencyās 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 donāt need to outsource that responsibility to anyone else,ā LakeĀ wroteĀ in an X post regarding the interview.
Disputes between The AP and the White House began in February after the corporate media outlet was revokedĀ press accessĀ for refusing to call the Gulf of America by its new name. The AP filed a lawsuit on Feb. 21Ā againstĀ White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, and Deputy Chief of Staff Taylor Budowich for injunctive relief.
Lake wasĀ swornĀ in as USAGMās special adviser on March 3, saying sheās ālooking forwardā to serving America and āstreamliningā the agency. The cuts from the agency follow President Donald Trumpās push for his second administration to review the governmentās wasteful spending.
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